Hallett Wire, which makes welded wire reinforcement used
in concrete pipes and box culverts, had pinpointed the need to be near the West Coast,
and scouted areas in Utah, Nevada and Arizona.
"We looked at Utah and the Vegas area," said General
Manager Mark Stojevich, "We also checked out the Sparks/Reno area."
The town of Kingman, 140 miles west of Flagstaff, eventually
won out.
"The cost of land and the affordability of the area
were the main factors," he said. "We also have the ease of access to major
highways such as I-40."
The expansion to the Southwest was market driven, Stojevich
said.
"We were servicing all of our business from our facility
in St. Joseph, Mo.," said Stojewich. "The freight distance out here was
enough that it made the move worthwhile. We wanted to be in the Southwest where a
couple of major clients are located."
Hallett brought 30 jobs with the opening of the plant, and
Stojewich said that could easily double in the near future.
Like Hallett Wire, coming to the Southwest was simply a
matter of getting closer to its customer base for Marley Cooling Towers, the largest
producer of commercial and industrial water cooling towers.
Eloy became the new home for a manufacturing extension of
Marley Cooling Towers, which purchased 20 acres of land in the community of 5,000
and built a new facility ... its first brand new plant in 25 years, according to
Ken Holliday, assistant to the senior vice-president of operations.
"We knew where our competition was, and were knew where
our market was," Holliday said. "We checked out Nevada and Utah, and we
already had two operations in California, and from our experience we knew that was
not the most friendly place to do business."
From there, it was simply a process of elimination.
"Because we often drive with wide loads, Utah would
make us go through Denver to get to the Texas markets, so that basically left us
with Arizona," said Holliday. "We knew we needed to be on I-40 or I-10,
and I-40 is at higher elevations and can be shut down due to weather. That left us
doing a search along the I-10 corridor."
When they started looking at Eloy, Holliday said they were
overwhelmed by the cooperation.
"I can't say enough about the city fathers of Eloy.
To give you an example, when we first brought down our plans for the new plant, we
gave them to the city engineer in the morning. They were approved within the hour,"
Holliday said. "It was that kind of cooperation from day one."
"More than the dollar value (of the job training programs),
it was evidence of their desire to have us be a part of their state," Holliday
said. Marley now employs 50 people at its new plant, and that could possibly double
as business grows
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When Federal Express decided to convert a large group of
passenger planes to cargo, they immediately turned to Goodyear for help. Not Goodyear
Tire and Rubber Co., mind you, but rather Goodyear, Ariz.
The small community near Phoenix is home to Dimension Aviation,
which won the contract to convert 60 DC-10s to cargo planes. The project, which involves
600 jobs, will generate an estimated $84 million in economic benefits for the community.
The first plane rolled into the renovated $15 million facility
at Goodyear in late March.
The conversion of each plane will take about six months
and will be done under the direction of McDonnell Douglas. Seats, galleys and lavatories
will be removed and a strengthened cargo deck will be installed, along with a 12-foot
cargo door. The cockpit will also be replaced to accommodate a two-person crew, rather
than the three-person team currently needed.
Into the Valley of the Sun
There is no question that Phoenix is the star attraction
in the state. The city broke into Fortune Magazine's Top 10 list of cities
for doing business in the U.S., while ASAP Magazine, published by Forbes,
selected the metro area as the country's seventh most important high tech center.
Here is a just a sampling of manufacturers that have chosen
to locate in the valley surrounding the greater Phoenix area.
- Suncoast Post Tension, a manufacturer of foundation reinforcement
systems for the construction industry, moved its manufacturing operation to Phoenix.
The company, originally from Texas, is now housed in a 15,000 square foot facility
and has 15 employees.
- Pylam Products Co., a manufacturer and distributor of
commercial dyes, moved to Tempe from New York. The company now has a 30,000 square
foot building with 15 employees.
- DOPACO, a Pennsylvania-based manufacturer and distributor
of paper board products, has chosen Phoenix in order to be closer to its growing
Southwest customer base. The company has 50 employees at its 113,000 square foot
facility.
- Continental PET Technologies, a plastic injection blow
molding operation, has a 125,000 square foot facility in Tolleson. Producing containers
such as Gatorade bottles and Penn tennis ball canisters, the company now has 60 employees.
- Another plastics manufacturer is Plastican, Inc., maker
of shipping containers for petroleum, chemicals, paints and adhesives. The company
is the largest injection molder in the country, and will employ 85 people at its
50,000 square foot facility in Phoenix.
- Southwall Technologies chose Tempe as its home for the
manufacturing of ultra-thin anti-reflective coatings for televisions and computer
screens. This new 54,000 square foot facility will cost $14 million, and employ 30
people.
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