Crain的克利夫兰商务 - 2014年3月16日- 安德森国际公司高管在机械制造商在那里搬迁时，潜艇的扩张是不可避免的。他们只是不知道“不可避免”意味着两年。归咎于更快的增长比合成橡胶生产商的脱水和干燥设备制造商更快。公司从50人从其克利夫兰植物搬迁到50岁以上的员工。“我们被埋葬了，”私人公司总裁Lenny Trocano说，他走过繁忙的机器大厅。该建筑物与设备进行包装，正在进行中。Trocano and Paul Kohntopp, Anderson’s vice president and general manager, said they were aware the 78,200-square-foot building wasn’t perfect when the company acquired it in 2011. “We knew in our gut we should have bought bigger,” Kohntopp said. “This was smaller than what we came from,” an aging structure on Cleveland’s East Side, Kohntopp said. “But we are definitely more efficient here,” with a well-thought-out floor layout, he said. The Stow site has an extensive system of overhead cranes, vital for a company that handles extremely heavy parts and equipment, Trocano said. And the steel structure includes an area that obviously could accommodate an expansion — a back wall that will be extended to accommodate another 24,000 square feet on the 10-acre site. Kohntopp termed the cost of the project “substantial.” The company will rearrange storage and open areas for machinery, including new equipment. The project, slated for completion this fall, also will add some offices.[阅读更多…]
