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Press Release January 1 1999
40,000 SQ. FT. ADDITION

CARPENTERSVILLE, ILLINOIS, U.S.A.: OTTO CONTROLS, manufacturer
of precision
switches for demanding applications, has announced the addition
of 40,000 square feet to
the existing 100,000 square foot manufacturing campus. The three
story addition features
expanded manufacturing space, employee training facilities, expanded
quality assurance
labs, employee cafeteria, parts warehousing, new shipping/receiving
docks and entrance
vestibules. A large parking area is also being added.
The first floor of the addition will provide expanded warehousing
space for raw materials
and finished goods, a new Shipping and Receiving facility with
enclosed loading docks and
an expanded work area for the Maintenance Department. There will
also be new vestibules
in the front and back of the building for visitors and employees.
The second floor will include expanded production space and an
employee cafeteria
complete with kitchen. A new Training Center featuring three computer
equipped
classrooms, replacing the existing training room, will be added
for expanded employee
training.
The Quality Assurance Department will be relocated adjacent to
and with an entrance to the
Engineering Department, located on the third floor of the existing
building. The test lab will
be moved from the existing building and enlarged to accommodate
increasing testing
needs. The current test lab will be converted to office space.
The third floor also will feature
expanded production space and a new cafeteria. The new production
space in the addition
will provide more than double the existing capacity. With this
and the addition of a 2nd shift,
OTTO will have an abundance of room to grow to meet increasing
customer demands for
OTTO products.
Ground breaking for OTTOs new addition was April, 1998. Occupancy
is scheduled for
January, 1999.
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For further information contact Flame headquarters at 800-854-2255, 818-700-2905, (fax) 818-700-9168, web-site: www.flamecorp.com, or e-mail: info@flamecorp.com
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