COMPANIES MAKE THEMSELVES AT HOME SANTA CLARITA VALLEY A PRIME SPOT.Byline: - Patricia Farrell Aidem While the state and ational economies have sputtered, Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, home to a growing and diverse industrial base has held its own. After a lull in the first part of 2003, a flurry of new leases was signed by companies relocating to the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. or expanding in the area. A wide range of businesses, primarily manufacturing, popped up in the past year and their products range from pharmaceuticals to aerospace, tools to doors and windows Doors and Windows is a multimedia disk by the Irish band The Cranberries. Track listing
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attractive feature, magnet, attractor, attracter, attraction - a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts; "flowers are an attractor for bees" . Princess Cruises Princess Cruises is an American cruise line, based out of Santa Clarita, California, that operates cruise ships also shares the same building with Cunard Line headquarters. It is one of the many cruise lines operated by the Carnival Corporation. , best known from The Love Boat, employs 1,175. Following recent mergers with other cruise lines
Name Headquarters A'rosa Europe NCL America America AIDA Cruises Europe American Cruise Lines America , its parent company is the world's largest cruise ship company. Specialty Laboratories is coming soon, and is expected to bring 750 employees. Specialty Labs, which performs technologically advanced and specialized tests for hospitals, laboratories and physicians in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. to help diagnose rare illnesses, is moving from Santa Monica to the Valencia Gateway cluster of biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. firms. Arvid Services Inc., with more than 700 employees, is one of the fastest- growing companies in the booming outsourcing industry that lets firms cut costs by having outside contractors handle parts of their operations. The firm provides services including printing, financial services and answering phone calls and e-mails for companies in the high-tech, health care, airline and automotive industries. Its parent company, Bertelsmann AG, is the fourth-largest media company in the world. HR Textron in Valencia creates advanced systems for the defense and aerospace industries. The company employs about 650.Fanfare Media Works is an international printing and publishing company with about 430 employees in the Valencia Industrial Center.Aerospace Dynamics, with 394 employees, manufactures parts for the defense industry at its Valencia plant. ITT ITT Initial Teacher Training (UK) ITT I Think That ITT Invitation To Tender ITT Individual Time Trial (professional cycling) ITT Intention-To-Treat ITT In This Thread (forums) Aerospace Controls has 390 workers manufacturing parts for commercial, military and aerospace applications.Wal-Mart, the world's biggest discount retailer, has 378 employees in its Valencia Marketplace store and is opening a second store in the Valencia Industrial Center. managing development You can feel the energy in this young and vibrant city, where thousands move each year to raise families in an area known for its low crime rate, good schools and healthy business climate. The valley population has passed the 200,000 mark, making Santa Clarita a good-size city that will continue to grow for decades. And it is home to one of the largest industrial complexes in the state. The question is whether growth will diminish the quality of life that is pulling new residents into valley communities like Newhall, Saugus, Castaic, Canyon Country, Agua Dulce and Stevenson Ranch. Environmentalists argue that Los Angeles County and city of Santa Clarita officials are allowing development that is destroying the landscape once trod upon by American Indians. Already, the region suffers some of the worst air quality in the nation. The Santa Clara River Santa Clara River may refer to:
Foothills have been scraped and reshaped as foundations for more neighborhoods. At the same time, city and state officials are preserving some wilderness around the valley. Santa Clarita city government has poured millions of dollars into recreation programs and public transit. Most leaders' philosophy is that development will come houses will be built and businesses established to create jobs but the battle is over the very sensitive issues of planning how it happens. - Patricia Farrell Aidem CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: (color) Specialty Laboratories is moving from Santa Monica to this building in the Valencia Gateway cluster of biomedical firms. David R. Crane Box: Managing development (see text) |
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