DELTA MOVES OFFICES TO PALMDALE RELOCATION MEANS 100 JOBS.Byline: Jim Skeen Do you mean:
PALMDALE Palmdale, city (1990 pop. 68,842), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the irrigated Antelope Valley; a growing residential suburb of Los Angeles near Little Rock Creek where it forms Lake Palmdale Reservoir, inc. 1962. - Valencia-based Delta Scientific Corp., which manufactures security gates in use at the U.S. Capitol Capitol, seat of the U.S. Congress Capitol, seat of the U.S. government at Washington, D.C. It is the city's dominating monument, built on an elevated site that was chosen by George Washington in consultation with Major Pierre L'Enfant. and at embassies around the world, will build an $8 million manufacturing plant in Palmdale. In a deal approved by the City Council unanimously Wednesday night, Delta Scientific Corp. will build a manufacturing plant of 100,000 square feet to 125,000 square feet on 8.73 acres along Avenue O just west of Division Street. The plant is expected to employ at least 100 people within the first two years of operation. ``Palmdale's a great place to do business,'' said David Dickinson For other persons named David Dickinson, see David Dickinson (disambiguation). David Dickinson (born David Gulessarian, 16 August, 1941 in Stockport, Cheshire) is an English antiques expert and television presenter of Armenian ancestry. , Delta's senior vice president. ``It's affordable and has space to build our manufacturing plant.'' The company plans to spend about $2 million to expand the Palmdale plant at a later date by 30,000 square feet to 65,000 square feet. When the second phase is completed, an additional 50 people would be hired. The company's plans are to eventually relocate re·lo·cate v. re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing, re·lo·cates v.tr. To move to or establish in a new place: relocated the business. v.intr. its Valencia operations to Palmdale, but in the short term the company will operate out of both Valencia and Palmdale. ``In the short term we're using it as expansion,'' Dickinson said. The company plans to hire people from the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley to fill the Palmdale plant. A number of current workers who live in the Antelope Valley are expected to relocate to the Palmdale plant and cut their daily commutes. The agreement calls for the company to pay Palmdale $988,725 for the land. The city, in turn, would spend that money to install streets, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, street lights and utilities. The company will be the second to relocate to an area known as the Fairway Business Park. The business park, covering 120 acres, was acquired by the city's redevelopment agency in 1999 for the purpose of attracting large employers. Earlier this year, U.S. Pole Co. became the first company to start operations in the business park. The company, which relocated re·lo·cate v. re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing, re·lo·cates v.tr. To move to or establish in a new place: relocated the business. v.intr. from Sun Valley, built a $4 million, 100,000-square-foot manufacturing plant on 11.5 acres at Avenue O and Seventh Street West. The city plans to install improvements totaling about $3.5 million into the business park. The improvements will be done in phases as money becomes available. Delta has been in business since 1974 and manufactures vehicle access control equipment, including vehicle barricades, parking control equipment, guard booths and counterterrorist coun·ter·ter·ror adj. Intended to prevent or counteract terrorism: counterterror measures; counterterror weapons. n. Action or strategy intended to counteract or suppress terrorism. gates. Its products are used by the federal government, including at the U.S. Capitol building and FBI headquarters, and at embassies around the world. Most recently, the company's equipment was installed at the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. |
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