Category: Expansions/Relocations
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Sani-Matic Inc. Breaks Ground on New 93,500 Square-Foot Manufacturing and Office Facility
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Thursday, August 23, 2018
SANI-MATIC INC. BREAKS GROUND ON NEW 93,500 SQUARE-FOOT MANUFACTURING AND OFFICE FACILITY
New facility to accommodate growth, increase operational efficiencies and support collaborative culture
MADISON, Wisc., August 23, 2018—Sani-Matic, Inc., a Madison, Wisconsin-based manufacturer of sanitary process cleaning equipment and components, today began a new chapter in its 75-year history with a groundbreaking ceremony commencing construction of the company’s new facility. The move will bring its two facilities under one roof, accommodate ongoing growth, provide operational efficiencies, and enhance the customer experience.
The property for the planned 93,500 square-foot facility is located eight miles from the company’s current facilities in the newly developed Park 151 industrial park in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. It will be the second building developed within the park and is slated for completion in May 2019.
“We have been operating from two facilities for several years to accommodate our ongoing growth, but it isn’t an efficient way to work and doesn’t support our strong collaborative culture,” stated CEO and President Aaron Zell. “As our scalable growth initiatives continue to help us grow, it became clear we needed a new facility to reunite our 160 employees under one roof and accommodate our ever-growing team of experts.”
The property also supports continued growth with space available for expansion.
A facility to inspire learning and innovation
The facility will feature 67,500 square feet of manufacturing space and 26,000 square feet of office space. The office area will include a training classroom and lab, automation and engineering labs for innovation, and dedicated Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) customer rooms that connect to the manufacturing floor.
“We host several trainings for our distributors, manufacturer’s representatives and customers every year,” commented Zell. “We also have many customers visit us to participate in week-long Factory Acceptance Tests. That is why creating an environment that is easy to work in as well as one that encourages learning and inspires innovation was heavily weighted in our planning.”
Selecting a location and community
The facility’s location was carefully chosen for its proximity to the company’s current facility. “The commitment to retaining every employee was top of mind in our choice of property. We didn’t want to lose good employees due to commuting challenges,” said Zell. “We also wanted to remain close to the Dane County airport and the City of Madison for talent recruitment and ease of access for our customers.”
Zell added, “The City of Sun Prairie has been an excellent partner during this process—from site selection to the final approvals needed to proceed. We look forward to becoming an active community partner.”
Sun Prairie city officials share the enthusiasm and desire to develop a strong partnership. “Sani-Matic is a great business to have in Park 151, and their project will be a key anchor in what we anticipate being one of the most attractive business parks in Dane County,” stated Sun Prairie Mayor Paul Esser. “Like Sani-Matic, we are looking for businesses that will bring good jobs with competitive wages to the area as well as be an active partner in the Sun Prairie community. We are excited about their investment here and welcome them to Sun Prairie.”
About Sani-Matic, Inc.
Sani-Matic, Inc. delivers reliable sanitary process cleaning solutions through targeted engineering, automation and craftsmanship. For the past 75 years, the Madison, Wisconsin-based manufacturer has successfully served the food, beverage, and biopharmaceutical industries with a full line of equipment and supporting sanitary components including clean-in-place (CIP) systems, clean-out-of-place (COP) parts washers, GMP cabinet washers, tunnel washers, boosted pressure systems, strainers, spray devices and more. The company’s Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based ownership firm, WING Capital Group, continues to invest in Sani-Matic’s long-term success. WING Capital Group also owns Wisconsin-based manufacturing firms Kickhaefer Manufacturing Company (KMC) and Muza Metal Products.
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National architecture-engineering firm opens third Florida office
NOTE: Mead & Hunt’s headquarters are in Middleton, Wisconsin. The firm is the 4th largest in Wisconsin according to ENR magazine. Balchon, Knuckey and Schmidgall are all new hires.
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July 31, 2018
National architecture-engineering firm opens third Florida office
Mead & Hunt, a national architecture-engineering consulting firm, is opening its third Florida office in Tampa.
The new Tampa office will be the home office for Ed Balchon, who brings more than 25 years of Florida water-wastewater engineering experience to Mead & Hunt. He is joined in Tampa by Todd Knuckey and Dave Schmidgall who will lead the Florida aviation team.
“There are significant and challenging projects in the Tampa Bay and west-central Florida region that are well-aligned with the capabilities of the firm. Opening a Tampa office is another step toward expanding service to Florida clients and offers rewarding consulting opportunities for our employees,” said Balchon, Market Leader for Mead & Hunt’s water practice.
Balchon joined with the purpose of expanding Mead & Hunt’s presence in the region. He will be active in adding staff to address client needs. Further growth is anticipated in the Tampa, Tallahassee and Daytona Beach area offices soon. Pulling from both local and national resources, the Florida team will provide the full range of Mead & Hunt services.
Mead & Hunt established a water-wastewater office in Port Orange in August 2017. In April 2018, the firm established a highway and bridge office in Tallahassee. The Tampa office will initially focus on water-wastewater, infrastructure and aviation services. All three offices are anticipated to add more service lines soon. Mead & Hunt provides clients with expert planning, architecture, engineering, environmental and construction administration services throughout the nation.
“We’ve been looking for the right opportunity to establish another Florida office, and Tampa was my first choice,” said Ron Engel, Vice President and Group Leader of Mead & Hunt Aviation Services. “With a skilled and available workforce and great business community – Tampa was where we needed to be.”
Balchon added to this sentiment, sharing that Mead & Hunt was pursuing opportunities to showcase the firm’s long history of creating innovative engineering solutions with landmark projects.
“We have the depth of senior, skilled personnel with local, Florida experience to address this environmentally-sensitive region,” said Balchon. “The infrastructure needs in Florida are growing rapidly and so is Mead & Hunt, especially in the water-wastewater market.”
The employee-owned consulting firm remains strong on ENR‘s Top 500 design firm list with a national ranking of 139th in 2018. Mead & Hunt was named by CE News as one of the top 10 engineering companies to work for in the nation. The firm employs about 700 employees from 30+ offices located across the nation.
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Contacts:
Ron Engel, Vice President and Aviation Services Group Leader ron.engel@meadhunt.com 517-908-3107
Ed Balchon, Florida Water Market Leader ed.balchon@meadhunt.com 813-390-8446
Kary Beck, Corporate Communications kary.beck@meadhunt.com 608-443-0370
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Central Storage & Warehouse Announces Latest Expansion of CSW Warehouse Network in Wisconsin
June 21, 2018 – Madison, WI. Central Storage & Warehouse Co. (CSW), a Madison-based provider of temperature-controlled warehousing, is pleased to announce the construction of a new frozen storage facility in Caledonia, WI. To complement CSW’s Pleasant Prairie location in serving southeast Wisconsin and Northern Illinois, CSW is investing $15 million in a new 115,000 sq. ft. freezer facility south of Milwaukee and just off of Interstate 94. Site work began in early June, and the company hopes to be up and operational in the new space by the end of this year.
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RMR Financial Advisors, LLC re-brands as RMR Wealth Advisors, LLC
RMR Financial Advisors, LLC has modified their company name to RMR Wealth Advisors, LLC.
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Ideas That Evoke® Announces Office Expansion to Los Angeles
MADISON, WI (APRIL 2018) – Ideas That Evoke® – a digital, social and public relations agency serving clients in the beauty, salon professional, lifestyle and luxury industries – recently announced the expansion of its business to the West Coast. Founded in 2009 by Kelly Ehlers, the agency works with industry-leading brands to pioneer marketing, influencer and digital strategies in today’s hyper-connected media landscape. The second location, based in Los Angeles, will be opened by Jeffrey C. Lunnen, Managing Director for Ideas That Evoke.
