Glacier Bay moves to Union City, California
By IBI Magazine
Glacier Bay is relocating its corporate headquarters and production facilities to Union City, California, US.
The developer and manufacturer of eco-friendly OSSA Powerlite diesel-electric propulsion systems and climate control technology has experienced a period of rapid growth, more than tripling its staff in nine months, and plans to continue at this rate over the next 3 years.
With the OSSA Powerlite and new variable-capacity HVAC systems moving to full commercialisation, expanding office and production space has been a top priority for the company in recent months.
"We are seeing a huge increase in demand for our clean technology energy products in the marine industry and transportation sectors. This new building will support a major expansion of our operations," said Kevin Alston, founder and CEO.
At more than 60,000sqft (5574sqm), the new facility quadruples the size of the previous Oakland facility, and extensive upgrades to the building reflect the latest infrastructure and technology.
"We built new office suites, a showroom to display our products, new labs for our engineers…Production work areas were designed to support 'lean manufacturing systems' capable of scaling up production by a factor of 50," said Russell Whitney, chief operating officer.
Glacier Bay was founded in 1991 and is an internationally recognised R&D and manufacturing leader of DC power management technologies, advanced climate control and sound reduction products.
(22 March 2007)
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