Retech, a Seco/Warwick Group company, is set to expand into a larger space yet again.
The 60-year-old company relocated most of its operations to Buffalo, New York, just five years ago as part of parent company Seco/Warwick Group’s long-term planning. Now, they have already outgrown their new home and will be taking over a second space that is more than 60 percent larger than their current building, which they will continue to occupy as well. In addition, they still maintain a modest office space for their west coast staff where they began, in Ukiah, California.
Earl Good, Retech managing director, anticipated starting the move in May, just in time to host this summer’s Retech 60th anniversary celebration, including all the Seco/Warwick Group companies.
Good reports that competition for industrial space such as this has been fierce in Buffalo in recent years, so he feels particularly grateful to have landed the current deal after spending eight months looking for a suitable space.
The new building will house the fabrication, welding, small assemblies, and other manufacturing machinery, which they were able to move in right away. In contrast, the current building will continue to house the R&D operations, large assemblies, and factory acceptance testing operations.
The new 70,000-square-foot building has 5,000 square feet of office space and a huge 65,000 square feet of high-roof industrial space, including approximately 30,000 square feet under a bridge crane with 45 feet of floor-to-hook clearance, and 40,000 square feet under roughly 25 feet of floor to hook clearance. It has three ground-level bay doors and three dock-height bay doors, and even has access to railroad siding should they ever need it.
“When we moved into our new Buffalo headquarters, we anticipated an upward trajectory, but this really exceeds expectations,” Good said. “This move puts us at 113,000 total square feet of R&D, manufacturing, assembly, and storage space, which allows us to stay ahead of that growth instead of catching up to it.”
As they grow into the new space, they will also be staffing up accordingly. Good estimates Retech will eventually hire on 30-60 new staff at all levels, including entry-level, experienced trade technicians, and engineers.
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