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Taco breaks ground on new innovation and development center project
CRANSTON, R.I.— Taco broke ground recently on a major building project designed to secure its future in the Ocean State. Company president and CEO John Hazen White, Jr. was joined by family members, representatives from the state’s political leadership, guests and employees of Taco for the morning event. The centerpiece of the $18 million
project will be the new Taco Innovation & Development Center, consisting of a two-story 24,037- square-foot addition to the current building, a former trolley barn built in 1904. The Innovation & Development Center will be a state- of-the-art learning and training environment, complete with new classroom spaces, conference rooms, a business center, and functional labs for testing and teaching. The Center will utilize, display and provide a hands-on learning environment for
InSinkErator awarded the
Governor’s Export Achievement Award
the best equipment and systems that today’s HVAC industry offers for comfort, efficiency and sustainability. The HVAC products and systems will be visible throughout the entire facility forming
“Living Laboratories” that allow for close-up viewing, hands-on learning and teaching. Taco’s reception area,
employee cafeteria and office areas on two floors, encompassing more than 24,000 sq. ft of interior space within the existing building, will undergo extensive renovation, floor to ceiling, advancing the comfort, functionality and productivity of those areas. There will be new offices, work stations, meeting rooms and open areas illuminated by energy efficient lighting, natural light and the very
best in indoor comfort. The LEED project, slated for
completion during the fall of 2012, will provide the space the company needs to grow and to remain competitive while remaining in RI, where the company has been operating since 1942.
Taco president and CEO John Hazen White, Jr. poses with members of the Taco building expansion team at the groundbreaking ceremony.
The project, which will extend
through five phases of design and construction, will employ 36 subcontracting employers and provide almost 200 jobs for the local economy.
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Gov. Scott Walker (left) presents InSinkErator’s Frank Bryant (center) and Jack Backstrom (right) with the Governor’s Export Achievement Awards at the 47th Annual Wisconsin International Trade Conference. InSinkErator global export sales were up more than 30 percent in 2010 and exports now account for 11.5 percent of the company’s sales. Due in large part to its success in exports, InSinkErator has also grown domestic employment levels. InSinkErator manufactures its disposers at its headquarters in Racine, Wis.
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