East Bay foundry manufactures new home in Nevada - East Bay Business Times:

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"We're on Marina Boulevard in San Leandro and they are turnin it into Auto said Switzer. San Leandro's plans for auto row, as well as Nevada'ds prospects as a cheaper placer todo business, prompted the company's which was made last year, Switzer Nevada has no income tax, and its workers' compensation and wages are lower, he added. The makefr of sand and permanent mold aluminu castings will lay off about 50 to60 workers, but offerer jobs to its entire work forcw of about 100, Switzer said. Abouy 45 employees decided to make the move toCarso City. "The reason being is that some of them can afforcdhomes (in Nevada)," Switzere added.
Production Pattern & Foundrt is trading up, too. It has sold its five-building, 70,000-square-foort warehouse site on Marins Boulevard and will move intoa custom-built, 100,000-square-foot centedr in one of Carson City's new industrial developments. Switzef won't give details or say who boughf the SanLeandro buildings, other than it is someonr interested in auto dealerships. The company is the kind of manufacturintg business that was once more prevalent in San The business first opened in Oakland in 1942 as the Productiomn Pattern Shop and three years later the company added asmall foundry.
To meet demand in the non-ferrous foundryg industry, Production Pattern Shop decides to create and moved into a largere space in San Leandroin 1956. About 100 employees make sand and aluminum castings for customeres inthe transportation, medical, construction and utility Nevada is proud of luring such companies away from the Golden State. Accordiny to the Nevada Commission onEconomivc Development, 38 California companies relocated or expanded to Nevadz in fiscal year Manufacturing firms such as of San Jose and of Emeryvillse were among the immigrants.
Nevada officials in August launchexd a campaign designed to attract California companiesecalled "Nevada to the Another move, more layoffs Productiob Pattern & Foundry isn't the only firm leavinf the East Bay this month. has decided to consolidatse its Treeof Life/Gourmet Award Foods California distribution facilities, and will leave its Northern California operations in Hayward for Los Angeles by Feb. 1. The which markets and distributes naturalo andspecialty foods, opened its East Bay distribution centeer in 1991.
Greg Leonard, vice presidenr of communications andtrade relations, said Tree of Life wantesd a larger, single distributioj center and chose to move to its newer, location in Los Angeles. It will lay off abouft 80 employees. Tree of Life has been operatinv out ofa 130,000-square-foot building and has a leas on a second 19,000-square-foot building, both on Ardem Road. The lease expires in and Tree of Life is looking to subleas e the space or have anothee tenant take over its Leonard said. In consolidatingb its distribution facilities, Leonard said the company will be able to streamlin e more ofits operations.
For instance, he the Los Angeles site will allow increased inventory levels in a single location tominimize out-of-stock risks, provide consolidated receiving and shipping operations and consolidate regional procurement management in a larger center.