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Show Wednesday. August 2 DAILY HERALD 2007 Fiberglass Continued Childproof 'This company will bring jobs to many from B6 Continued from B6 citizens that previously it has completed construction of its Nephi plant, hired Its workers and begun production, said Mike Sullivan, had to commute north into Utah and t spokesman for the Governors The company is now g managers, production line workers, maintenance specialists, process and electrical engineers and accountant s grown up here and for the NepH plant, which is want to stay will have ekpected to be completed late next year. the opportunity for' After the IAF grant is good jobs at home. awarded, HberTEK also win be able to request an Economic Mark Jones Development Tax Increment Nephi mayor Finance, or EDT1F, rebate of up to $2.75 million, or a rebate on corporate, payroll and sales taxes paid for up to 10 years on a post performance basis. and education programs. Other factors, including The Governor's Office estia skilled work force and mates the plant will bring more than $36 million in new wages proximity of the plant site to Interstate 15 also helped, said to Nephi over the next 10 Jordan Radman, president of years, while state revenues will FibeiTEK. be boosted by $112 million. Another positive is the rela- .. "This company will bring tively lower cost of industrial jobs to many citizens that property in Nephi compared previously had to commute with that of Salt Lake County. north into Utah and Salt Lake There's Just not a lot of afcounties. Now they will be able fordable industrial land left to stay in the local community said Tauni Everett, and in the future many young along director of communications folks who have grown up here with Economic Development and want to stay will have the Corporation of Utah. opportunity for good jobs at Stale officials see home Jones said. erTEK's move as one that HberTEK is a family-ownewould help attract more combusiness with more than 40 mercial and industrial activity years of experience in insula- - ' tion technology and productoNephL "When Kraft Maid Cabinetry tion. Separately, it also owns moved to West Jordan, one of American Diamond Tool in their wood door vendors, Con- Salt Lake City, a SOworker estoga Wood Specialties, built company that makes drill bits, a ISOworker plant in Tooele for oil and gas exploration and County to support KraftMaid," minerals muting. Sullivan said. "Likewise, we According to the company's Web site, founder Ivan Radhope FiberTEK's subcontract man had initially established ' tors or suppliers will locate there to support the company.' a fiberglass insulation plant in Salt Lake City under the Nephi Mayor Mark Jones, ; who had visited FiberTEKs name of Western Fiberglass. But his family backed out of plant in Florida, said he saw business the company as a good fit for l the insulation-makinNephi because of the higlvpay-in- g when the company was sold in s the to Owens Coming jobs and benefits it will Fiberglass. . bring to the area. Radman, who focused on According to Sullivan, the building small fiberglass procompany will pay average duction plants worldwide over wages of $30,855, 45 percent above the current Juab County the past decade, reentered ' median wage of $21,350. It also the manufacturing business provides benefits including 100 around 2005 after a health insurance, percent-paiagreement with Owens lapsed. . matching 401(k) contributions hir-in- , . . . . g -- mid-DO- . . ; dsMurcoSaiTliSi'o he said, but the business has now caught its stride. Jacobstein has branched out to provide safety classes for local mothers' groups. He researched the idea and talked with other childproof ers and the International Association of Child Safety, an industry-tradgroup based in Lake Hir awatha, NJ. Then he secured startup capital Our goal is to save kids fives and prevent injuries," Jacobstein said. We may not know the fruits of what were doing, but it helps kids to be safe." No one can measure how many accidents might have happened if a childproofer had not been hired. Referrals, it seems, are the best indication of work well done, . Before launching his busi- ness. Quint did his research, calling the International Association for Child Safety just as Jacobstein had done. He received onepn-on-e training from a group representative, ' and six mbnths later, Erics Child Safety Service was potential severity of home accidents, said Richard Shandel-man- , whose lSyear-ol- d Safe and Sound is considered an in this field. Only in tile last two decades have parents considered contracting out the work. In fact, many parents stiU choose to do it themselves, said Ken Goore, owner of Goons Furniture & Accessories for Babies toTeens, a retail outlet in ; Sacramento. Its a major department in our store in terms of sales volume, said Goore, who ranks child safety equipment among his top three revenue generators per square foot Parents, caregivers and small businesspeople such as Quint and Shandeiman pur-- , v chased as much as $235 million worth of child safety merchandise last year, according to an industry trade group. Melanie and Robert Dunn of Gtrus Heights, Calif., are bora. . "Youre not putting a among parents who tackled cabinet in somebody's home. babyproofing on their own. Four years ago after the birth . You're stopping a kid from of the Dunns' first child, Mela- getting poisoned,'" said Quint, who is insured and is licensed nie installed socket plugs, locks, door alarms and safety as both a general and contractor. You've got latches, while Robert crafted ' to go in like hinged safety gates to keep you're protecting your own kid.. baby from taking a tumble, It's very much peace of mind, said Melanie, a mother of three who found her equipment at Babies "R" Us. It's a scary world raising kids these days. Anything that makes anything easier for parents is valued. Father of three Jeffrey Jacobs! pin iwqui the risks at his B Dorado Hills, Calif., home, then made the renovations. 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