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Show Tw daw indlnsSries aninounce plans to start plant eiMradiin) in Cellar Two major industrial complexes com-plexes which plan to begin construction and operation were announced Friday evening even-ing at the Annual Meeting of the Cedar City Chamber of Commerce. Cedar City Projects Co., newly-created subsidiary of Metamora Co. of Metamora, 111., will build an 80,000 square foot assembly and shipping facility in Cedar City. Morton Metalcraft Co. of Morton, 111., also announced that they would commence construction of a metal fabricated, fab-ricated, finishing and assembly assem-bly plant in Cedar City this spring. Bath facilities will be located lo-cated adjacent to US. High- and Executive Secretary Lee Fife." Operating In !1974 , In regards to Morton Metal, craft Co., Hinnen indicated that by 1974 approximately 20 people will be hired and trained in the new facility, with the work force increasing increas-ing to 50 employees over the ensuing two year period. The plant will be staffed by local people with the exception of the plant manager, David Ho-hulin, Ho-hulin, who formerly managed the plant at Morton. "The principle reason for locating in Cedar City is because be-cause of our long and valued relationship as a supplier to Metamora Co. Wa are rvartie. .juiiiiwimi mi mi J I I "yw mmn f yg mnv yw v. j ; vol ri l& fY u7w u If FA y y s D p - ularly pleased with Meta-imora's Meta-imora's Choice of Cedar City for their new facility, Cedar City Products Co. Our decision to proceed was in large measure due to the helpfulness of Cedar City Mayor Loren Whetten, Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce President Ted Cox, Chamber Executive Secietary Lee Fife and other gracious citizens of Cedar City." iway 56 approximately five miles west of the city where railroad spur lines will be a-vailafole. a-vailafole. Construction !to Jegin Jake Blachek, vice president and general manager of Metamora Met-amora and vice . president of the new firm, said construction construct-ion will begin this spring for Cedar City Products Co., with operations to begin in early 1974. A single story building will he constructed on a parcel par-cel of land totaling 100 acres. Cedar City Products Co. will do asreimlbly and finishing operations op-erations on hardwood and plywood store display cabinets, cabin-ets, drawers and fixtures, and ship thetm to West Coast mar-kets. mar-kets. Lee Hinnen, vice president and general manager of Mor ton Metalcraft announced Dlans for his comiDanv's de- ANNOUNCE NEW INDUSTRY. Lee Hinnen, vice president and general manager of Morton Metalcraft, left and Jake Blachek, vice president and general manager of Metamore, second from right were on hand at Chamber banquet this past week to announce the establishment of two new industries indus-tries in Cedar City. They are shown with officials, including, second from left, Mayor Loren Whetten, Edwin C. Cox, Chamber president and Keith Smith, right, Iron County Commissioner. veloprnenit in Cedar City. He said that their facility will measure 40,000 square feet. Initial production will be confined con-fined principally to those metal components required by Cedar City Products Co. As production capacities increase, Metalcraft will seek to subcontract sub-contract metal products for customers in an expanding geographical area. Other Building Flans i Additionally plans were an. nounccd at the meeting by Glen Hubbard, manager of the Cedar City office of Prudential Pru-dential Federal Savings of plans to begin construction of a new 10,000 square foot building on Cedar City's Main Street on property acquired where the Leigh Hotel and Furniture Company once stood. Representing the new ownership own-ership of the former Utah Parks Company Tom Brown reported to those in attendance attend-ance that TWA Services, Inc. plan to establish their headquarters head-quarters in Cedar City and that plans for purchasing will be handled wherever possible dn Cedar City and Utah. The operation, formerly owned by Union Pacific Railroad, will be known a,s the Utah Parks division of TWA Services, Inc., Brown indicated. Employment Expectations In his announcement of plans to locate in Cedar City Blachek indicated that an initial in-itial work force of about 30 people will be required to be- gin operations with expected employtmnt of 75 to 100 people peo-ple by the end of the second year. Except for a general manager, who has not as yet 'been selected, and possibly one other person, all employees, employ-ees, including foreman and other supervisors, will be hired locally. Blachek said Metamora chose Cedar City for its now subsidiary over 23 other communities com-munities in four western states . . . "We were impressed impress-ed with the type of people in Cedar City most of all. There's a good sense Of community spirit here and we think that's important when you're about ito begin a long association Another fac'.or in the selection of Cedar City was its good rail and truck transportation facilities". fac-ilities". "We're very happy with the help we've received from local officials, particularly Mayor Loren Whetten, Chamiber of Commerce President Ted Cox |