Will Chenango help Amphenol find a new home?
NORWICH – If Amphenol Aerospace and Industrial in Sidney chooses a site to rebuild in Chenango County, it will most likely be in the Bainbridge area.
Commerce Chenango executives are working closely with the area’s major employer to locate a 20-acre minimum site upon which to build a 330,000 square foot building, in a place that doesn’t flood.
Amphenol’s Sidney manufacturing facility has been severely damaged by not one, but two major flooding events in the past five years. The company paid approximately $40 million to get back in business the last time, according to Commerce Chenango President Steve Craig.
“They’re not going to go through that again,” he said this morning.
Reading from an internal company memo leaked to The Daily Star on Wednesday, an Amphenol employee confirmed that executives were exploring alternative local manufacturing sites and receiving assistance from state government.
Amphenol Human Resource Manager Marcia Morgan could not be reached for comment this morning.
“Now that it’s public, I’m sure from a workforce standpoint ... I’m sure they are going to want to settle on something very soon,” said Craig.
The company would build a structure, but would then need to rent it from a government entity such as the Chenango County Industrial Development Agency. The development would not be a tax windfall, and Craig suggested a possible payment in lieu of taxes agreement might be involved.
Jennifer Tavares, Commerce Chenango Economic Development Director, confirmed that the agency and New York’s Empire State Development Corporation have been working with Amphenol for several weeks.
“Obviously all three counties surrounding Sidney are interested in retaining them as close to their current location as possible. We don’t look at this as competition between counties. We are working together to find the right location that would be in the best interest of the workforce, and to stay as close to Sidney as possible,” she said.
The Chenango County Planning Department provided Amphenol executives with maps and photos of possible locations that fit the bill, but most lack water and sewer infrastructure.
Craig said the company aims to retain its existing workforce.
“They want their workforce. From between a third to half of 1,200 employees live in Chenango County. So wherever they settle, we want it to be in an easy drive,” Craig said, adding that the Town of Bainbridge would be convenient to state highways.
Commerce Chenango executives are working closely with the area’s major employer to locate a 20-acre minimum site upon which to build a 330,000 square foot building, in a place that doesn’t flood.
Amphenol’s Sidney manufacturing facility has been severely damaged by not one, but two major flooding events in the past five years. The company paid approximately $40 million to get back in business the last time, according to Commerce Chenango President Steve Craig.
“They’re not going to go through that again,” he said this morning.
Reading from an internal company memo leaked to The Daily Star on Wednesday, an Amphenol employee confirmed that executives were exploring alternative local manufacturing sites and receiving assistance from state government.
Amphenol Human Resource Manager Marcia Morgan could not be reached for comment this morning.
“Now that it’s public, I’m sure from a workforce standpoint ... I’m sure they are going to want to settle on something very soon,” said Craig.
The company would build a structure, but would then need to rent it from a government entity such as the Chenango County Industrial Development Agency. The development would not be a tax windfall, and Craig suggested a possible payment in lieu of taxes agreement might be involved.
Jennifer Tavares, Commerce Chenango Economic Development Director, confirmed that the agency and New York’s Empire State Development Corporation have been working with Amphenol for several weeks.
“Obviously all three counties surrounding Sidney are interested in retaining them as close to their current location as possible. We don’t look at this as competition between counties. We are working together to find the right location that would be in the best interest of the workforce, and to stay as close to Sidney as possible,” she said.
The Chenango County Planning Department provided Amphenol executives with maps and photos of possible locations that fit the bill, but most lack water and sewer infrastructure.
Craig said the company aims to retain its existing workforce.
“They want their workforce. From between a third to half of 1,200 employees live in Chenango County. So wherever they settle, we want it to be in an easy drive,” Craig said, adding that the Town of Bainbridge would be convenient to state highways.
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