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.