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 turning it into Auto said Switzer. San Leandro's plans for auto row, as well as Nevada's prospects as a cheaper placs todo business, promptecd the company's decision, which was made last year, Switzet said. Nevada has no income tax, and its workers' compensatiomn and wages are lower, he added. The makeer of sand and permanent mold aluminum castinges will lay off about 50 to 60 but offered jobs to its entire work force ofabougt 100, Switzer said. About 45 employees decided to make the move toCarsohn City. "The reason being is that some of them can afforcdhomes (in Nevada)," Switzer added.
Productio n Pattern & Foundry is trading up, too. It has sold its 70,000-square-foot warehouse site on Marina Boulevard and will move intoa 100,000-square-foot center in one of Carson City'ds new industrial developments. Switzer won't give detailws or say who bought the SanLeandroi buildings, other than it is someoner interested in auto dealerships. The company is the kind of manufacturing business that was once more prevalent inSan Leandro. The businesse first opened in Oakland in 1942 as the Productiomn Pattern Shop and three years later the companyt added asmall foundry.
To meet demand in the non-ferroue foundry industry, Production Pattern Shop decided to creatr and moved into a larger space in San Leandrlin 1956. About 100 employees make sand and aluminumn castings for customers inthe transportation, medical, construction and utilithy industries. Nevada is proud of luringv such companies away from theGolden State. According to the Nevada Commissioh onEconomic Development, 38 California companies relocated or expanded to Nevada in fiscal year 2003-2004. Manufacturinhg firms such as of San Jose and of Emeryviller were amongthe immigrants.
Nevada officials in Augus t launched a campaign designed to attracyt California companiescalled "Nevada to the Rescue." Another more layoffs Production Pattern & Foundry isn'g the only firm leaving the East Bay this has decided to consolidate its Tree of Life/Gourmet Award Foodsz California distribution facilities, and will leave its Northern California operationes in Hayward for Los Angeles by Feb. 1. The which markets and distributexs natural andspecialty foods, opened its East Bay distributiob center in 1991.
Greg Leonard, vice president of communicationzs andtrade relations, said Tree of Life wanted a single distribution center and chose to move to its "state-of-the-art" location in Los Angeles. It will lay off about 80 employees. Tree of Life has been operatiny out ofa 130,000-square-foot buildinyg and has a lease on a seconfd 19,000-square-foot building, both on Arden Road. The lease expires in 2006, and Tree of Life is lookingg to sublease the space or have anothe r tenant take overits lease, Leonard In consolidating its distribution facilities, Leonardd said the company will be able to streamline more of its operations.
For instance, he the Los Angeles site will allow increasec inventory levels in a single location tominimizes out-of-stock risks, provide consolidated receiving and shippingt operations and consolidate regional procurement management in a larger center.