TOOELE,
Utah, July 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/
-- Leitner-Poma of America (LPOA) recently celebrated the
opening of the company's new Skytrac manufacturing facility in
Tooele, Utah. The company is known
for engineering, producing, installing and servicing all types of
cable transport systems for the ski industry, amusement parks and
urban transport—such as ConnX, an innovative intermodal cable
car-bus system recently unveiled in Vancouver during the World Congress of Ropeway
Operators (OITAF). The new campus, close to Salt Lake City, will support LPOA's Made in
America initiative by serving as the headquarters and
sole-manufacturing base for Skytrac, an LPOA subsidiary. The new
facility also provides expanded production for LPOA to assist with
increasing demand in the ski industry and growth in urban markets,
including serving as a regional distribution and service center for
LPOA's affiliate companies Prinoth, which produces snow groomers
and Demaclenko, which produces snowmaking systems.
"It's a great day in Utah as we
celebrate the opening of our newest, largest manufacturing facility
in the U.S.," said Daren Cole,
president and CEO of LPOA. "The demand for this new facility is a
reflection of the growth in the resort industry as well as the
growing interest of urban planners to seek out new, alternative
forms of clean transportation. This new facility represents a
significant investment in the State of
Utah, our industry and the talented people who'll be
manufacturing our products, hard working, local professionals. We
are doubling down on making 85-90 percent of our equipment right
here in Utah and next door in
Grand Junction, Colorado."
The campus in Tooele is LPOA's
largest facility in the country at more than 130,000 square-feet of
manufacturing. The company invested more than $27 million in the new campus. Skytrac focuses on
the production, design, installation and service of fixed-grip ski
lifts. The new, larger facility will allow the business to increase
production and expand headcount up to 120 employees, with further
growth possible in additional phases of the project.
Cole was joined by parent company HTI Group's Chairman
Anton Seeber and Tooele City Mayor Debbie Winn for the opening celebration in June.
A video from State of Utah Lt. Governor Deidre Henderson was played where she lauded the
company for its investment in Utah.
"At full capacity, this facility will provide 120 high paying
manufacturing jobs to sustain local families and contribute to the
economic success of rural Utah,"
said Lt. Governor Deidre Henderson.
"The impact of this investment in Tooele extends far beyond the factory
walls."
The facility includes a sizeable investment in sustainability:
the company installed a powerful LTW42 wind turbine on the new
campus, capable of covering up to 100% of a plant's electricity
needs.
LPOA also maintains a nearly 100,000 square-foot facility in
Grand Junction, Colorado. The
company recently purchased an additional five acres in Grand Junction, adjacent to its existing
facility, in order to expand capabilities there as well.
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