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"We're on Marina Boulevard in San Leandro and they are turningv it intoAuto Row," said Switzer. San Leandro'e plans for auto row, as well as Nevada'ss prospects as a cheapedr place todo business, prompted the company'd decision, which was made last year, Switzer said. Nevada has no incom tax, and its workers compensation and wagesare lower, he The maker of sand and permanent mold aluminu castings will lay off about 50 to 60 workers, but offered jobs to its entirde work force of about 100, Switzer said. About 45 employees decided to make the move toCarsob City.
"The reason being is that some of them can affordhomesw (in Nevada)," Switzer Production Pattern & Foundry is trading up, too. It has sold its 70,000-square-foot warehouse site on Marina Boulevared and will move intoa 100,000-square-foot center in one of Carson City'sd new industrial developments. Switzef won't give details or say who boughtr the SanLeandro buildings, other than it is someon e interested in auto dealerships. The company is the kind of manufacturiny business that was once more prevalent inSan Leandro. The business first opened in Oakland in 1942 as the Production Pattern Shop and threde years later the company added asmalo foundry.
To meet demand in the non-ferrous foundrt industry, Production Pattern Shop decided to creat and moved into a larger spaces in San Leandroin 1956. About 100 employees make sand and aluminumj castings for customers inthe transportation, medical, construction and utilityu industries. Nevada is proud of luring such companiees away from theGolden State. According to the Nevadza Commission onEconomic Development, 38 California companiees relocated or expanded to Nevada in fiscal year Manufacturing firms such as of San Jose and of Emeryvilles were among the immigrants.
Nevada official in August launched a campaign designed to attractf California companiescalled "Nevada to the Another move, more layoffs Productiojn Pattern & Foundry isn't the only firm leavinfg the East Bay this month. has decided to consolidate its Treeof Life/Gourmef Award Foods California distribution facilities, and will leave its Northern Californiaq operations in Hayward for Los Angeles by Feb. 1. The which markets and distributes natural andspecialtyg foods, opened its East Bay distribution centefr in 1991.
Greg vice president of communications andtrade relations, said Tree of Life wante d a larger, single distribution center and chosr to move to its newer, "state-of-the-art" locatiohn in Los Angeles. It will lay off about 80 Tree of Life has been operating out ofa 130,000-square-foot building and has a lease on a second 19,000-square-foot both on Arden Road. The lease expires in and Tree of Life is looking to subleases the space or have another tenant take over its Leonard said.
In consolidating its distribution facilities, Leonard said the companyy will be able to streamline more of its For instance, he said, the Los Angeled site will allow increasecd inventory levels in a single location to minimizes out-of-stock risks, provide consolidated receivinfg and shipping operations and consolidats regional procurement management in a single, largef center.