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After acquiring more land, Protomet evaluating Oak Ridge for $30 million expansion

Posted at 1:49 pm November 23, 2016
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

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Protomet Corporation is pictured above in the Bethel Valley Industrial Park in south Oak Ridge on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

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Jeff Bohanan

Protomet Corporation has purchased about 20 acres of former federal land on Bethel Valley Road in south Oak Ridge, and the company is evaluating that property as one option as it plans for a $30 million expansion that could add 200 jobs over a five-year period.

On Tuesday, Protomet founder and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bohanan said the company prefers to stay in Oak Ridge, but there is no guarantee. The 19.47-acre parcel on Bethel Valley Road will have to be cut and filled, and drainage will have to be redirected, Bohanan said. It’s not clear yet how much that work might cost.

Protomet needs about 100,000 square feet for its expansion, which was announced in February. Protomet now has 70 workers in a 40,000-square-foot building on eight acres, so the company could more than triple in size.

“The new facility will dramatically increase Protomet’s capacity and capabilities for the customers it serves,” Bohanan said. “We have already started purchasing equipment for the new facility, and some of it is already in use at our current facility.”

Protomet bought the Bethel Valley Road land from the Oak Ridge Industrial Development Board for $103,000 on October 20. The property, which was previously owned by the U.S. Department of Energy, is west of Protomet and east of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

“This is a big step in our ability to evaluate this site as an option,” Bohanan said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Front Page News, Oak Ridge Tagged With: 4FinalFinish, Bethel Valley Industrial Park, Bethel Valley Road, Bob Corker, Chuck Fleischmann, City of Oak Ridge, David Wilson, DOE, General Services Administration, IDB, Jeff Bohanan, Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, Oak Ridge City Council, Oak Ridge Industrial Development Board, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Parker Hardy, payment in lieu of taxes, PILOT, Protomet, Protomet Corporation, PTM Edge Watersports, Randy Boyd, tax abatment, U.S. Department of Energy

Photos: Protomet announces 200-job, $30 million expansion

Posted at 5:15 pm February 2, 2016
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

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Protomet Corporation on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, announced a $30 million, 200-job expansion, but the landlocked company could move to another county—or even another state. The company’s last $6.25 million expansion started in 2013 and was completed in 2014, and it more than doubled the size of the company’s operations. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

Protomet Corporation on Tuesday announced a $30 million, 200-job expansion, but the landlocked company could move to another county—or even another state. Protomet is now located in the Bethel Valley Industrial Park in south Oak Ridge.

Here are photos from a press conference and the manufacturing floor at Protomet on Tuesday, February 2.

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Jeff Bohanan, Protomet founder and chief executive officer, announces a $30 million, 200-job expansion but says the Oak Ridge-based company is looking at all of its options, including possibly moving to other locations in Roane County, Loudon and Monroe counties, and South Carolina. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

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Filed Under: Business, Front Page News, Media, Oak Ridge, Photos Tagged With: Bethel Valley Industrial Park, Brandon Godsey, expansion, Jeff Bohanan, John Huling, Nana Liberatore, Protomet, Protomet Corporation, Walt Weaver

Protomet announces $30 million, 200-job expansion, but moving is an option

Posted at 11:49 am February 2, 2016
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

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Protomet Corporation on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, announced a $30 million, 200-job expansion, but the landlocked company could move to another county—or even another state. Pictured above is Protomet production associate Walt Weaver. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

Note: This story was last updated at 11:35 a.m. Feb. 3.

Protomet Corporation on Tuesday announced a $30 million, 200-job expansion, but the landlocked company could move to another county—or even another state.

Protomet is now located in the Bethel Valley Industrial Park in south Oak Ridge.

The company hopes to break ground on the 100,000-square-foot expansion in June and plans to add 200 new jobs during the next five years. Protomet now has 70 workers in a 40,000-square-foot building on eight acres, so the company would more than triple in size.

Besides staying put, Protomet is also looking at sites in Roane County (the Horizon Center in west Oak Ridge), Loudon and Monroe counties, and South Carolina. The company is looking at some tracts of land outside Anderson County that are more than 25 acres. Protomet needs about 25-30 acres for the expansion, and right now, it doesn’t have it. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Business, Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Bethel Valley Industrial Park, DOE, expansion, Horizon Center, IDB, Jeff Bohanan, John Huling, Nana Liberatore, Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, Oak Ridge City Council, Oak Ridge Industrial Development Board, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Parker Hardy, payment in lieu of taxes, PILOT, Protomet, Protomet Corporation, PTM Edge, PTM Edge Watersports, tax abatement, U.S. Department of Energy, Walt Weaver

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