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Simmons Opens Three Manufacturing Plants
Bedding manufacturer Simmons Co. will open three manufacturing plants ranging in size from 150,000-sf to 215,000-sf. The Sumner, Wa. plant will employ 140 workers when it opens in November 2003. Plants in Hazelton, Pa. and South Georgia will employ 225 workers each and are expected to open in May 2004. The facilities will reflect the company's upgraded operations, including a "zero waste" initiative.
SJSU Opens Updated Microelectronics Fabrication Facility
San Jose State University has opened its newly updated Microelectronics Process Engineering Fabrication Facility at the College of Engineering. The 3,400-sf fab and academic program were made possible by donations from corporate sponsors including Intel Corp. and Applied Materials Inc., as well as funding from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and the National Science Foundation.
Maxtor Corp. Expands in Fremont
MMC Technology, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Milpitas-based Maxtor Corp., will expand its disk-drive media manufacturing operations with the lease of 183,000-sf in Fremont, Calif. Housing 65,000 sf of cleanrooms, the facility will be occupied in addition to MMC's 140,000-sf location in San Jose.
McCormick Theological Seminary Admin Building Recognized
M+W Zander was presented with a Distinguished Building Award at AIA Chicago’s Designight on September 19, 2003 in recognition of the firm’s design for the New Administration Building and Underground Parking Facility for McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. The 42,000-gsf building and 60,000-gsf parking garage complex was completed in May 2003, for which M+W Zander provided master site planning, programming, architectural design, and construction administration services.
Duke University Tops Off Interdisciplinary Research Facility
The Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University recently celebrated the “topping off” of its newest educational and research facility, the Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine, and Applied Sciences (CIEMAS). The state-of-the-art facility features undergraduate teaching and project labs, research facilities and a variety of spaces where faculty and students can both formally meet and informally interact. Zimmer Gunsul Frasca designed the building, and Skanska USA Building is serving as manager of construction.