Monday 19 August 2013

Another steel shop selects Woodstock to be home

Trans-Mit (Mitsui) to build in Commerce Way park
By Mark Schadenberg
WOODSTOCK -- Roll out the red carpet or should that be a roll of steel.
Trans-Mit Steel will be building a location in Woodstock – a Japanese steel company with many connections to the auto industry.
The City of Woodstock economic development office and city council, reports that Trans-Mit has bought a 5-acre piece of land in the Commerce Way industrial park along Parkinson Road with quick access to the 401/403 crossroads (www.cometothecrossroads.com). (Video: http://cometothecrossroads.com/index.php/media-centre?wid=28) 
The ‘even more good news’ portion of the announcement is that the company has an option to buy an additional 3-acre adjoining parcel.
The press clippings surrounding this news, includes a quote from Mayor Pat Sobeski who notes that Trans-Mit is part of the Mitsui Steel Company (www.mitsui.com). Their site says they have 148 locations in 67 countries. I would guess that qualifies Mitsui as a big player.
Since we all consider Wikipedia a solid source for general information (?), that site notes Mitsui to be one of the largest conglomerates and publicly traded steel companies in the world.
Brad Hammond from the city’s economic development office is a reliable source and he guesses as many as 35 jobs will be created.
Trans-Mit will break ground on construction this autumn as it builds what is expected to be a 70,000 sq ft structure.
Trans-Mit already has two subsidiaries locally -- Steel Technologies and Transfreight.
Trans-Mit – you could say – is another happy customer, says Hammond.
“I think to some degree too, they’ve dealt with the city before, they have a couple of other investments here and they know the type of service we provide and how we treat our businesses and obviously they have been happy with that,” said Hammond in The Sentinel-Review published story. 

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Just one more reason why you should live in Woodstock:

Mark Schadenberg, Sales Representative
Royal LePage Triland Realty
757 Dundas St, Woodstock
www.wesellwoodstock.com
(519) 537-1553, cell or text
Email: mschadenberg@rogers.com
Twitter: markroyallepage

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