Westinghouse Selects Cranberry Woods for Expanded Operations in Western Pennsylvania
Local workforce expected to increase by at least 1000 over next five years
Company to consolidate Western Pa. operations by year-end 2010
MONROEVILLE, Pa., March 20 / -- Westinghouse Electric Company today announced that it has selected Cranberry Woods, Butler County, as the site for its expanding Western Pennsylvania operations.
Construction of the new facility will begin within three months with occupancy by the company's Nuclear Power Plant Business unit expected during the first half of 2009. Employees currently located at existing facilities in Monroeville and Churchill will follow in a second-phase move, with all employees expected to be in the new facility by year-end 2010.
Westinghouse employees currently located in Blairsville, Madison, and New Stanton will remain in their existing facilities.
Construction of the new facility is contingent upon formal approval of the site as a Strategic Development Area by the local governing bodies.
Westinghouse announced in late 2006 that Western Pennsylvania would remain the hub of its expanding worldwide operations. That announcement followed a real estate review that also included Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia. At that time, Westinghouse also announced that it would choose between the Cranberry Woods site and the company's existing site in Monroeville.
The decision to select Cranberry Woods is based on a number of factors, including flexibility of construction options to accommodate future growth. Additionally, the Cranberry Woods site will be able to better accommodate the parking requirements of the expanding workforce.
In making the announcement, Tony Greco, Westinghouse Sr. Vice President of Human Resources and Corporate Relations, thanked Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell as well as other state and local government and business officials for their unwavering support in the effort to maintain Westinghouse and its expanding business operations in Western Pennsylvania.
"Governor Rendell, Dan Onorato, Scott Lowe, the Allegheny Conference and numerous others worked together to insure that Westinghouse would be able to expand in Western Pennsylvania," he said. "We look forward to a long and mutually rewarding presence that will benefit the entire region."
Source: Westinghouse Electric Company
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