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08/06/07 New Halkey-Roberts facility hosts Ribbon
Cutting Ceremony with Mayor Baker in the Gateway Business District
On August 1, 2007 Halkey-Roberts held a
ribbon cutting ceremony, attended by Mayor Rick Baker, to commemorate its
brand new facility located at 10001 28th Street North in the La
Entrada development of St. Petersburg’s Gateway business district.
Halkey-Roberts is a manufacturer of specialized
precision valves used in medical and military applications. They have been
providing original equipment manufacturers with innovative, cost efficient and
quality components for over twenty years from St. Petersburg.
Experiencing continual growth in its service
industries, Halkey-Roberts began a search for a larger facility in 2004 to
keep pace with growing product demands in the medical and military fields. The
growth required the firm to relocate from its previous 72,000 square foot
facility in St. Petersburg to the new state-of-the-art 134,000 square foot
facility in La Entrada. Working with the city’s Economic Development
department, Halkey-Roberts was approved for the State of Florida’s
Qualified Target Industry (QTI) Program for the relocation and expansion of
its headquarters office and manufacturing facility to the La Entrada area of
the Gateway business district.
The Qualified Target Industry Tax
Refund Program, (QTI) is an incentive program administered through the
State of Florida that allows Florida communities to encourage quality job
growth in targeted high value-added businesses. The program provides tax
refunds per new job created to new or expanding businesses in targeted
industries or a corporate headquarters.
Halkey-Roberts
committed to the creation of 70 new high-pay positions in St. Petersburg which
added an additional $2,547,930 annual payroll to the city’s employment base.
Its experienced staff of manufacturing, sales and engineering professionals
provide a cost effective and innovative solution to fit specific business
application needs. Currently, Halkey-Roberts has over 200 employees at its
new state-of-the-art 134,000 square foot facility.
Halkey-Roberts is a wholly owned subsidiary
of the Atrion Corporation, headquartered in Dallas Texas. Atrion has
focused on creative product design, low-cost manufacturing and exceptional
customer service to establish a well-performing business portfolio of core
medical devices and components. As a developer and manufacturer of a
diverse range of products, Atrion stays on the forefront of technology and
manufacturing with products that meet the needs of targeted markets via
subsidiary entities such as Halkey-Roberts.
Learn more about Halkey-Roberts and Atrion, manufacturers of
medical and military application devices that have acquired strength in
diversification and have achieved growth by strategic design.
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