The following is an article is from the Fresno Bee about when Nemat, Inc. was first breaking ground in Madera...
Two new manufacturing plants being built in Madera are expected to bring up to 150 new jobs once they open next year.
Last week, officials with Fremont-based Nemat Management Group broke ground on what will be a $2 million, 40,000-square-foot plant that will use computer-controlled machining tools to make parts for equipment sold around the world and in the central San Joaquin Valley, company owner Mike Nemat said.
And next week, start-up Innovative Rotational Moldings Inc. plans to break ground on a $4.25 million, 33,500-square-foot plant that will produce plastic containers and other custom products, including a new line of electric-powered boats, said company owner Dan Humphries.
Nemat Management Group expects its plant at 19343 Road 24 to be up and running by September in its first phase of manufacturing, with full build-out expected in spring 2009, Nemat said.
"Our goal is to become a domestic, high-quality alternative to off-shoring," said Nemat, who founded his company as a consulting firm in 1994 and expanded into manufacturing for the semiconductor, glass-coating, solar, medical, industrial and agricultural sectors in 2004.
The sole proprietorship had between $4 million and $5 million in revenues this year and could reach $20 million in revenues in the next five years, he said.
Moving to Madera will cut down on the high labor and property costs the company now sees in the Bay Area and will allow it closer access to Central and Southern California markets, he said.
It also will lead to 50 to 75 new jobs paying from $10 to $30 an hour, in a combination of new hires and transfers from Fremont, Nemat said.
Innovative Rotational Moldings is a new company, but Humphries said he has been in the plastic container business since 1979, including starting a Chowchilla company, Central California Container, which he sold in 2001.
His new plant at the corner of Road 25 and Avenue 13 will "start with plastic tanks and products" for the agricultural, industrial and residential markets, he said.
The plant will employ from 15 to 20 people earning $12 to $15 an hour at first, he said.
"As time goes on, we'll put more emphasis on the custom market," he added. "If you can picture a big, hollow part, we can make it out of plastic."
Along with doing custom orders for customers, Humphries plans to start work on a plastic, electric-powered boat that can be used on the more than 1,300 lakes in the state that don't allow combustion engine-powered boats for environmental reasons.
"It's a booming market," he said.
Humphries said he's hoping that his plant will expand to employ up to 75 people within two years.
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