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Printronix Inc., an Irvine company that makes network-connected printers for industrial applications, is pulling its operations under one roof with a new 186,000square-foot headquarters and manufacturing center.
Company officials say the facility will draw in operations the company has been running in five separate facilities scattered around Orange County, allowing more predictable real estate costs and better teamwork. The new plant is expected to double shipping and receiving capacity.
In addition, the facility layout is designed to make future expansion easier.
Printronix bought 12 acres for the expansion last year after outgrowing the 17 1,000square-foot headquarters building it occupied before. The company employs 520 worldwide.
"This is another step in our efforts to achieve higher productivity and faster timeto-market for new products,- said George Harwood, the company's chief financial officer.
Sonic of the building's most advanced features aren't immediately obvious, including high-speed network wiring capable of data transfers of up to it gigabyte per second to each desktop, and videoconferencing equipment to link the company's Netherlands, Singapore...