ROTTERDAM Op-Tech moving offices to Corporate Park Firm expected to bring 24 jobs to town BY JUSTIN MASON Gazette Reporter Reach Gazette reporter Justin Mason at 395-3113 or jmason@dailygazette.net
Op-Tech Environmental Service, a Syracuse-based company providing cleanup and spill response services throughout the Northeast, announced its regional offices in Albany will be relocated to the Galesi Group’s Rotterdam Corporate Park by next year. The company will lease 15,000 square feet in Building 1, which will be used to service clients in eastern New York and New England, officials from the county Metroplex Development Authority announced this week. The move is anticipated to bring 24 jobs to the town, with the possibility of 15 more as the company grows, Michael Wright, branch manager, said. “Our new facility in the Rotterdam Corporate Park provides the needed space and services for Op-Tech to grow and provide our existing clients and future clients with superior environmental and industrial services,” he said in a prepared statement. The Rotterdam branch will be among Op-Tech’s collection of nine offices spread predominantly across New York, but also in New Jersey and Ohio. Op-Tech provides services to more than 3,000 customers in the Northeast and has served clients such as National Grid, the state Department of Environmental Conservation, General Motors, Benjamin Moore, and the federal Environmental Protection Agency. Galesi Chief Executive Offi cer David Buicko said the addition of Op-Tech is good news for the park and better news for Rotterdam. He said getting the company to relocate to the town is a prime example of cooperation between Supervisor Steve Tommasone and Metroplex officials. “They both worked hard on it together,” he said. “We’re trying very aggressively to bring business to Rotterdam,” he said. The company is eligible for a $20,000 grant through Metroplex to help with the cost of renovations. Metroplex chairman Ray Gillen said the company is a fast-growing business that will continue the transformation of Rotterdam Corporate Park, which has undergone more than $50 million in new investment recently. “It keeps the momentum going in the park,” Gillen said. “This is exactly the type of fast-growing business we want to attract to our county.” Tommasone also cited the recent influx of new business to the park as further evidence of Rotterdam’s revitalization. He said bringing companies into vacant areas in the corporate park also plays into the town’s strategy for smart growth. “This is great news for Rotterdam,” he said. “This is just showing that we’re turning the town around and Metroplex has been a big part of that.” Over the last two years, Galesi’s park added Price Chopper’s $15 million 152,000-square-foot refrigerated warehouse, FedEx Freight’s $6 million regional hub and the $18 million Railex food distribution center. And with $2 million worth of state funding secured for rehabilitating two other buildings in the park, similar announcements may soon follow, Tommasone said. “There are more to come.”
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BIGK75
October 18, 2007, 9:43am
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See what happens when you cut taxes and improve infrastructre. And yes, thank you to Metroplex for the amount that they are providing towards this, but it's money that was already taken from the taxpayers.
Headquartered in Syracuse, New York, OP-TECH is a leading provider of environmental and industrial services in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. With nine branch offices strategically located throughout these regions, as well as a New York State Part 360 permitted waste transfer facility, OP-TECH provides services to over 1,000 customers, including private, industrial, and municipal clients.
When you are faced with an environmental or industrial cleanup, whether it’s a sudden spill, routine industrial maintenance, or a long-term remediation project, you want to work with a company of experienced professionals whom you can trust to take care of the problem quickly and effectively with minimal disruption to your operations.
OP-TECH is your company.
And here's their map that's going to need updating.
Posted on: 10/30/07 Written by: Jessica Harding, Schenectady County Reporter email: hardingj@spotlightnews.com
A new business is moving to Rotterdam.
Metroplex Development Authority officials announced last week that OP-TECH Environmental Services Inc. will establish a new regional office to service eastern New York and New England at the Rotterdam Corporate Park.
“We are pleased that OP-TECH has selected Schenectady County for its expansion plans. This is exactly the type of fast-growing business we want to attract to our county,” Metroplex director Ray Gillen said. “We have helped transform the Rotterdam Corporate Park with more than $50 million in new investment in the past few years, creating new jobs and new tax base for the town, local school districts and the county.”
OP-TECH will lease 15,000 square feet in Building 1 at the Corporate Park. The business will be moving from its current location on Walker Way in Albany, bringing 24 employees and expecting to add 15 more.
“Our new facility in the Rotterdam Corporate Park provides the needed space and services for OP-TECH to grow and provide our existing clients and future clients with superior environmental and industrial services,” branch manager Michael Wright said.
OP-TECH, which has headquarters in Syracuse, provides services to more than1,000 private, industrial and municipal customers across the Northeast. The company specializes in environmental and industrial cleanup, including sudden spills, routine industrial maintenance and long-term remediation projects.
The Rotterdam Corporate Park has seen a lot of growth in recent years with the addition of national businesses such as Railex and FedEx and with the expansion of Price Chopper. The state Department of Environmental Conservation also has its regional headquarters in the park.
“We are pleased to add OP-TECH to our growing list of tenants in Rotterdam,” COO of the Galesi Group, which owns the Corporate Park, Dave Buicko said. “Over the past two years, we have made significant investments in the park. With the continued support of Schenectady County and Metroplex and the cooperation of the town of Rotterdam, we anticipate additional growth going forward.”
Rotterdam Supervisor Steven Tommasone said he is happy to see any private sector business that provides good paying jobs move into the Corporate Park. “Obviously, when it comes to OP-TECH or any other private sector employers coming into Rotterdam, it takes a number of people to make that happen,” he said. “Rotterdam Corporate Park is seeing a resurgence and revitalization. I have a good relationship with Ray Gillen, and I’m going to keep it that way.”
Thanks, Jessica, but as far as the Spotlight goes, this is older news, since it was reported in the Gazette a couple weeks ago (see above).
Also, I must say that I was rather displeased with the copy of the Spotlight that I got this week. I couldn't read this article, or a few others. I assume this is what was teased on the cover as being "Town welcomes new business, see Page 16. Well, my page 16 (and page 13, as well), is totally blacked and I didn't get any of the articles on this, including the continuations from the front cover (2 on page 16, 1 on page 13).
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