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February 10, 2007
The second phase of a two-part expansion is under way at Chart Industries Inc.’s La Crosse plant and is expected to be completed this summer.
Meanwhile, strong demand for the industrial heat exchangers it makes has increased employment at Chart’s La Crosse operation from 350 jobs last February to 403 today.
“We believe we’ll add 20 to 40 more jobs by the third or fourth quarter,” said David Kranz, vice president and manager of mechanical engineering, quality and procurement at the Chart Energy & Chemicals Inc. division plant in La Crosse.
Chart has added jobs in order to increase production, and the plant expansion will allow a further increase in production, Kranz said Friday.
Construction of the first phase, a 10,000-square-foot addition to the west side of Chart’s plant at 2191 Ward Ave., has been completed. “By early spring, we’ll be fully functional” in that addition, Kranz said. Company officials declined to say how much Chart is spending on the expansion, but a city building permit listed the value of the first addition as $1,259,500.
A more recent city building permit lists the value of a second addition at $1.45 million. Work has begun on that 10,000-square-foot addition on the north side of the plant, which will bring the plant’s total size to 160,000 square feet.
Construction work on the second addition should be done by late June, and equipment is being purchased for the addition, Kranz said. “We plan to be fully functional there by the first of August,” he added.
Kranz said a remodeling project in Chart’s office building completed in December created more office space, so the company could add more salaried staff members as part of its growth.
Chart’s industrial heat exchangers often go into natural gas, industrial gas and petrochemical plants. About 40 percent of the units being made in La Crosse are going into natural gas plants.
Kranz said more than 30 percent of the units being made in La Crosse are going to the Middle East. More than 75 percent of the units made in La Crosse are being shipped to other nations.
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