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Managing Editor CHICOPEE There are over 58 more manufacturing jobs in Chicopee Center and Mayor Michael Bissonnette couldn't be happier. "This is terrific," Bissonnette said at the dedication ceremonies on Friday at the Electro-Term Hollingsworth facility at the Cabotville Industrial Park. "This is exactly the kind of fit we're looking for." The company, which started in 1976, manufactures electrical terminals for a wide variety of applications. Walter Rustic, the company's general manager, said the company makes "anything at the end of a wire." "It's an invisible product. Everyone has it but no one sees it," he added. Company founder and president Warren Smith started the business as a one-man home-based operation. The company grew and occupied a series of buildings in Springfield. Although originally a re-seller of product made by other companies, Electro-Term started manufacturing it own terminals in the late 1970s. In 1991, 1998 and 1999, the company made a series of acquisitions that enlarged its manufacturing efforts. The company has been certified as a military specification facility, which means it is eligible to compete for government contracts. The company now grosses over $5 million a year. With the growth came a need for more space and Rustic said the search started one year ago. Once the company found the space at Cabotville, it had to be renovated to their needs. Rustic added the move itself, which was supposed to take place over a three month period, instead had to be finished in three weeks and he thanked the staff for their efforts to make the move. "It was quite an adventure -- quite a miracle," Rustic said. | ||||||
