Local economic challenges debated
July 30th, 2008 | by Manufacturing Business |Local economic challenges debated.
But Steve Maselli, president of Old Adirondack, said overseas manufacturing tenders the real challenge to economics here.
Moved from Keeseville over a decade ago, Maselli said he was able to expand a failing plant into the 100-acre industrial complex in Willsboro with a permit that took only 36 days to obtain and economic-development funding.
‘Our biggest challenge now is the macroeconomic market,’ he said of globalization and overseas manufacturing.
It”s the same concern that pulled Jarden Plastics and 68 jobs from Tupper Lake in April.
Fluctuating between 25 and 50 employees, manufacturing at Old Adirondack Furniture Co. shifts with the seasons, Maselli said, indicating a downturn in showroom sales during winter, though products move online year-round.
COPYCATS
But even catalog sales suffer offshore threats.
