Pur Ice Chooses Site Ready Location In Eufaula
The City of Eufaula announced the location of a new company on their Site Ready certified site.
Pur Ice will provide more than 53 jobs over the next three years with a payroll of 1.5 million dollars. The company will be located on six acres of land in the Eufaula Industrial Park. Construction has begun on the 38,000 square foot building and should be operational in the Spring of 2008. The total investment for the project is approximately four million dollars.
Eufaula Mayor Dean Smith said the company's decision to locate in Eufaula is a major accomplishment for his city.
"Our participation in the Oklahoma Site Ready program was the key to attracting this company to Eufaula," said Smith. "This is the first new industry that has located in Eufaula in 20 years, and the jobs and investment make this a major win for the future of our city."
Tom Hotvedt, the General Manager for Pur Ice said that Eufaula was a very attractive location.
"I can't say enough about the people of Eufaula that worked to bring our company to their community," said Hotvedt. "They were a great team to work with and we look forward to a great relationship. We are building a state of the art facility in Eufaula and our plant will be the only one that will have our level of technology. Eufaula's location is great for shipping our product throughout Eastern Oklahoma and Arkansas."
The City of Eufaula is the recipient of a Community Development Block Grant/Loan - Economic Development Infrastructure Financing (CDBG-EDIF) award totaling $500,000 from the Oklahoma Department of Commerce. The CDBG-EDIF program helps eligible cities, towns, and counties with the financing of infrastructure improvements for business expansions and start-ups.
"We are excited to see Pur Ice take advantage of our Site Ready program," said Natalie Shirley, Secretary of Commerce and Tourism. "The program allows communities to market their available sites to site locators from across the country. We know that Eufaula's participation in the program was key to bringing this company to their community."
Terry Heilig, Economic Developer for the City of Eufaula, "We are excited that we are the first city in Oklahoma to construct a new manufacturing facility in a Site Ready Industrial Park and utilize the CDBG-EDIF Program to create new jobs in Eufaula and McIntosh County."
Pur Ice is a division of CWR Resources, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Orbit Petroleum, Inc., an Oklahoma City based Oil and Gas company. CWR Resources is focused on water and water treatment solutions which aid Orbit in the production and extraction of oil and gas in its fields in New Mexico and Texas. Pur Ice is the first commercial use<