The expansion will allow the company to better serve customers in the surrounding states and throughout North America.
MAPEI Corp. recently announced the expansion of its existing Wildwood, Fla., location with a groundbreaking ceremony for the addition of a new 260,000-sq-ft (24,155-m2) powder production and distribution facility. "The existing facility has proven to be such a tremendous asset as a distribution center that the construction of additional distribution space, along with four powder production lines, will greatly increase our ability to meet our customers' demands," said Luigi Di Geso, president and CEO of MAPEI North America. "Now we will be even better able to bring product and services to our customers in the surrounding states, as well as throughout North America, with the increased powder production."
MAPEI has contracted with Geis Construction for the expansion. "We are thrilled to have been selected for this exciting and challenging project where we are once again able to demonstrate the strength of our team," said Jeffrey Martin, president of Geis Construction. "MAPEI will continue to operate and not be affected by our construction activities as we prepare space inside existing buildings for support areas and add the foundations, utilities and infrastructure to support the 75-foot-tall [22.9-m-tall] powder-line systems."