b'ACCO Opens New Fabrication Shop in Sparks, NevadaBy Neville SamuelsOn Thursday, February 15, ACCO opened the doors to a new state-of-the-art sheet metal facility in Sparks, Nevada to enhance the companys presence and productivity in the Reno area. THIS NEW FACILITY WILL ALLOW ACCO TO COMPETE AND SECURE MORE PROJECTS IN THE RENO MARKET.We had outgrown our existing sheet metal facilitiesrates and at higher shipping costs that were prone and the new facility allows us to operate at, andto impacts from the weather crossing the Sierra beyond, our current revenue, said Ryan Novacek,Nevada Mountain range in the winter. Sales Manager, Construction. It provides us the ability to strengthen our current offerings fromThere were around 20 sheet metal workers and a production and storage/timing standpoint and12 pipefitters working in the shop as of March 1, provide fabrication offerings that will provide a2024 and the warehouse/shipping/receiving team competitive advantage on our local work to help usand System Operations and Facility Service have secure more projects. It will provide us the ability tospecialty tool lockups in the facility.serve the large mission-critical and manufacturing projects that are continuing to come to Reno.Novacek believes having the facility in place will mean more work for ACCO as it will keep the The new shop is 59,530 sq. ft., of which 20,501competition honest.sq. ft. is dedicated to piping/plumbing fabrication; 22,952 sq. ft. for sheet metal fabrication; andIt eliminates concerns of other fabrication facilities 13,083 sq. ft. of warehouse/indoor storage. with higher labor rates and higher shipping costs, This new space was badly needed for both he said. It allows us to fabricate additional offerings piping/plumbing and sheet metal facilities.that would have been previously built in the field at a lower production rate. We have a state-of-the-Our sheet metal facility was not large enough toart facility that will allow us to sell projects that support our workload efficiently, so we had to useotherwise would go to our competitors.off-site locations to store equipment, Novacek said. We used seven storage containers andNovacek is excited at the prospect the shop, semi-trailers to hold materials and leveragedcapable of up to 24 diameter schedule 80 piping Sacramento and San Leandro to provide ductworkthat can be up to 40 lengths in raw material, on large projects that we could not keep up withprovides ACCO for expansion.due to our limited space and efficiencies. It also provides us a gateway to support future The Reno team used to have its piping/plumbingmarkets including Boise and Salt Lake City when work done at other ACCO facilities at higher laboropportunities arise, Novacek said. 12|Spring 2024'