A bit of good news

Published Dec 04 2008, 02:52 PM by Ian Donnis

December 4, 2008 (Providence, RI)— Pentair Electronic Packaging today announced the company will relocate several manufacturing product lines from Poway, California to the company’s Warwick, Rhode Island facility. The product line transfers will create additional new jobs at the Warwick site. The company expects the transfer to be completed by July 2009.

Pentair is partnering with the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training (DLT) and the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC) to host a job fair to fill the new skilled and semi-skilled Rhode Island jobs on Tuesday December 16 from 3–7 p.m. at Pentair’s 170 Commerce Drive, Warwick, Rhode Island location.
"We welcome Pentair's latest expansion in Rhode Island and are very pleased that this exciting company will create close to 100 new manufacturing jobs for Rhode Islanders over the next few months. We look forward to Pentair's continued growth and expansion in Rhode Island," said Governor Donald L. Carcieri.