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Applied Products, Inc. Continues Growing in Santa Fe Springs

How the Santa Fe Springs Chamber of Commerce and Its Members Can Work for Your Business!

Applied Products, Inc. based in Minnesota, moved its west coast distribution center from Rancho Dominquez to Santa Fe Springs in 2002. The firm is a nationwide leader in providing solutions for adhesive-related equipment needs.

Initially, they warehoused products with a local public warehouse and subleased office space within the same building. As their business grew, the shared space became increasingly restrictive. In December, 2005, Tara Moctezuma, the West Coast operations supervisor of Allied Products, responded to a Santa Fe Springs non-member survey.

She expressed interest in joining the chamber, but also indicated they were interested in moving to a new location that better suited their need, which also took into consideration their planned future growth.

The Santa Fe Springs Chamber's director of marketing met with Tara and learned more details about the company and what they were looking for. She expressed happiness with Santa Fe Springs as their business location and wanted to remain in the city.

All of this resulted in the Santa Fe Springs Chamber referring Applied Products to a number of commercial realtors who were members of the chamber. Applied Products selected Encon Commercial Real Estate, located in Santa Fe Springs, which does an excellent job of matching business moves to company needs/

Their initial goal was to find a property within Santa Fe Springs that met Applied Products immediate and long-term needs. But that is only the beginning of a great story that took over one year of effort by individuals from Applied Products, Encon Commercial Real Estate, and Santa Fe Springs city and fire department staff involved with building, development, and permitting.

Applied Products joined the Santa Fe Springs Chamber shortly after this process began. In December, 2006, Applied Products committed to a five year term lease with a five year term option in the Golden Springs Development of Santa Fe Springs.

This investment commitment by Applied Products represents many positive expansions worth nothing - jobs, equipment, size, scale of leased premises, and commitment to the local market.

In February 2007, they happily moved into their new location at 13152 Imperial Highway in Santa Fe Springs and can be reached at (562) 926-7382. You can also learn more by going online to Home

We applaud them for keeping their company in the business and manufacturing a friendly environment of Santa Fe Springs, while utilizing the chamber and its members to help make that happen.

The winners in this success story are Applied Products, their customers, Encon Commercial Real Estate, Golden Springs Development Company, the city of Santa Fe Springs, the Santa Fe Springs Chamber of Commerce, and many others who have benefited both during and after this process.

Being a member of the chamber means a lot of things to different people in a wide variety of companies located inside and outside this city.

But as the great radio announcer Paul Harvey used to say, "That's the rest of the story." We suggest you call the Santa Fe Springs Chamber at (562) 944-1616 and learn how they might be of assistance to your business.