Businesses Choose Fairfield, CA for Available Space, Freeway Accessibility, and Available Workforce

Businesses Choose Fairfield, CA for Available Space, Freeway Accessibility, and Available Workforce
Mon, 23 Jun 2008

FAIRFIELD, Calif., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The San Francisco Bay Area city
of Fairfield, CA continues to attract companies in diverse industry sectors.
Businesses choose to locate in Fairfield, located halfway between San
Francisco and Sacramento, because of its available land, location at the
confluence of two freeways, affordable housing and an available workforce.

New businesses in Fairfield include: Keetsa, an eco-friendly mattress
store, Elliott Company, a global leader in the design, manufacture and service
of turbo machinery, and UMA Solar, a distributor of solar pool heating
systems.

"Businesses choose Fairfield because we have what's needed to help
companies grow," said Eve Somjen, community development director for
Fairfield. "The city has the infrastructure and value-priced real estate to
help businesses locate here."


Keetsa Mattress has opened a 2,500-square foot store at 1595 Holiday Lane
in Fairfield. The site was formerly occupied by A+ School Supply store.
Keetsa has been in business for less than a year and manufactures and sells
eco-friendly mattresses.

Company spokesperson, Joe Alexander says the company chose to open in
Fairfield because of the site's visibility right along Interstate 80 and also
because of the Travis Air Force Base community which is a target market for
Keetsa.

The company also has stores in Berkeley and San Francisco.


The Elliott Company, which designs and manufactures steam turbines, air
and gas compressors, power recovery turbines and power-generating equipment,
is expected to move from Benicia, CA to a 36,000-square foot space at 2339
Courage Drive in Fairfield on July 1, 2008. The company has been in Benicia
since 1988, and is moving because it has outgrown its 22,000-square foot
facility.

Elliott Company employs 1,200 people in 28 locations world-wide. The
Fairfield location will employ 22 people and is projected to grow to 30 by the
end of the year.

Bob Cross, Director of Service Shop Operations in the Americas says, "we
chose to locate in Fairfield because it has available space as well as freeway
accessibility which is important for our shipping and receiving needs. Plus,
it's ideal because many of our employees live in Fairfield."


Also moving to Fairfield in July is UMA Solar, wholesale distributor of
Heliocol, the world's largest solar pool heating system for North America.
The company is scheduled to locate its Northern California distribution center
in a 9,000-square foot facility on Edison Court and will service the entire
San Francisco Bay Area, Pacific Northwest and Hawaii.

"Fairfield's strategic location near major freeways is important to our
business and a key reason why we chose to locate here," said Greg Gahagan, the
company's California representative and spokesperson.

UMA Solar is headquartered in Altamonte Springs, Florida and has
additional distribution centers in San Diego, Arizona, and Florida. The
company, in business for 30 years, has installed solar heating systems at the
Olympic Summer Games, San Diego State University and the Florida Governor's
Mansion.