Breaking News - Posted: 9/21/07
LaX Fabricating may to moving to Caledonia
By Charlie Warner
Argus Editor
Additional industry, and the potential for 50-plus jobs might be coming to Caledeonia. A business transaction between LaX Fabricating, LLC of La Crescent and Zenke, Inc. for the purchase of 10 acres of land on Highway 16 at Millerís Corner between Hokah and La Crescent fell through last week.
John and Jeff Mitchell, owners of LaX Fabricating indicated there are two sites in Caledonia they are looking at as possible locations for constructing a 50,000 square-foot manufacturing facility.
LaX Fabricating has outgrown its current facility, located in the former Bonanza building on the pike between La Crescent and La Crosse, and had entered into an agreement to purchase a 10-acre tract of land in La Crescent Township near the Highway 26 intersection, known as Millerís Corner earlier this year.
Work on cutting down the large bluff on the north side of Highway 16 to make room for LaX and the Croell Redi-Mix plant was underway. But due to numerous issues, including the removal of the bluff material, right-of-way setbacks, and traffic concerns with Mn/DOT, the two parties did not consummate the deal by the Sept. 20 deadline.
LaX Fabricating currently has 38 full time and part time employees, and hopes to increase their workforce by 10 to 15 persons within a year of constructing the new facility. The company does structural and decorative steel fabricating - anything from steel columns and decks to railings and stairs. The company recently got into the machinery building business, specializing in conveyers, industrial washers, and other large pieces of equipment.
Read the complete story in the September 26 issue of the Caledonia Argus.
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