Date: Fri 11-Oct-1996

Publication: Bee

Author: ANDYG

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Site Plans Approved For Peck's Lane Plant

B Y A NDREW G OROSKO

The Planning and Zoning Commission has approved site development plans for

Neumade Products Corporation's planned 60,000-square-foot manufacturing plant

on Peck's Lane.

Edward Johnson, an architect representing A. Secondino and Son, Inc, of

Branford, the general contractor for the project, presented the plans to the

P&Z October 3. P&Z members later unanimously approved the construction plans.

Neumade manufactures metal cabinets to house equipment used by the

photographic, motion picture, television and audio-visual industries. A total

of 50 workers will be employed at Neumade, of which 30 will be in the

manufacturing section of the building and 20 in the office section. The

steel-frame structure will have a masonry exterior.

Ronald Jones, the chief executive officer of Neumade, said one work shift is

planned for the facility. Manufacturing will take place from approximately

7:15 am to 4:15 pm and the offices will be open from 8:30 am to 5 pm.

The P&Z approved the project on the condition that the applicant provide the

town with revised plans for the building's septic system, as was requested by

the town health department.

Neumade will build the factory on a 10-acre parcel in a M-2 Zone on the west

side of Peck's Lane. The land lies across Pecks Lane from the Sorvall factory

which formerly housed DuPont Medical Products, Inc. Neumade is an 80-year old,

family-owned business.

Johnson and Michaelson, Architects, of Branford designed the project. McChord

Engineering Associates, Inc, of Wilton did the engineering work. The property

owner is Rojo Enterprises, a limited liability corporation, of Norwalk. Mr

Jones is the president of Rojo.

Neumade will be served by United Water's public water supply system and

Yankeegas's natural gas system. Some 63 on-site parking spaces will be

provided. Plans indicate the potential for an additional 18 parking spaces.

The applicant states the project will have no effect on area property values.

Neumade will consolidate three of its operations at the Newtown site. Its

current Buffalo, NY, and Cedar Knolls, NJ, manufacturing operations and its

Norwalk sales office will be consolidated here.

The firm uses sheet metal to build cabinets for professional motion picture

projectors used in theaters. It also builds film handling equipment, and

manufactures microfilm equipment, lighting controls and film storage

equipment, among other media products. Its products are sold to the

entertainment industry, the government, hospitals and museums.

The estimated value of the factory construction project is $3.5 million.