News: Northern New England
Posted: August 5, 2016
PROCON completes 118,600 s/f container facility for Rand-Whitney in Dover
Shown (from left) are: Karen Weston, mayor of Dover, NH; Rick Dumais, general manager, Rand-Whitney Container; N.H. governor Maggie Hassan; Daniel Kraft, President-International of The Kraft Group; Michael Bergeron – business development manager, N.H. DRED; Robert Kraft, founder, chairman and CEO of The Kraft Group; John Samenfeld, vice chairman PROCON Design-Build; Jonathan Kraft, president of the Kraft Group; Jim Bauchiero, SVP sales and marketing, Rand-Whitney Container; and Nick Smith president/CEO, Rand-Whitney Container.Dover, NH July 14th marked the grand opening of Rand-Whitney’s new 118,600 s/f container facility located on Stonewall Dr. Rand-Whitney president and CEO Nick Smith hosted the ribbon cutting celebration that was attended by local business leaders and dignitaries.
Governor Maggie Hassan, N.H. senior business development manager Michael Bergeron, Dover mayor Karen Weston, senator David Watters, as well as Robert, Jonathan and Dan Kraft of the Kraft Group attended.
PROCON of Manchester, designed and constructed the expansive packaging facility. The company’s chairman and CEO Mark Stebbins, vice chairman John Samenfeld, and the PROCON team were present to celebrate the project’s successful completion with the Rand-Whitney team.
Summit Land Development of Dover, was the land developer for the project. The festivities included a tour of the warehouse facility and the ribbon cutting ceremony. Several guest speakers expressed their thanks and congratulations to the company.
Governor Hassan began by saying, “The opening of this facility and its expansion will help create good high-quality jobs for workers here in New Hampshire, and will spur economic development and boost our innovation economy.”
Excited Rand-Whitney employees gathered at the event with their company’s leadership - clearly pleased about their larger, new facility. Smith took a few moments to share his gratitude with those gathered, “I am so proud of how everyone involved in this project pulled together to make it happen, from Dover city officials to Summit Development to PROCON. I am also proud of the RandWhitney team, who all entered the spirit of this move with such support and enthusiasm. And, it is thanks to such a great company of dedicated hard workers that we stand here today.”
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