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SWED Archives: 1990 - 1999
1999-2000 Arcon Welding, LLC begins manufacturing portable arc welding machines in Northwood. Rail service is retained along Mill Street thanks to a creative financing package and a unique partnership between SWED, the City of Salisbury, Norfolk-Southern, MDOT, and rail users.
1998-'99 Interactive Marketing Services, Inc. enters into a lease with Mountaire Farms for a portion of the former Campbell Soup plant. Millenium Microwave, LLC begins manufacturing operations in Fruitland, serving military and commercial customers in the wireless communications industry.
1997-'98 ThermoLyte Corporation of Waltham, Mass. begins manufacturing operations in the former terminal building at the Salisbury/Ocean City: Wicomico Regional Airport. SWED, along with eight Eastern Shore counties, produces a CD-ROM, highlighting business attributes of the Eastern Shore and each county. The Kiplinger Washington Letter mentions that Salisbury is "drawing smaller, high-tech businesses" in its February 20, 1998 edition.
1996-'97 ClearComm Technologies and Custom Cable Solutions begin new manufacturing operations in Wicomico County. Cape May Foods purchases Nanticoke Foods, retaining 75 jobs in Nanticoke, Maryland. Tishcon Corporation relocates a New York division to Salisbury and purchases the former Sears Warehouse building on Brown Street.
1995-'96 Filtronic Comtek moves into its new 80,000 sq. ft. U.S. manufacturing plant and headquarters and now employs over one hundred fifty personnel. Shoreland Freezers, Tishcon, and Trinity Labs commit millions of dollars for new warehouse and manufacturing space. Piedmont/U.S.Air Express opens its new engine testing facility at the Salisbury-Wicomico Regional Airport generating new jobs and strengthening maintenance operations. Rafael Correa, President of Machining Technologies, wins Maryland's Small Businessman of the Year award. Filtronic Comtek
1994-'95 Lorch Microwave relocates from Florida to Salisbury. Salisbury Technologies (now Harvard Custom Manufacturing) purchases the former Grumman plant, retaining eighty-two jobs while projecting one hundred more in the next few years. MaTech turns a former sweet potato warehouse into a state of the art machine shop in Hebron.
1993-'94 Field Container, a manufacturer of folding cartons, purchases Wicomico County's 100,000 sq. ft. inventory building while Royal Quality Foods begins a beef processing business in the former Campbell Soup plant. RelComm Technologies begins a new relay switch business in Northwood. Data Services constructs a new facility in Winterplace Park and CallCenter on its 42,000 sq. ft. telemarketing center. SWED, in conjunction with Wicomico County, UMES, and the EDA establishes a $1 million revolving loan fund for industrial development.
1992-'93
Campbell's Soup closes operations in Salisbury eliminating nearly 800
jobs. At the same time, Grumman Aerospace announces plans to close
1991-'92 Nanticoke Homes, a manufacturer of modular housing purchases the former ConDiesel plant, while Wicomico County begins construction of its second inventory building. The national economy enters a recession largely due to defense cutbacks associated with changes in the Soviet Union and other foreign economies. The former Campell Soup plant
1990-'91 U.S. Marine builds its 1,000th yacht, MaTech doubles its workforce, and 66,000 sq. ft. of office/ industrial/ warehouse space is built by Northgate Development along Naylor Mill Road. CallCenter Services reaches 200 associates while Eaton Corporation employs 300 people.
The former Eaton facility
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