Mifflinburg
PA: With an uptick in orders and increased optimism in the economy, it looks as
if 2012 will be a good year for Ritz-Craft Corporation of Pennsylvania. Locally
Ritz-Craft has hired 30 new employees at its Mifflinburg plant facility.
Employees have been hired in the corporate office, the manufacturing facility
and at Ritz-Trans, Ritz-Craft’s transportation division. Steve Forcheskie,
General Manager of Ritz-Craft’s Northeast Division expects the number of new
employees to possibly grow to 50 or more as production increases.
Forcheskie
elaborates “The number of orders that we have received so far this year greatly
exceeds where we were last year at this time. We have been receiving numerous
reports from our network of builders and sales representatives that they are seeing
much more activity in the marketplace.”
The
National Association for Business Economics states that housing starts are
expected to rise from 610,000 units in 2011 to 700,000 units in 2012. In
addition, they expect housing starts to reach 850,000 units in 2013. In order
to keep up with this increased demand, Ritz-Craft Corporation is investing in
the best asset possible – people to meet this demand.
“With
this rise in homebuilding, we have increased our number of employees at the
Pennsylvania facility as well as the North Carolina and Michigan facilities,”
explains Paul John, President and CEO of Ritz-Craft Corporation. “Our people
are our greatest asset and we pride ourselves on our employees and the hard
working talent we are able to recruit from local resources. We are very
optimistic about the future and the opportunities the current market will
bring.”
Ritz-Craft
Corporation is a privately held, vertically integrated company headquartered in
Mifflinburg PA. With its roots in residential homebuilding dating back to 1954,
Ritz-Craft Corporation has risen to be an industry leader in the system-built
industry. The company has additional production facilities in Michigan and
North Carolina. For more information about Ritz-Craft homes visit
www.ritz-craft.com or call 800-326-9836.
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