Press Release
June 17,2005
Delta P Systems breaks ground at the Ormond Beach Airport Business Park
ORMOND BEACH - Delta P Systems, Inc., a local manufacturer of high-performance commercial water pump systems, has broken ground at its new home in the Ormond Beach Airport Business Park on Airport Road.
Checking out the construction site in Ormond Beach for their new 12,000 sq. ft. manufacturing and office facility are, from left: Delta P Systems Executive Corporate Officer Julie Blais, and her husband, Mark Blais, the company's President and founder.
From left: Ed Kelley, Ormond Beach City Commissioner; Isaac Turner, City Manager; Lorry Garafolo, Ormond Beach Chamber of Commerce; Mark Blais, Company President and his wife Julie, Corporate Officer; Joe Mannarino, Ormond Beach Economic Development; Ed Rinderle, Volusia County Economic Development; and Lou Fifer, Volusia County Manufacturing Association.
Today, about 40 city, county and company officials took part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the 2.2 acre site where the company's new 12,000 square-foot manufacturing and office facility will be built. The company, currently located at 460-A LPGA Boulevard in Holly Hill, was founded in 1996 by President Mark Blais.
Delta P Systems, which recently sold three high-volume water systems and controllers to the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, employees 21 people - compared to seven just a year ago. Blais told the group at today's ceremony that the company will continue its aggressive growth, and was grateful for the local support from the county and the City of Ormond Beach.
"We hear a lot about bringing in new businesses to Volusia County, but what about the businesses that are already here?" Blais said. "It was very refreshing to have an economic development director working with us on this expansion and getting us the help we needed."
Ormond Beach Economic Development Director Joe Mannarino said that he has been assisting company officials with the project for about 18 months. The site was purchased from the city for about $88,000.
Mark Blais said that construction of the new facility will be completed in September. In addition to the local employees, he said the company partners with 30 independent sales representatives, with distribution across the U.S., Europe and the Middle East. The company's motto is: Reliability, Simplicity, Safety and Durability. The company's water pumping systems and controllers are pre-packaged, pre-tested and fully automated. The are utilized for irrigation systems and by industrial, commercial and governmental facilities.
For more information, please contact:
- Joe Mannarino, Economic Development Director, 676-3266
- Mark Blais, President, Delta P Systems, Inc., 238-7867
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