Pacific Stihl, a division of Stihl, hosted a building dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate its move to a new company-owned facility. According to the company, the new facility nearly triples the square footage of its previous facility. This facility marks the second expansion at Pacific Stihl in five years, and it took six months to construct the office space and install racking and conveyors.
A number of local leaders and business owners attended the event, with Larry Blamer, Stihl branch manager, cutting the ribbon with a Stihl MSA 200 C-BQ lithium ion battery-powered chainsaw.
“Our last move was meant to carry us through 10 years of anticipated growth,” said Blamer, whose territory includes Stihl dealers in California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii and Guam. “We’ve outgrown it in five.”
The event also included a brief presentation on the history of the company and a facility tour led by Ted Kujawski, sales manager for Stihl.
The new regional headquarters features expanded training facilities for sales and service training of Stihl dealers, including new dealer orientation, introductory service technician training and silver level MasterWrench service training.
Photo: Stihl
