ABSTRACT

HISTORY •The existing plant has three buildings and 1,100,000 square feet •The new plant is to be located on 890 acres near south Florida •The maintenance cost for the 13 lines of operations is $l,023/scale produced •The operations cost for the southeast operations is 1.3 times the average of the

other regional plants • A new market is being developed to be located in this region •The anticipated life span of the new scale division is 5 years