By Brook Stockberger
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SANTA TERESA >> For the third time in less than a year, Gov. Susana Martinez visited the southern part of Do?a Ana County on Monday to announce the location of two new companies -- with about 70 new jobs -- in the Santa Teresa area.
"It seems like we're making these type of announcements in Santa Teresa more and more often," she said.
W Silver Recycling, a metal recycling company, and Twin Cities, a warehousing, distribution and logistics company, plan facilities in the Verde Logistics Park. El Paso-based Twin Cities bought 32 acres and plans to start construction in about a month or so and hopes to be finished during the first quarter of next year, said Ed Hazelton with the company. W Silver, which has a facility in El Paso as well as Albuquerque, will be making its "single largest investment in the region," president Lane Gaddy said.
W Silver has been in operation for nearly a century and works with utility companies and manufacturers, Gaddy said. The company refers to itself as the only full-service recycler on the U.S.-Mexico border and is involved in plastic grinding and processing, pallet processing, industrial trash hauling, wire chopping and other areas.
Gaddy said that Davin Lopez of the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance as well as Jerry Pacheco and Ed Camden of the Border Industrial Association made the move
possible."Without them strong-arming us, the time line might have been longer," he said. "They really helped."
Gaddy said W Silver has thought about expansion for about a decade. He said incentives in place as well as the overweight zone -- a six-mile zone that allows trucks with overweight cargo to travel into the state -- were attractive,
"We were looking at locations in El Paso and we told Davin that we were interested in Santa Teresa as well," he said.
Hazelton said that Twin Cities has been interested in the Santa Teresa area since 1996, but the recent improvements in infrastructure and the start of construction of Union Pacific's $400 million intermodal facility in the area were very attractive. The company was established in 1979 as a warehousing, distribution and logistics company to expedite the storage and transportation of products in the El Paso/Ju?rez area.
In 1998, Twin Cities began operations as a container holding facility for ocean carriers. In Santa Teresa it will move and store containers and trailers for its clients. The company will have the capacity to handle loaded and empty containers for transfer or storage.
"(The companies) have put their faith in New Mexico," said New Mexico Economic Development Secretary Jon Barela. "Santa Teresa has become one of the most dynamic communities along the U.S.-Mexico Border."
State Sen. Mary Kay Papen was on hand for the announcement and said the growth of the Santa Teresa area is being noticed.
"We're always looking to Albuquerque as the big boys, now we're becoming one of the big boys," Papen said.
Martinez, a Republican, said that work with legislators like Papen, a Democrat, across party lines has allowed the state to become more competitive. She pointed to the reduction in corporate income tax as one example.
"Instantly Secretary Barela started getting calls from companies interested in coming here," she said.
And the governor said that she does enjoys her trips back home to Do?a Ana County.
"I hope to be back in southern New Mexico for many more job announcements," Martinez said.
Business Editor Brook Stockberger may be reached at 575-541-5457
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