Governor Sandoval was at The Nugget Casino Resort in Sparks this morning for a big announcement.
"200,000 thousand square feet plus, 200 high paying jobs, they’re going to work in partnership with our universities - it doesn't get any better than this,” beams the governor.
New Deantronics, an international medical device company, is scheduled to be up and running by 2020. Their 14-acre technology campus will soon break ground in Spanish Springs.
The world class facility will foster cutting edge research and development.
"That's what we want to be - a cradle of innovation,” says Governor Sandoval, “And this is a really specialized area that typically you wouldn't see in northern Nevada."
For more than 30 years New Deantronics has been manufacturing high-end medical devices, like Nano cameras - a fraction of the size of a dime - most often used in surgery; "From neurosurgery to orthopedic toe surgery,” explains CEO Jane Liu.
Liu founded New Deantronics in 1985 in San Francisco. The company has advanced facilities in Taiwan, including something called medical incubation centers, where outside ideas are encouraged and a UNR engineering student was recently invited.
"They are always reaching out to new people, new people always coming to them, as well,” says fourth year mechanical engineering student, Eric Simonsen, “They are always trying to help in any way to expand the industry."
Liu says Simonsen spent two months as an intern, at the Taiwan facility. "We used him as the first pioneer to know about us, so we can attract more young talent here."
About 200 positions will be available, ranging from design and mechanical engineering to quality assurance.
As for the increased housing demand this will cause, the governor says that is being worked on, too: "We want to assure the people who come here, the people who live here can have an affordable rent,” explains Sandoval, “And I think you're going to see a lot more units come online in the near future."
New Deantronics will be located at the Spanish Springs Business Center near Calle de la Plata and Pyramid Highway.
The Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada (EDAWN) says pay will be $30 per hour or higher and that the new facility will infuse $40 million into our economy.
Builders will be Q and D Construction.
For the New Deantronics website, click here; http://www.newdean.com.tw/ND/index.aspx
For more information on the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada (EDAWN) click here -
