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BRE: Carriage Works Moving to ECS Building
This article was in Tuesday’s (November 22nd, 2016) Herald and News
Written By: Holly Dillemuth, H&N Staff Reporter 
Klamath Falls company The Carriage Works is planning to double its workable square footage capacity and efficiency while remaining in the Klamath Basin.
The retail merchandise unit manufacturing company, in conjunction with Klamath County Economic Development Association, announced Monday that it will move from Mallard Lane to the former ECS building at 6660 Arnold St. in early 2017.
The move makes good on expansion plans shared with the Herald and News in March by the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer Brian Dunham.
The Carriage Works recently finalized the purchase of the 42,000-square-foot building on Arnold Street, according to a news release, where it will continue to manufacture and assemble kiosks and carts for businesses and amusement parks, including Six Flags.
The Carriage Works has recently started building equipment for use by clients such as Hotel del Coronado in San Diego and the Oregon Zoo.
The company is looking into the food truck manufacturing industry at a local level as well.
Dunham said he hopes to add 10 additional employees in 2017-18.
“That’s our starting target,” Dunham said.
Adding more employees is not a motivating factor for the move, he said, but could be a result of having more space.
Dunham also said company’s new space will allow the 25 employees more efficient use of space for design and manufacturing.
He chose to keep the company in Klamath County, referencing the advantages, especially in the local workforce, far outweigh any disadvantage, including being near Interstate 5.
“The wood products background here in Klamath County is strong,” Dunham said. “The community has been very welcoming and very supportive,” he added.
KCEDA worked with the company on finding a new location, according to Greg O’Sullivan, KCEDA executive director, as the agency does with many businesses in Klamath County.
“Certainly a win for retention, expansion,” O’Sullivan said.
Dunham bought the business from John and Barbara Evensizer in 2015 and shortly after added five employees.
The Evensizers opened the company in 1975. At the time, the company built carriages and sold them to Disneyland.
To learn more about the business, go to www.carriageworks.com.
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