Spotlight New Mexico—employment changes across the state

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2003-December
Text Box: Albuquerque- About 100 to 150 people will be needed to staff the new CarMax auto retail center when it opens next year. Fiore Industries, an Albuquerque Defense Contractor, has been awarded a U.S. Army contract to design weapons countermeasures to evade enemy fire. The contract may be renewed for up to 15 years and could potentially be worth about $33 million. Fiore will perform most of the development work at the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range. Fiore currently had about 100 employees and expects that the new contract work will add several new jobs. Ktech Corporation, a major supplier of technical services to Sandia National Laboratories, has moved into two new buildings at the Sandia Park Research park. The company has added about 30 employees this year and plans to add about 125 more within the next five years. Text Box: Roswell- The recently closed Nova Bus Manufacturing plan has been sold to Millennium Transit Services LLC, which plans to reopen the factory, the factory had produced "high floor" buses for the US market, but domestic demand has shifted to more accessible "low entry" models. Millennium plans to market high-floor buses for use worldwide and design and build a low-entry model over the next few years. The company expects to hire about 250 workers over the next 12 months. Text Box: Hobbs- The Curry County Commission approved the transfer of $300,000 from the county's environmental fund to the City of Clovis to help pay for a wastewater treatment plant for the Southwest Cheese plant. The transfer of the $300,000 is contingent on the project obtaining additional funds from other sources. The total cost of the wastewater system is estimated at $12.5 million. If groundbreaking for the cheese processing facility goes forward as hoped in January 2004, cheese production could begin in September 2005. An estimated 500 to 700 workers will be needed for construction of the facility. The plant will be staffed Text Box: Las Cruces- New Mexico's first Ashley Furniture HomeStore opened in Las Cruces. The new 67,000-square-foot store is part of a chain of 188 outlets that feature traditional and contemporary furniture. The Las Cruces store employs about 50 people.

Employment Stats

Locale

Employment

Change

NM

94.1%

 

Albuquerque

95%

 

Santa Fe

96.6%

 

Las Cruces

92.8%