Retech moving to Buffalo, N.Y.
Ukiah company moved manufacturing to Poland in 2018
The Ukiah-based Retech announced recently it is moving its headquarters to New York state.
“Retech Systems is pleased to bemoving to Buffalo,” Earl Good, Retech Systems president and managing director, is quoted as saying in a press release.
Good went on to explain that the decision was made not just “to provide flawless regional and global support to our customers,” but because nearby “engineering and technology schools … are important incubators to support the technologies thatwe are creating.”
Good was also quoted as predicting that the company’s relocation “will potentially create about 80 new jobs over the next few years.”
In 2018, the company shut down the manufacturing arm of its facility along Highway 101 between Ukiah and Hopland and moved “much of the manufacturing and assembly” activities to fa
cilities located in Poland.
Information released by the company at the time said that “the Ukiah office will be downsized and will retain our experienced engineers, leading technical directors, technologists, and service staff.
Key leadership roles will continue to be filled and Retech’s unique R&D Center will continue to be built up. Ultimately, the company will then maintain a west coast office along with the recently opened east coast office in Buffalo, NY.”
The company describes itself as “the world’s leading supplier of Electron Beam ( EB) and Plasma ( PAM) Cold Hearth furnaces for melting and refining titanium and titanium alloys.
“Retech advanced vacuum metallurgical systems also include Vacuum Arc Remelt ( VAR), VAR Consumable (Skull) Casting, EB and PAM Consolidation furnaces, Plasma Welders, Vacuum Induction melting ( VIM), Precision Investment Casting (DS/SC/EQ), Cold Wall Induction melting and casting, Vacuum Heat Treating, and Gas Atomization for metal powder production.”