缆车巨头 Doppelmayr 美国新总部在 Salt Lake City 启用：投资1.5亿美元，面积翻倍至16万平方英尺
位于犹他州盐湖县（Salt Lake County）的 Salt Lake City 消息：据 Lift Blog 现场报道，缆车（索道）制造商 Doppelmayr 10 月 19 日为其美国新总部剪彩启用。新总部位于 3080 W. 500 South，紧邻旧址，投资 1.5 亿美元，使 Salt Lake City 基地成为该集团全球最大的设施之一。
新总部面积 16 万平方英尺，较此前规模翻倍，把生产、销售、工程、零部件、服务、培训、行政与施工集中于同一屋檐下，并为今后增长留有空间。该公司目前在美国雇有约 300 人。州长 Spencer Cox 在启用活动上表示，这座新厂与附近新建的 Stadler Rail 工厂将为犹他州居民提供高质量的技工岗位，并称让年轻人更早接受职业教育与学徒训练是该州的优先事项之一。
启用仪式由 Doppelmayr USA 首席执行官 Keith Johns、集团董事长 Michael Doppelmayr、董事总经理 Gerhard Gassner 与州长 Spencer Cox 共同主持，27 名在该公司工作超过 20 年的员工受邀一同剪彩。Keith Johns 还向承建方 GSBS Architects 与 R&O Construction 赠送奥地利传统牛铃，答谢其建设工作。Michael Doppelmayr 在致辞中对员工说：「你们在这里做得非常出色，现在把这里填满、让它成功。」
Doppelmayr 家族企业在美国经营已逾半个世纪，1985 年以 Vail Mountain 四条可脱挂式索道的合同打开局面；2002 年经与 Garaventa 合并取得犹他州办公室，并在 Salt Lake 冬奥会前与 Holding 家族合作翻新 Snowbasin 的索道系统。此后犹他州与北美市场持续壮大。公司称，其当前全球最大项目位于美国的 Newark Liberty 国际机场，非滑雪类项目已约占集团全球销售额的三分之一。
新厂把以往在奥地利 Wolfurt 制造的圆锥形塔等大型部件改在 Salt Lake 本地使用美国钢材生产，以缩短北美客户的供应链；厂内新增的焊接机器人可把圆柱形塔的焊接时间缩短四到六成。新总部还设有可同时容纳 25 人的美国培训中心，配备完整的 Doppelmayr Connect 控制系统与液压系统供学员实操。新总部由 Doppelmayr 自行投资兴建，州长 Spencer Cox 以主礼嘉宾身份出席启用仪式。
Ropeway Giant Doppelmayr Opens New U.S. Headquarters in Salt Lake City: $150 Million Investment Doubles Footprint to 160,000 Square Feet
Salt Lake City, in Salt Lake County, Utah: Ropeway manufacturer Doppelmayr cut the ribbon on its new U.S. headquarters on October 19, according to an on-site report by Lift Blog. The new building, at 3080 W. 500 South next door to the old site, represents a $150 million investment and makes Salt Lake City one of the Doppelmayr Group's largest facilities worldwide.
The 160,000-square-foot headquarters doubles the company's previous footprint, bringing production, sales, engineering, parts, service, training, back office and construction under one roof, with ample room for growth. Doppelmayr employs about 300 people in the United States. Governor Spencer Cox said at the opening that the facility, along with a new Stadler Rail factory nearby, will provide high-quality jobs for Utahns in the trades, and noted that providing work education and apprenticeships at a younger age is a top priority for the state.
Doppelmayr USA CEO Keith Johns, Chairman of the Board Michael Doppelmayr and Managing Director Gerhard Gassner presided over the ceremony together with Governor Cox, and 27 employees with more than 20 years at the company were invited to join the ribbon cutting. Johns also presented GSBS Architects and R&O Construction with traditional Austrian cow bells for their work on the project. Addressing employees, Michael Doppelmayr said: 'You've done a wonderful job here. Now fill it up and make it a success.'
The Doppelmayr family company has operated in the United States for over half a century. Its first big break came in 1985 with a contract for four detachable quads on Vail Mountain; it originally landed in Golden, Colorado, before merging with Garaventa and inheriting a Utah office in 2002, and in the run-up to the Salt Lake Olympics it partnered with the Holding family to rebuild Snowbasin's lift fleet. The company says its biggest current project worldwide is at Newark Liberty International Airport in the United States, and that non-ski projects now make up about one third of the Group's worldwide sales.
The new plant will build large components such as conical towers, previously manufactured in Wolfurt, Austria, locally in Salt Lake using U.S. steel, shortening supply chains for North American customers; a new welding robot cuts welding time for cylindrical towers by 40 to 60 percent. The headquarters also houses a new U.S. training center for 25 people at a time, with a full Doppelmayr Connect control system and hydraulic equipment for hands-on learning. The headquarters was built with Doppelmayr's own investment, with Governor Cox attending the opening as the presiding guest.
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图片来源：图：Doppelmayr 位于 Salt Lake City 的美国新总部建筑效果图，非启用当日实景照片。犹他州州长经济发展办公室（GOEO）发布。Photo: Architectural rendering of Doppelmayr's new U.S. headquarters in Salt Lake City (a design rendering, not a photo of the opening day). Released by the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity (GOEO).
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