Metrohm USA building new Riverview headquarters

Metrohm USA, the North American subsidiary of a major Swiss manufacturer, is expanding its operations in the Tampa Bay region. The company broke ground on a new state-of-the-art facility in Riverview Feb. 24 that will cost nearly $20 million.
 
 “We’ve just outgrown our current space. When we moved in here we were a much smaller operation,” explains Dr. Michael Allen, the company’s VP of Marketing.
 
Metrohm, founded in 1943 in Herisau, Switzerland, makes high-precision instruments used in chemical analysis.
 
Metrohm USA, which opened to Riverview in 2009, currently employs about 90 in sales support roles in 55,000 square feet at 6555 Pelican Creek Circle. The staff count rises to 250 including those in the field serving the United States, Canada, and parts of Mexico.
 
The new facility, at 9250 Camden Field Parkway in Riverview, will contain 90,000 square feet. The new headquarters is expected to be ready for move in next January.
 
Plans call for laboratories designed for innovation and collaboration, training facilities, engineering and machining facilities, and distribution. The layout is intended to enhance creativity and teamwork and includes meeting rooms to support up to 200.
 
Allen says company will probably bring in a dozen new employees during the first two or three years after the move. “The jobs that we’ll be adding are going to be mixed,” he says.
 
Some are expected to be more lucrative technical jobs. The new positions are likely to include finance, marketing, and warehousing.
 
Allen says they always have jobs. “Right now we have 17 open positions,” he adds.
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Cheryl Rogers is a freelance writer and editor who enjoys writing about careers. An ebook author, she also writes Bible Camp Mystery series that shares her faith. She is publisher of New Christian Books Online Magazine and founder of the Mentor Me Career Network, a free online community, offering career consulting, coaching and career information. Now a wife and mother, Cheryl discovered her love of writing as a child when she became enthralled with Nancy Drew mysteries. She earned her bachelor's degree in Journalism and Sociology from Loyola University in New Orleans. While working at Loyola's Personnel Office, she discovered her passion for helping others find jobs. A Miami native, Cheryl moved to the Temple Terrace area in 1985 to work for the former Tampa Tribune