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HARLINGEN — An industrial manufacturer is moving here from Brownsville, planning to expand its operations while boosting its payroll from 80 to 147 employees.
ConsultingPoint, a company manufacturing motors, generators and components, is moving to a site off East Harrison Avenue near the Harlingen Industrial Park from Texas Southmost College’s ITEC Campus.
Founded in 2004, the company manufactures industrial motors, generators and components serving the wind power, hydro and turbo generation, mining, locomotive and nuclear submarine propulsion systems.
As part of an agreement, the city’s Economic Development Corporation is offering the company about $1,000 for its retention of each of its 80 jobs along with an average of $2,500 for every job it creates, Orlando Campos, the EDC’s chief executive officer, said Tuesday.
“We didn’t want the company to look anywhere else outside Cameron County,” Campos said, referring to the incentive package.
The company, making a $2.1 million investment here, is planning to open 67 new jobs within three to five years, he said.
“We’re proud that Harlingen had everything that ConsultingPoint was looking for and we’re excited to welcome them here,” Campos said. “This expansion is a great example of how strategic-site readiness, regional collaboration and a low-cost of doing business can help companies grow without having to look far from home.”
Mayor Norma Sepulveda called the company’s move here “another powerful sign of the progress we’re making through regional collaboration.”
“Their $2.1 million investment, combined with the creation of new jobs and retention of existing positions, strengthens both the Harlingen and the Valley economy,” she said in a statement. “This shows that companies can continue to grow right here at home with the space, resources and support they need. Together, we’re building a stronger future for Harlingen and the entire Rio Grande Valley.”
In 2004, Campos, while working as vice president of business development for the former Brownsville Economic Development Council, helped ConsultingPoint move into Texas Southmost College’s ITEC Campus, he said.
After the college announced new plans for the campus, ConsultingPoint launched a search for a new location, settling on Harlingen, Campos said.
“We’re excited about this next chapter for our company,” Joel Gonzalez, the company’s owner, said in a statement.
“The decision to relocate was not made lightly,” he said. “We’re grateful for our previous home in Brownsville and the support we received over the years but the space we found here in Harlingen fit exactly what we needed to keep growing. We’re looking forward to becoming part of the community.”
The company’s moving into a building at 5221 E. Harrison, which includes 54,804 square feet of manufacturing space, Brandie Martinez, the EDC’s spokeswoman, said in a news release.
As part of the project, the company’s planning to expand and remodel the building, adding administrative offices and a training facility aimed at offering employee development along with onboarding for new workers, she said.
