Longmont lands plant for Binks

LONGMONT – A large Chicago-area manufacturer in the throes of a cost-cutting reorganization will close its 650,000-square-foot plant there and relocate a large portion of its operation to a 96,000-square-foot building in the Pratt Industrial Park.Binks Sames Corp.’s director of production, Jim Jacquemard, said the company will expand its existing Boulder County work force from 50 employees to 100 or 120 workers.
“It’s a massive increase,” he said.
Binks, organized in 1890, has had operations in Boulder County for about 30 years, with the Boulder plant in the past 20 years accounting for about 20 percent of the company’s $260…