Cascade Designs Brings 100 New Jobs
Cascade Designs, a leader in outdoor adventure gear, announced this week the opening of a new manufacturing and distribution facility in Reno.
The new facility is expect to bring up to 100 new jobs. This announcement was made at the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada (EDAWN) Board of Trustees and Major Investor Luncheon held at the Atlantis Casino, Resort, and Spa.
Cascade Designs, a privately-held, family owned company for more than 40 years began with the idea of providing a more comfortable night outdoors. A single patent that developed into the Therm-a-Rest® brand of outdoor sleeping pads has since created a worldwide standard for outdoor sleeping comfort. The company has grown to include outdoor gear including MSR®, SealLine, Platypus™, E Case, PackTowel and Hummingbird and Tracks.
The majority of Cascade’s products are built at its own facilities in the U.S. and Ireland.
John Burroughs, chairman and founder of Cascade Designs spoke to more than 50 guests at the EDAWN Luncheon and shared his company’s vision for the future and growth in Northern Nevada.
“Reno was selected as the best site for expanding our operations where availability of large buildings, labor, housing, and outdoor recreation access were key factors in our decision to relocate. We also looked at Washington and Utah but Nevada came out on top,” he said.
Cascade Designs is located in the Sage Point Business Park, 10990 Lear Blvd, Suite #100 and is expected to begin operations starting August 2015. Manufacturing positions will be posted next month. Applicants should contact the Nevada Job Connect office, (Gwen Richie, [email protected], 775-834-1970) for more information.
“The manufacturing sector has become a key component to our city’s revitalization, as these prominent distribution centers continue to go up in north Reno,” said Paul McKenzie, Reno City Council member and representative of Ward 4, where the new facility will be located. “As someone who enjoys the outdoors myself, it’s great to see an innovative company such as Cascade Designs join the ranks as one of the leaders of Reno’s manufacturing movement.”
