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Edward R. Wohlwender, CEO of POP Displays USA L.L.C. in Yonkers, offered reassurance to the city and state officials assembled recently in the lobby of his company's headquarters and manufacturing plant on Tuckahoe Road.
"We're happy to be in Yonkers," he said. Will the employer of 615 workers in the city pull up stakes and relocate? "Absolutely not," he said emphatically, repeating for his applauding guests what he earlier told the questioning press.
The company's compact with the city and state recently was reaffirmed with a $1.5-million investment in machinery at its 555 Tuckahoe Road plant and sealed with a $300,000 supporting grant awarded by the state's economic development agency, Empire State Development. Wohlwender said new molding, riveting and hot-stamping equipment will make POP Displays, a vertically integrated manufacturer of plastic point-of-purchase displays for merchandisers, more productive and...