The Hartford Courant - June 12, 2008

New Plant Opens in City

New Britain - Celebration Foods, the company that produces Carvel ice cream cakes, has opened a new facility at the old Fafnir Bearing Co. factory.

The company has relocated its headquarters and manufacturing operation to a 13 1/2 acre site on Myrtle Street, a once-polluted property that was cleaned up through the state's brownfields program.

The area, which stood vacant for more than 10 years, now houses a 120,000-square-foot production facility that has allowed Celebration to bring its plants in Maryland, California and Massachusetts under one roof.

Officials celebrated the opening of the plant Tuesday, saying the city's newest taxpayer has created 250 jobs.

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