April 2007: Dispatches
BAKER CITY — General manager Ted Hausotter says success
at Natural Structures would not be possible without great
employees. The manufacturer of water slides, park pavilions and
outdoor furniture moved from Sherwood with 15 employees in
2003. Fast-forward four years and business is booming and the
employee list has grown to about 40. Hausotter attributes that
growth to the good reception the company got from local banks,
allowing loans for $200,000 worth of new equipment and the
ability the company now has to do more work in-house. Now if
there’s a problem it can be fixed onsite, allowing the
product to ship without delay. Natural Structures plans to open
their 22,000-square-foot expansion in early April.
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