SEATTLE, July 25, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Andrews Space, Inc. recently expanded its Seattle corporate offices and development facilities to 26,300 square feet of office space to support new business and significant growth in the aerospace market. The expansion of the company's collaborative design, management, and corporate support facilities from the 505 Union Station building into the neighboring 605 Union Station building accommodates the company's staff of over 80 people, representing a two-fold increase since 2006.
Additionally, the Andrews Rapid Prototyping Laboratory (ARPL) moved to an 11,000 square foot facility near Seattle's Boeing field, nearly doubling Andrews' fabrication and assembly facility space. The new space houses Andrews' avionics integration and cryogenic test facilities, fabrication machine shop, and hardware integration and test facilities. Research and development of technologies such as Andrews' Alchemist Air Collection and Enrichment System (ACES), which generates liquid oxygen (LOX) for in flight applications, continues to advance the company's hardware development capabilities.
"We've had significant growth this year and expect this trend to continue," said Jason Andrews, President of Andrews. "These facility improvements position Andrews to support future expansion as well as expand and improve our systems integration and technology development activities."
Established in 1999 as a small, woman-owned business, Andrews now has new offices in Huntsville, AL and Houston, TX, with additional staff in Utah, Colorado and California. The recent expansion brings Andrews to a total of nearly 50,000 square feet of facility space in six states.
Andrews Space, Inc. was founded in 1999 to be a catalyst in the commercialization and development of space. The company is an affordable integrator of aerospace systems and developer of advanced space technologies. To learn more, please visit: www.andrews-space.com.
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