Maker of automatic doors moves HQ from California to Tampa

Citing lower costs of doing business, a large talent pool, access to Port Tampa Bay and other qualities, Autoslide, a manufacturer of automatic door systems, has moved its headquarters from Glendale, California, to Tampa.

According to a news release, the company has leased a 6,840-square-foot space at Benjamin Center III, located at 8507 Benjamin Road, Suite G, and will use it for an office, showroom, warehouse and training facility. The relocation to Tampa will initially create 15 jobs, but Autoslide expects to move some of its product assembly work from Australia to Tampa, which would lead to more available positions.

“We see huge growth potential in Tampa,” Autoslide North America President Joseph Castonguay states in the release. “With the larger space we were able to secure here, we expect to fill 80% of our global orders from the Tampa facility.”