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GREG FARR, senior vice president of window covering company RollEase, has a very succinct way to describe what his company’s new Brunswick facility used to look like. “Think of a place that was just hit by a bomb,” he said Friday. Five weeks of renovation and $400,000 later, RollEase’s 11,234-square-foot research and development facility at 8 Leavitt Drive at Brunswick Landing has come a long way. Farr estimated the company is spending $500,000 to $600,000 in local goods and services, including hiring Brunswick-based Ouellette Construction to handle the facility’s renovation. The facility was once home to the base’s Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape training facility. A few signs of the Navy’s presence can still be seen at RollEase, including military logos. But the facility has been otherwise completely revamped, with new carpeting and office furniture out front, and high tech testing, research and development, complete with 3D printers and scanners. Ten employees hired from Maine began a five- to six-week training program this week, before operations officially begin June 2.
GREG FARR, senior vice president of window covering company RollEase, has a very succinct way to describe what his company’s new Brunswick facility used to look like. “Think of a place that was just hit by a bomb,” he said Friday. Five weeks of renovation and $400,000 later, RollEase’s 11,234-square-foot research and development facility at 8 Leavitt Drive at Brunswick Landing has come a long way. Farr estimated the company is spending $500,000 to $600,000 in local goods and services, including hiring Brunswick-based Ouellette Construction to handle the facility’s renovation. The facility was once home to the base’s Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape training facility. A few signs of the Navy’s presence can still be seen at RollEase, including military logos. But the facility has been otherwise completely revamped, with new carpeting and office furniture out front, and high tech testing, research and development, complete with 3D printers and scanners. Ten employees hired from Maine began a five- to six-week training program this week, before operations officially begin June 2.

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