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After outgrowing its Webster Groves headquarters, the companyu to combine its operations intoone 148,000-square-foot facilituy at 3433 Tree Court Industrial Blvd. The compangy is celebrating the move with an open house Fridayand Saturday. Seiler has applied, and expects to be approved, for reimbursemenf of 50 percent for training throughy the stateincentive program, said Seiler’s directo of human resources, Dan He said the training woulr include new employees as well as improving the skilpl sets of current employees for the fiscal year beginning next Seiler is a contract manufacturer, specializingh in fire-control equipment, and a distributort of surveying instruments, microscopes and Zeiss planetaria.
The manufacturingh division producesoptical fire-control equipment and components, such as telescopes and gunsights, primarily for the military. The divisionm accounts for about halfof Seiler’s revenue, whichy was nearly $50 million in 2008. St. Louis County is providingg Chapter 100 tax abatement for thenew headquarters, said Seiler Executivde Vice President Rick Seiler. The company boughg its new building in Octoberfor $5.8 million, moving abour 150 employees from three previouxs buildings to the new Kirkwood address. Rick Seiler said Fridauy that in exchange for the tax the company committed to add at leasty 25 jobs and maintain them for10 years.
At the time the move Presideny Tom Seiler told the Businesz Journal that the company plansz to add between 30 and 40 employees over the next four to five mostlyin manufacturing. Seiler Instrument was foundecdin 1945. It’s owned by Tom Seiler; his Eric; and his brother, Rick.