The ability of Manteca employers to expand their operations in the past year has retained and added a combined 984 jobs.
At the same time the owners of the Pacific Business Center on Louise Avenue next to the Manteca Unified district office complex have submitted interior improvement plans for a tenant they have landed for 90,000 square feet. The tenant plans to employ 90 people.
That is addition to 217 jobs 5.11 Tactical will be moving into a 404,657-sqaure-foot distribution center when construction is completed near Roth Road and Airport Way in northwest Manteca.
Manteca Economic Specialist Don Snail provided the job data as part of a presentation to the Manteca City Council Tuesday night.
The jobs being retained and added through expansion include:
uBR Funsten/Duffy is adding 68,000 square feet to their flooring distribution center at South Main Street and Industrial Park Drive. It is the firm’s second expansion since moving to Manteca and taking over the former 108,000-square-foot Dana Corp. building. Their previous expansion was 86,000 square feet of warehouse and 6,500 square feet for offices. They have 119 fulltime employees and are a Top 25 sales tax generator for Manteca.
uSunnyvalley Meats is expanding their operation on West Yosemite Avenue across from the Altamont Corridor Express Lathrop/Manteca station by 65 percent with the addition of 32,280 square feet. They have 260 full-time workers and are a Top 25 sales tax generator for Manteca.
uAmerican Modular Systems/Gen 7 Schools in Spreckels Park has expanded plan operations. They have 320 jobs and are a Top 25 sales tax generator for Manteca.
uCrothall Health Services industrial laundry that opened in 2014 with 89 jobs is now running seven days a week with two 10-hour shifts using 285 full-time workers.

To contact Dennis Wyatt, email dwyatt@mantecabulletin.com