The Hempt Road plant would be Fry's fifth. Two others are at West Church Road in Mechanicsburg, and in Emigsville near York. The four existing plants employ 1,400 workers. Company spokeswoman Elizabeth Schwalb says the proposed plant would be near enough to three others so employees could move without much disruption. She says Fry needs a fifth location because of increased sales and workload.
Business is very good.
Operations at the new plant primarily would involve catalog production, she added. Fry Communications is one of the top 25 full-service printing companies in the country. The new plant would be accessed by two new roads off Dauphin Drive and Hempt Road. Oak opening Chinese plant Expansion into China could mean more jobs for a Mt. Holly Springs firm. Oak Frequency Control Group, which employs about 300 at its 100 Watts St. plant and approximately 100 more at a Mercersburg facility, is building a testing and assembly plant in Shanghai.