Sigma Design, a Vancouver-based product design and engineering firm, announced on Tuesday that it will be moving its headquarters from downtown Vancouver to the former Heraeus Shin-Etsu America building in Camas.
The 56,000-square-foot facility is located on 10 acres of land at 4600 NW Pacific Rim Blvd., and was used by Heraeus Shin-Etsu America (a division of the same company that operates SEH America in Vancouver) to manufacture silicon crucibles for the wafer and chip industries.
Sigma Design plans to remodel the building and move in by next May.
The remodel will consist of new work and design areas created for all of the company’s professional disciplines, as well as a machine shop, lab, assembly and testing areas. Plans for several interior meeting spaces will include a lecture hall-style seating area and multiple large and small meeting rooms.
Bill Huseby, president of Sigma Design, said tremendous growth in recent years at his company prompted the need for a much larger facility.
“This is a huge investment we are undertaking to better serve our clients,” he said.
Andrea Cameron, Sigma Design’s marketing coordinator, said the initial plan is to relocate approximately 100 of Sigma Design’s more than 170 employees to the new headquarters, where they can work under one roof. Currently, the company occupies three separate buildings downtown. The firm also has a Singapore office and an East Vancouver manufacturing facility.
Huseby said he sees the new headquarters as an opportunity to expand into new areas of work, create more jobs (the facility can accommodate 150 employees without further expansion), and offer a campus atmosphere with more amenities (such as a workout room and open air break room) to employees and clients.
Sigma Design acquired the facility and surrounding property for an undisclosed amount earlier this month.
