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| East Coast Refinishing is a model of resurrecting a brown field, bringing jobs and life to the community, and supporting local arts. |
| In 1999, when Pete and Claudia Melle purchased the vacant Lipton Steel plant on Industrial Drive in Pittsfield, they had a business plan to convert the cavernous 28,000 square feet into the largest surface refinishing and painting company in Western Mass. The raw site was perfect, with 30 foot ceilings, electric cranes and space large enough to accommodate giant 18 wheelers. They installed a huge, 800 square foot paint booth, one of the largest in the state. Five years later East Coast Refinishing has a reputation for excellence on a large and artistic scale. |
Many regional artists have iron, steel and stone scale finished or refinished at East Coast. Since taking up
residency they opened another business, Surface Stripping Technologies, for specialty sandblasting and
polishing, and share the old building with Powers Industries, a start up steel fabrication and welding
company and Keith Hadsell's Custom Cabinetry, a fine woodworking shop.
East Coast is a model of resurrecting a brown field, bringing jobs and life to the community, and
supporting local arts.
residency they opened another business, Surface Stripping Technologies, for specialty sandblasting and
polishing, and share the old building with Powers Industries, a start up steel fabrication and welding
company and Keith Hadsell's Custom Cabinetry, a fine woodworking shop.
East Coast is a model of resurrecting a brown field, bringing jobs and life to the community, and
supporting local arts.
| East Coast Refinishing (413) 442-6922 Surface Stripping Technologies (413) 445-7878 4 Industrial Dr Pittsfield, MA 01201 |
| East Coast Refinishing is located in Pittsfield, MA off of Route 7 & 20 |
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