DWAYNE PATTERSON

The following article was printed in the Kingman Daily Miner on Sunday June 13th...The sale of this property was handled by none other than your very own Team Patterson...

KINGMAN - A new company is coming to town. Karnak Corporation has purchased a nearly 5-acre property with a building suitable for
warehousing and manufacturing on Interstate Way in the Kingman Airport and Industrial Park. The New Jersey-based and family owned company manufactures roof coatings, roof cements and sealants, reinforcing fabrics and waterproofing materials.

Karnak also has plants in Chicago and Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

"It was the logistics that drew us to Kingman," said Karnak National Sales Manager John McDermott. "This is a good point to service our markets in the western corridor,"

The company was also impressed with the friendly nature of Arizona toward businesses and the good labor force it found in Kingman.

The Kingman operation will start with manufacturing the white roof coatings,which are in high demand in the Southwest and then expand in the future to include other products, said Vice President of Operations Frederick Mansfield. The company may even use the plant to develop or test new products that meet the California air quality standards for building materials, Mansfield said.

Most of the plant will be automated with user-friendly machines, Mansfield said. The company plans to use the Kingman location as a warehouse for its products starting sometime this fall with three or four employees. Once it purchases and installs the new equipment to manufacture the white roof coating it will hire up to six additional employees, he said. When the plant starts to expand in the next three to five years to include other products, it will add 20 to 30 more employees, Mansfield said.

"We need more businesses like this," said Dwayne Patterson of ReMax Prestige Properties of Kingman, who sold the property to Karnak.