Pratt & Whitney to Invest $140M in Orange County Facility

WALLKILL, NY-Pratt & Whitney will be investing approximately $140 million in leased space at 225 Tower Drive here to build-out state-of-the art manufacturing space for its new Pratt & Whitney Technical Coating Systems operations.

The East Hartford, CT-based firm, which is a division of United Technologies Corp. of Hartford, CT, has signed a lease-to -purchase agreement with building owner The Frassetto Companies of Upper Saddle River, NJ for the 71,000-square-foot building that until about a year ago was the headquarters for Durasol Awnings. The newly formed Pratt & Whitney Technical Coatings will apply state-of-the-art coatings to engine turbine components, including blades and vanes, through the use of advanced manufacturing processes, company officials state. Durasol Awnings relocated operations to Chester, NY.