At the conference, Maryann Small, director of business development for the REDC, noted that Intercos America Inc. is now trying to hire 139 employees for its cosmetics manufacturing plant at 202 North 303 in Congers. The company, headquartered in Milan, Italy, has purchased the 103,000 sf building from SONY, who operated its MRC division (formerly Materials Research Co.) at the building.

Small said that Intercos, a contract cosmetics manufacturer, will close on its $9.4-million bond financing deal with the Rockland Industrial Development Agency in the next four or five weeks. The company has taken title on the building via bridge financing, she adds.

Other recent deals in Rockland of note include: Bausche & Lombe Pharmaceutical, which is occupying 40,000 sf of space at Clarkstown Executive Park in Valley Cottage. Small relates that Bousche & Lombe had considered moving the operation it purchased from Wyeth Ayerst to Tampa, FL. She also notes that Fujitsu Network Communications recently expanded for the third time since it opened its Rockalnd County offices at Mack-Cali's Blue Hill Plaza complex.