![]() Plans are in the works for the purchase and repurposing of a massive office and warehouse complex along Interstate 10 on the west side of El Paso. That complex, with 412,000 square feet of warehouse space and a 115,000 square-foot office, was formerly the home of the Helen of Troy company, a housewares developer with more than $2 billion in annual sales founded in El Paso in 1968. Earlier this month, Helen of Troy officials announced that they wanted to sell the facility, while still keeping the company’s headquarters in the city. Now the Eaton Corporation, a global power management company, has disclosed an interest in purchasing the site for around $80 million. The company, which specializes in everything from electronic components to fuel systems and utility and grid solutions, already has an existing plant in El Paso’s Northwest Corporate Center industrial park. In a news conference, Alex Mora, plant manager for Eaton, said the company is planning to manufacture additional electrical products at the new facility - products that will include the panel boards, switchboards, and circuit breakers that are used for electrifying data centers and large commercial plants. Mora added that the company, which is headquartered in Dublin and saw revenues in excess of $20 billion last year, would be moving into the Helen of Troy facilities due entirely to a demand for its products, and not because it was “closing other plants somewhere.” By Garry Boulard
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