Oil Patch Bits: Unique Machine builds new facility

Unique Machine is moving to a new location off King Street in Anchorage, where it is erecting three buildings on 13.6 acres to accommodate its operations, as well as to provide office space for lease. The development will be marketed as the “Alaska Technology Center,” said Pat Hanley, Unique Machine’s general manager. The largest of the three buildings will contain its general machine shop, office space and various CNC lathes and mills. The second will hold Unique Machine’s full length threading plant, including a new Okuma LOC650 22-inch CNC lathe. The third building will be used for storage and material handling. A rail spur will be completed in the spring. Unique Machine, which operates 24/7, will begin phasing into the plant in March.

—See full story in the January 2009 Arctic Oil & Gas Directory