A Farmington manufacturer plans to relocate to Bristol, where it has proposed building a nearly 30,000-square-foot facility to accommodate a business that its owner says is running out of room to grow.
Integrity Manufacturing LLC is seeking site plan approval to construct a 29,500-square-foot manufacturing facility at 190 Business Park Drive on 2.2 acres of city-owned land in Bristol’s Southeast Industrial Park.
The Bristol Planning Commission received the application Monday evening and scheduled it for a public hearing during its Sept. 28 meeting.
Integrity currently employs 22 people at its roughly 13,000-square-foot leased facility in Farmington, where the company was established in 1998, President and owner Scott Beaulieu told Hartford Business Journal.
“We rent space and we’re running out,” Beaulieu said. “So this is for growth.”
Integrity provides specialized finishing services for manufacturers, including grinding and lapping parts produced for customers in industries including aerospace, commercial products, firearms and medical equipment. Beaulieu said few Connecticut companies provide similar services.
Privately held, Integrity generated about $3.6 million in revenue last year, Beaulieu said, adding he expects that to increase to about $4.2 million this year.
His goal is to grow 15% to 20% annually, which he added could translate into about two additional employees each year.
“We’re almost at the point where I can’t buy any more equipment, which is going to stifle my growth,” he said.
Beaulieu bought the company from his uncle, founder James Gadori, at the beginning of 2025.
He said Bristol’s approach to economic development, the price of the land and the appearance of the industrial park were attractive for his company. A new facility, he said, would also help Integrity compete for work from larger original equipment manufacturers.
“It’s really going to give us more of a polished look and probably attract bigger OEMs to want to do business with us,” Beaulieu said.
He plans to purchase the 2.2-acre parcel from the city, he said, but that is contingent upon approval of his project. It would be financed with a loan from Thomaston Savings Bank, but an overall project cost has not yet been determined, he said.
If approvals and construction proceed as hoped, the company could move into its new Bristol home by next summer, Beaulieu said.
