The Freeport Center is a manufacturing

Manufacturing

Manufacturing is the use of machines, tools and labor to produce goods for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale...

, warehousing

Warehouse

A warehouse is a commercial building for storage of goods. Warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc. They are usually large plain buildings in industrial areas of cities and towns. They usually have loading docks to load and unload...

, and distribution center

Distribution center

A distribution center for a set of products is a warehouse or other specialized building, often with refrigeration or air conditioning, which is stocked with products to be redistributed to retailers, to wholesalers, or directly to consumers. A distribution center is a principal part, the order...

 located in Clearfield

Clearfield, Utah

Clearfield is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States. The population was 25,974 at the 2000 census. The city grew drastically during the 1940s, with the formation of Hill Air Force Base, and in the 1950s with the nation-wide increase in suburb and "bedroom" community populations and has been...

, Utah

Utah

Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. It was originally built in 1942 as the Clearfield Naval Supply Depot, which was decommissioned in 1962.

The 680 acres (2.8 km²) Freeport Center consists of 78 buildings, totaling more than 7000000 square feet (650,321.3 m²).

Buildings range in size from 4000 square feet (371.6 m²) to 400000 square feet (37,161.2 m²). Most buildings have a railroad

Rail transport

Rail transport is a means of conveyance of passengers and goods by way of wheeled vehicles running on rail tracks. In contrast to road transport, where vehicles merely run on a prepared surface, rail vehicles are also directionally guided by the tracks they run on...

 loading dock

Loading dock

A loading dock is a recessed bay in a building or facility where trucks are loaded and unloaded. They are commonly found on commercial and industrial buildings, and warehouses in particular....

 on one side, and a truck loading dock on the other.

About 70 companies have manufacturing and distribution facilities in the Freeport Center, including Lifetime Products

Lifetime Products

-Tables and chairs:*Folding Chair*Stacking Chair*Folding tables*Round tables*Personal tables*Picnic tables*Camp and sport tables-Basketball Systems:*Portable Residential Basketball Systems*In-ground Residential Basketball Systems...

, Alliant Techsystems

Alliant Techsystems

Alliant Techsystems Inc., most commonly known by its ticker symbol, ', is one of the largest aerospace and defense companies in the United States with more than 18,000 employees in 22 states, Puerto Rico and internationally, and 2010 revenues in excess of an estimated...

, Don Julio Foods, Kraft Foods, and Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company is an American semi-trailer manufacturer.-Company overview:Utility Trailer designs and manufactures dry freight and vans, flatbed trailers, and Tautliner curtain-sided trailers....

, as well as being the former headquarters of defunct roller coaster company Arrow Dynamics

Arrow Dynamics

Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster and amusement ride design company based in Clearfield, Utah, United States. In 2002, the company went bankrupt but was quickly bought by fellow amusement ride manufacturer S&S Power to form S&S Arrow. During its peak, Arrow Dynamics was responsible for some of...

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The Freeport Center’s name is a reference to Utah’s Freeport Law, enacted in 1988. This law exempts inventory

Inventory

Inventory means a list compiled for some formal purpose, such as the details of an estate going to probate, or the contents of a house let furnished. This remains the prime meaning in British English...

 held for sale from property taxes

Property tax

A property tax is an ad valorem levy on the value of property that the owner is required to pay. The tax is levied by the governing authority of the jurisdiction in which the property is located; it may be paid to a national government, a federated state or a municipality...

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