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December 08, 2021

Paramit Manufacturing Grows in Morgan Hill

By Brittney Sherman

Morgan Hill based company Paramit Manufacturing, a leading OEM developer and manufacturer of medical devices and life sciences instruments, was acquired by the TECAN Group earlier this year. The TECAN Group plans to not only retain the business in Morgan Hill but expand the existing footprint and workforce. Under their growth projections, Paramit will become one of the top 2 largest employers in Morgan Hill.

TECAN is a leading global provider of laboratory instruments and solutions in biopharmaceuticals, forensics and clinical diagnostics. The company specializes in the development, production and distribution of automation solutions for laboratories in the life sciences sector. Its clients include pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, university research departments, forensic and diagnostic laboratories. As an original equipment manufacturer (OEM), Tecan is also a leader in developing and manufacturing OEM instruments and components that are then distributed by partner companies. Founded in Switzerland in 1980, the company has manufacturing, research and development sites in both Europe and North America and maintains a sales and service network in 52 countries.

Have questions? Contact City of Morgan Hill Economic Development Director Matt Mahood at Matt.Mahood@morganhill.ca.gov

April 26, 2021

Join our Team! We are seeking our next Economic Development Director/Manager!

The City of Morgan Hill with a growing population of 45,000 residents at the Southern end of Silicon Valley has fantastic Economic Development career opportunity. A City that is blessed with a wide range of industry cluster, land for development and strong goals for attracting investment is seeking veteran Economic Development talent to lead and deliver on an ambitious Economic workplan.

July 20, 2020

Morgan Hill Supports Businesses and Community with Launch of Place-Branding Grant

Morgan Hill announced a Place-Branding Partnership Opportunity designed to support businesses and community through the COVID-19 pandemic. This is one of several business resiliency efforts supporting the City’s economic recovery plan to help with the beautification of outdoor dining spaces, activating vacant store fronts with temporary art, community announcements or businesses that may have lost their leases; and creating interesting ‘place-making’ street activations that will create a welcoming, fun and interesting environment.

June 26, 2020

Morgan Hill Approves an Economic Recovery Plan

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Morgan Hill has responded by developing an Economic Development Recovery plan.

On May 29, 2020, the City Manager and City Attorney announced actions exercising their discretion to ease enforcement of certain City regulations in order to encourage economic activity and to speed up recovery from the shelter in place orders.

June 18, 2020

Urban Land Institute conducts a Technical Assistance Panel in Morgan Hill

Established in 1936, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) is a non-profit education and research institute with over 45,000 members across the globe-2,200 in the Bay Area. The mission of ULI is to provide leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating sustainable thriving communities worldwide. ULI has had a long history of providing unbiased, pragmatic solutions and best practice advice on land use and sustainable development.

One feature of ULI is its Technical Assistance Panels (TAP). ULI’s Technical Assistance Panels have helped sponsors identify strategic, practical solutions for the most challenging issues facing today’s communities through cultivating a multi-disciplinary team of local experts from ULI’s membership, who, together, collaborate to address a challenge.

May 04, 2020

The Little Town That Could: Morgan Hill Responds to the COVID Crisis

The coronavirus pandemic has impacted virtually every community in California, and the City of Morgan Hill is no exception. Yet when the crisis came to this bustling small town in south Silicon Valley, city leaders and business owners joined forces to mitigate the disaster. While local businesses pivoted to meet dire needs of healthcare workers around the state and the nation, the city itself took quick action to blunt the worst economic effects of the crisis.

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