Making room for Joy: Joy Cone Flagstaff completes warehouse expansion

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Making room for Joy: Joy Cone Flagstaff completes warehouse expansion

CALLIOPE J LUEDEKER Sun Staff Reporter
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May 26, 2025
May 26, 2025

Spirits were high last Tuesday at Joy Cone Flagstaff as a ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the opening of the plant’s expansion. Attended by company employees and the architects who worked on the project, the event was, for many, the first glimpse into the new 81,800-square-foot warehouse.

“It’s the first one in the Joy company. It was fun to show it off,�� said Joe Pozar, general manager of Joy Cone Flagstaff.

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The new expansion at Joy Cone Flagstaff adds 81,800 feet to the facility.
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Joy Cone Expansion — Joe Pozar, general manager of Joy Cone Flagstaff, prepares to cut the ribbon at the ceremony commemorating the warehouse expansion on Tuesday, May 13.
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The new expansion at Joy Cone Flagstaff adds 81,800 feet to the facility.
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