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BGI Industries, Inc.
1441 Southwest 33rd Place
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33315
Tel: (954) 524-3200
Fax: (954) 524-3221
PROJECT PHENIX
Beauty Group International (BGI) is a privately held corporation, headquartered in
Lima, Peru, which manufactures and markets a complete line of high-quality cosmetics,
fragrances, and costume jewelry for both men and women. The company distributes its
products through a direct sales network of approximately 75,000 sales consultants in five
Latin American countries: Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru. In addition, the
company owns Cosmo International Corporation, a Fort Lauderdale-based purchasing
and administrative subsidiary.
Founded in 1967, BGI and its subsidiaries employ over 1,300 persons worldwide.
Consolidated sales for 1995 reached approximately $100 million.
Project Phenix is. a company wide effort to develop world-class manufacturing
capabilities and prepare the company for the 21st century. In order to provide BGl's sales
agents and their customers with the highest quality products at the lowest price, to ensure
uniform product standards, and to better coordinate global product launches, the company
is planning to build a 225,000 sqft state-of-the-art cosmetic facility in southeastern
Florida. Approximately 25,000 sqft of this facility will be. corporate and administrative
offices with the remaining 200,000 sqft evenly split between manufacturing and
warehouse uses. The estimated cost of this facility is $ 20 million, of which $7 million
represents equipment, $3 million land and the remaining $10 million construction cost.
The Project Phenix factory will be operated by BGI Industries, Inc., a recently formed
Florida corporation. This facility will serve as the company's principle cosmetics and
fragrance manufacturing facility, consolidating production of BGl's current facilities in
Columbia, Ecuador and Peru. One hundred percent of production will be exported to the
company's sales and marketing subsidiaries in Latin America, Jewelry manufacturing
will continue in BGl's two current facilities located in Columbia and Peru. The company
plans to break ground for the Project Phenix facility in the first quarter of 1997 and
expects to begin shipping product in the second quarter of 1998.
Project Phenix will be a major engine for local economic development. The company
expects initially to employ 250-300 persons, of which 40-50 will be managerial or
technically trained personnel. The remaining employees will be unskilled production
workers. Eventually, the company plans to operate two 8-hour shifts and employ 400
persons, The majority of the managerial and technically trained personnel, and the entire
unskilled labor force, will be hired from the local population. In addition, BGI expects to
purchase a significant portion of its raw material needs from local suppliers and hopes to
develop strong ties to the local economy.
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December 6, 1996
VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS
City of Boynton Beach
Planning Department
Attn: Doris
100 East Boynton Beach
Boynton Beach, Florida
Boulevard
33425-0310
Re: PIO Use Approval Application Fee
Dear Doris:
As requested, please find enclosed my law firm check in the
amount of $250.00 representing the application fee for the PID use
approval.
The revised Master Site Development Plans will be delivered to
you Monday morning by overnight delivery directly from our civil
engineer in Orlando, Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc.
Please call if you have any questions.
JGW/smw
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