Corporate report

Leggett & Platt creating 100-plus jobs for Pasco
Public company Leggett & Platt (symbol: LEG; recent price: $47.98) plans to establish a new manufacturing facility in northwest Pasco County near Spring Hill.

The new operation will be located at 15800 Hudson Ave., in an 80,000-square-foot facility the company owns. The Spring Hill facility, which will assemble adjustable bed bases, is expected to create 124 new jobs over the next few months.

Michael Altman, director of labor relations for Leggett & Platt, says increasing consumer demand and the need for additional southeast U.S. production and distribution capacity prompted Leggett & Platt to consider an operation in Pasco.

Leggett & Platt received assistance in the move from the Pasco Economic Development Council.

Leggett & Platt has 18 business units, 19,000 employees and 130 manufacturing facilities in 18 countries.

Transitions Optical launches Spanish-language Web series
Pinellas Park-based Transitions Optical Inc. has created a three-part Web series designed to appeal to U.S. Hispanics called “Estilo a Primera Vista.”

The series promotes the fashionability of eyeglasses and eye care. Latina celebrity stylist Irma Martine hosts the series.

“We know that U.S. Hispanics care about style and how they look to the world,” Patience Cook, director of North America marketing for Transitions Optical, says in a press release. “But we also know they have higher rates of preventable vision loss and eye conditions. As a respected stylist and member of the Hispanic community, Irma is the perfect person to prove that being fashionable can go hand in hand with eye health.”

Texas hospital first using Spectralink devices with Voalte
Bay Area Regional Medical Center, a 104-bed acute-care hospital in Webster, Texas, is the first health care firm to introduce the Voalte One solution on Spectralink Pivot smartphones for caregiver communications.

Toward the end of 2014, Sarasota's Voalte reached an agreement with Boulder, Colo.-based Spectralink allowing it to sell the Pivot WorkSmart device with its Voalte One application.
Pivot devices, which run the Android operating system, are designed and targeted for workplace communications. The Voalte One software application connects health care workers using voice over Wi-Fi calling, alarms and texts.

Wells Fargo names Moran Advisors Spirit Award winner
Thomas Moran, founder and managing member of Moran Edwards Asset Management Group of Wells Fargo Advisors in Naples, was recently presented with the Wells Fargo Advisors Spirit award in New York City. The Spirit award was created to recognize a select group of premier advisers for their lifetime achievements. This award is one of the highest honors offered to Wells Fargo Advisors.

Moran has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. Moran Edwards Asset Management Group is a money management practice responsible for more than $2 billion in client assets.

Overturf's Floor & Fabric Care acquires Greenway Carpet
Overturf's Floor & Fabric Care in Bradenton has acquired the Sarasota-based carpet cleaning company Greenway Carpet Inc. The deal has been in the works for several months,
Overturf's Floor & Fabric Care says, and was a natural fit. Both are local companies that provide fabric and floor care services in Sarasota and Manatee counties. Since the acquisition, Overturf's, which is owned by Jeremy and Stefanie Overturf, has already added three new employees and plans to add another two in the future.