Ernie Ball Upgrades to State-of-the-Art Facility in Coachella Valley

Brand New Building Provides More Space, More Unity, and More Community Involvement

SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA (February 6, 2006) – After working out of interim facilities in Indio, CA for the past three years, Ernie Ball, Inc. is proud to announce its recent move to a brand new, state-of-the-art facility in Coachella, CA.

The 60,000 square foot space is attractively landscaped with ripe grapefruit trees and young palms and puts virtually all operating departments of the Ernie Ball Company under one roof.

The expanded Coachella facility employs approximately 300 people and will manufacture 250,000 music related products each day! Music Man, a division of Ernie Ball Inc. still operates in beautiful San Luis Obispo, CA.

“This was a highly anticipated move that we’re really excited about,” said Brian Ball of the Ernie Ball Company. “We’ve got everyone from manufacturing to sales comfortably situated in one place, which facilitates better communication between departments and provides for a more efficient, improved workspace.”

 As the city’s second largest private employer (after Armtec Defense Products), the Ernie Ball Company will also play a significant role in the Coachella community, a trait that the company is happy to further emphasize through offering a provided lunch program featuring catered meals from local businesses for employees. Regarding the new lunchtime benefit, Ball mentioned, “The team here at Ernie Ball can conveniently stay at work for lunch, something that has seemed to build a good deal of company unity.”

Ernie Ball was the first to offer rock strings with the creation of Slinkys, and further revolutionized the market by offering guitarists Custom-Gauge single strings. The Ernie Ball Company also produces Music Man guitars and basses, volume pedals, and other accessories. The company's strings and accessories are available in more than 6,000 music stores throughout the U.S. The company also exports to 82 countries. For more information, contact the Ernie Ball company at (800) 543-2255, or visit their website at www.ernieball.com.

These products are Ernie Ball trademarks registered in the USA and many foreign countries:

ERNIE BALL®     CUSTOM GAUGE®     SLINKY®     EARTHWOOD®
MUSICMAN®
STINGRAY®     SILHOUETTE®     AXIS®
STERLING®     4+2®     3+1®

Trademark ownership is indicated by the symbol ®, however, for the sake of brevity it is omitted during the story.

Contact:
Brian Ball
Ernie Ball, Inc.
(800) 543-2255

Media Contact:
Keith Negrin
MORSEKODE
(952) 853-9555