NORTH HOLLYWOOD : Medical Firm Plans Move to Simi Valley

With a boost from a $175,000 grant, a San Fernando Valley medical-supplies manufacturer has agreed to move its corporate offices, its plant and more than 400 jobs to Simi Valley, a top executive of the firm said Wednesday.

Guardian Products, now based in North Hollywood and Arleta, will begin building its Simi Valley headquarters in February and relocate its workers next October, said Robert B. Senn, president of the company.

The company had been weighing offers to move out of state, but opted for Simi Valley so it could retain many of its present employees, Senn said.

He said another incentive was the city’s offer last spring of $175,000 in redevelopment funds to help Guardian pay its planning, building-permit and sewer- and water-connection fees.