{"id":31307,"date":"2017-04-26T16:42:45","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T20:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=31307"},"modified":"2017-04-26T16:52:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T20:52:26","slug":"httpwww-thevalleyledger-comp1904-574","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=31307","title":{"rendered":"Toymaker Goblies Expands Operations at SoBeCoWorks, South Bethlehem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photo Left to right: Matt Barrett, Briana Gardell, and Santiago Rivera<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Throwable Paint Ball Toymaker Goblies Quadruples
\nOperations at SoBeCoWorks South Bethlehem<\/b><\/p>\n

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BETHLEHEM, PA<\/b>\u00a0(April 26, 2017<\/span><\/span><\/span>) –\u00a0Lehigh Valley-based toy maker Mezzimatic LLC has quadrupled its manufacturing operations at SoBeCoWorks, a South Bethlehem co-working space. The announcement was made by Santiago Rivera, founder of SoBeCoWorks and 25 year old Briana Gardell, owner of Mezzimatic, the parent company for Goblies throwable paint balls<\/p>\n

Mezzimatic Inc. was launched in May 2015 by Gardell, a Lehigh University, Master\u2019s\u00a0of\u00a0Technical Entrepreneurship graduate. Mezzimatic manufactures Goblies, a washable, vegan paint ball product.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0In 2016, CNBC Named Goblies one of the Hottest Toys at the New York City Toy Fair.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Gardell expects substaintial and continued growth for the Goblies paint ball product line, in addition to other Mezzimatic toys products on the design board.<\/p>\n

In a separate announcement,\u00a0<\/span>Matthew Barrett, has joined Mezzimatic as Partner and Chief Operating Officer (COO)<\/b>. The company has also hired several part-time employees.<\/p>\n

Matthew Barrett received both a Master\u2019s (\u201916) and Bachelor Degree (\u201914) in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University. He\u00a0<\/span>was previously\u00a0employed as\u00a0<\/span>Control Systems Engineer at Custom Processing Services, Reading, PA.\u00a0 He joined Mezzimatic LLC full time in March 2017.<\/p>\n

“Briana is poised to continue to expand her business greatly,” says Rivera, recalling the day he met Briana, who started with a shared desk at\u00a0SoBeCoWorks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Gardell became a full time member at SoBeCoWorks the day after graduation from Lehigh University\u00a0Master’s Degree program in\u00a0Technical Entrepreneurship\u00a0in May 2015.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“I can remember driving to SoBeCoWorks the day after graduation from my grad school program, and then I drove to Harrisburg for my LLC,” recalls Gardell, \u00a0principal of Mezzimatic, the parent company for Goblies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“The power of collaboration and co-working really comes together at SoBeCoWorks,” says Gardell.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SoBeCoWorks is a member supported business incubator where member companies\u00a0have an opportunity to build their businesses\u00a0in a flexible space environment. For more information about SoBeCoWorks call\u00a0610-861-2700<\/a>,\u00a0or email\u00a0<\/span>Santiago@sobecoworks.com<\/a>. \u00a0\u00a0For information about throwable paint balls by Goblies visit www.goblies.com<\/a> or to contact Briana Gardell email\u00a0<\/span>Briana@goblies.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Information & Image Provided By:<\/strong>
\nTina Bradford
\nWriter\/Public Relations\/Social Media
\nTinaBradfordPR<\/a><\/p>\n

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