Pitco scraps plan for new Concord factoryemail0LinkedinPrintA long-discussed plan by Pitco to build a huge manufacturing facility in Concord has been scrapped, with the company focusing instead on its existing two sites in Bow and one in Pembroke. “We decided that this wasn’t the right investment decision at this time,” said Nathan Melsom, vice president and general manager of Pitco, which makes commercial fryer equipment. The idea for the huge facility on a 54- acre site on Integra Drive was first approved by the Concord Planning Board in September 2021. It was cited by the City of Concord as a huge boon to the tax base, representing the largest new construction since the Steeplegate Mall. Pitco also makes and sells a variety of filtration, oil-handling and water-cooking equipment.