Edinboro University Inaugurates Commencement Structure

Edinboro University dedicated its new Commencement, Sports and Recreation Center last week.  The Center was made possible by a $1.5 Million donation from Mike S. Zafirovski, President and CEO of Nortel Enterprises, one of the World’s largest technology companies.  Zafirovskio, a graduate of Edinboro University is 55 years old.

The Center, one the largest air structures in North America, was manufactured and installed by the Arizon Companies of St. Louis, Missouri.  Tim Scharf, Vice President of Arizon, explained that the Edinboro dome, named for Zafirovskio, contains over 32,300 pounds of fabric covering a surface larger and wider than a football stadium, and more that 7 stories tall.  Edinboro is located in the Northwestern corner Pennsylvania, near Lake Erie and is in one the heaviest snowfall areas of the United States.   Endinboro University selected Arizon, among other reasons, due to Arizon’s record of safety, including the Underwriter’s Laboratory (UL®) listing of its inflation and mechanical equipment and Arizon’s structural engineering and installation capabilities.

Arizon Companies, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, manufactures its own products as opposed to being merely being a broker, importer or intermediary, which is the case of many of its competitors.  Tim Scharf, Vice President of Arizon stated that Arizon’s competitors are largely foreign companies who act as brokers or importers of air handling equipment, fabric, air structures or other building components manufactured by others.  Arizon manufactures its own Air Rotation, Air Handling, Mechanical and pre-engineered, pre-fabricated fabric structures in its manufacturing facilities in Missouri and Illinois, USA.  Arizon is the only company in the world who manufactures air, frame and tension structures in its state-of-the-art Arizon Dome located in Madison, Illinois.