Job seekers meet with potential employers during the Workforce Investment Board of Solano County's job fair at the University of Phoenix in Fairfield in early 2012. According to organizers, over 1,200 people visited the job fair. (Conner Jay/Daily Republic file)

An automatic rail system moves pallets of cookware at the opening of the Meyer Corporation's automated warehouse in 2010. (Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic 2010)

The inside of the Meyer distribution center in Fairfield. (Daily Republic file 2010)