Tuesday, June 28, 2011

KASICH VISITS DANNON – COMPANY TO ADD 100 NEW JOBS: $88 Million Investment at Minster Plant

Update: Click below for the video report from WHIOtv.com


MINSTER – Today Gov. John R. Kasich joined company executives at The Dannon Company in Minster to announce a more than $88 million company investment creating 100 new jobs over the next three years and increasing production capacity its western Ohio facility – the largest yogurt manufacturing plant in North America, currently employing 410 workers and producing more than three million cups of yogurt per day. Incentives offered by the Ohio Department of Development, combined with Dannon’s belief in Ohio’s strong workforce, were key factors in the company’s decision to expand in Ohio, rather than in Pennsylvania or Iowa.

The company’s capital investment of more than $88 million will expand the current 400,000-square-foot facility and improve machinery and equipment production lines to be operational by the end of this year. The Department of Development offered the incentives necessary to win the project, including a job-creation tax credit of $566,000, and a $460,000 grant to be used for workforce training and new equipment.

Dannon is a Fortune 500 company and one of the most successful healthy food companies in the world, with 160 plants and more than 80,000 employees, across five continents. Its core mission is to develop healthy, nutritious foods, advance nutritional education, and combat childhood obesity for as many people as possible.

2 comments:

  1. HOW DOES MINSTER GET THESE JOBS AND DARKE COUNTY CANNOT EVEN BRING NEW INTEREST IN - HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM THINK ABOUT FOLKS - WE HAVE HIGH PAID EXECUTIVES WHO ACT LIKE THEY ARE DOING SOMETHING... KUDOS TO MINSTER - MAYBE WE SHOULD MOVE!

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  2. Instead of blaming these supposed high paid executives we should look at our workforce. Is education valued like it is in Mercer County? do parents have expectations like Mercer county? Look within before you blame nameless people for every problem.

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