March 16, 200619 yr Scripps acquires uSwitch Company adds comparison shopping for essential home services to portfolio of interactive businesses (NYSE: SSP) Thu, March 16, 2006 CINCINNATI – The E.W. Scripps Company, in a move that further capitalizes on the increasing use and profitability of specialized Internet search, today acquired uSwitch, the United Kingdom’s leading provider of online price comparison and switching for essential home services and personal finance. Founded in 2000, uSwitch.com is an online service that helps consumers compare rates on gas, electricity, home phone, digital television, broadband, credit cards, and secured and unsecured personal loans. The company has developed a series of calculators which evaluate several factors including price, type of service, location and payment method, all designed to help consumers find the best deal and enable them to conveniently switch their service provider online. www.enquirer.com
March 17, 200619 yr Looks to me like uSwitch serves the UK market in a way that's very particular to that country. I doubt they'd add much value by moving many of those jobs over here.
March 17, 200619 yr Looks to me like uSwitch serves the UK market in a way that's very particular to that country. I doubt they'd add much value by moving many of those jobs over here. That may be so, but it building up it's portfolio will over-all help Scripp's presence in downtown as a company.
March 18, 200619 yr An update that's two weeks old: Mercy expansion's 1st phase to open in June BY EMILY CREDITT | COMMUNITY PRESS STAFF WRITER BATAVIA -- Mercy Hospital Clermont is getting closer to completion of the first phase of its $18-million expansion with each passing day. A beam ceremony held today marked the progress made on the first phase of the expansion and a new main entrance, lobby, registration area and gift shop are scheduled to open in June. Employees, volunteers and physicians signed a beam which will be raised and become of a part of the structure, a "time capsule" of those working to achieve the hospital's vision for the future, said Pete Gemmer, the hospital's public relations manager. ... More at: http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060302/NEWS01/603020312/1061/Local
March 21, 200619 yr Scripps has a small presence downtown, besides channel 9 and the post, it does not have anything but the corporate HQ. All of its networks (where the bulk of the jobs are) are based in Tennessee, Shopzilla in Cali, and there is a decent size office in Atlanta. Unfortunately Scripps does not seem to want to expand down here. The only good benefit is that it could lead to an increase in travel between here and England and maybe add more transatlantic flights and therefore more European investment.
March 21, 200619 yr did Scripps move to cincinnati or was it born here? Seems a little scary to think what might happen given trends for companies to relocate southward, especially if they have most of their assets in tennessee.
March 21, 200619 yr A few from the archives.... Condominium project receives first approval Cincinnati Enquirer, 2/24/06 A proposed condominium development behind Kroger on Ky. 18 received its first approval this week. Paragon Mills would be built on 40 acres at the end of Burgundy Hill Drive and would connect to the Shaker Run subdivision. Spring brings more school expansion Boone Community Recorder, 3/2/06 This spring, construction will continue on North Pointe Elementary, Shirley Mann Elementary, Stephens Elementary and R. A. Jones Middle School and construction will begin on Boone County High School and a new high school in Union. Steeplechase developer tries again Cincinnati Enquirer, 3/3/06 The Tracks of Steeplechase will try again. Last year, Boone County Fiscal Court turned down developer Tim Reese's plans to continue the Steeplechase subdivision to Chambers Road, saying that the Richwood area could not handle the increased traffic from 350 homes. Retail complex won't be built, for now Boone Community Recorder, 3/9/06 Toebben Cos. has withdrawn its request for a zoning change to build a retail complex near the Cardinal Cove subdivision in Hebron. "We want to go back and revisit that site (and) see what the best potential uses are for there," said Bill Toebben, the company's president. Grant sought for I-75 bridge Kentucky Post, 3/13/06 Florence is trying once again for money to build a walkway across Interstate 75. The walkway would follow the south side of Ky. 18 from Tanners Lane to Hopeful Church Road, a distance of 3,200 feet. The sidewalk would continue across the bridge over I-75, with a barrier wall separating pedestrians from traffic. Fiscal Court resolution OKs contract for library Cincinnati Enquirer, 3/17/06 Residents are another step closer to having their own community center and library.
March 21, 200619 yr Yeah that is some BS. They need to relocate those operations downtown. I dont know why they even humor those southern cities and keep any presence what so ever there. We need more towers downtown...time to relocate all facilities here!
March 22, 200619 yr Scripps was started in Cleveland and has been around since the 1800's. In fact they still own a TV station up there. They moved to Cincy in 1978, I am unsure of the reasons. I think certain members of the family who had a controlling stake in the company too k up residence in the Cincy area at that time. It has been based in Cincy for the past 27 years.
March 29, 200619 yr Author Boone Co. rejects subdivision Tanglewood, along Ky. 18, called 'too much' BY BRENNA R. KELLY | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER BURLINGTON - A 153-home subdivision isn't the right fit along Ky. 18 just west of Burlington, Boone County commissioners said Tuesday. Read more here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060329/NEWS0103/603290387
March 31, 200619 yr From the 3/30/06 Enquirer: Hyde Park church votes to proceed on expansion Neighborhood group remains opposed to multipurpose center BY STEVE KEMME | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER HYDE PARK - Now that it has received the go-ahead from its congregation, Hyde Park Community United Methodist Church will take the preliminary steps required for its expansion plan. The first phase involves converting the sanctuary of its Erie Avenue facility into a gymnasium and building a welcome center in its Grace Avenue facility. E-mail [email protected] http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060330/NEWS01/603300345/1056
April 1, 200619 yr From the 3/9/06 Enquirer: Northern visitors bureau rates first year a winner Hotels saw 'best year in seven or eight years' in 2005 BY MARLA MATZER ROSE | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER The Northern Cincinnati Convention & Visitors Bureau rates its first full year in existence a success, according to its annual report released this week. Northern Cincinnati CVB executive director Mark Schutte, who represents the group encompassing Cincinnati's northern suburbs including Sharonville, Blue Ash and Springdale, said hotels in the area saw their "best year in seven or eight years" in 2005 and are seeing a positive trend so far in 2006. ... http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060309/BIZ01/603090321/1076/rss01
April 7, 200619 yr Forecast: Cincinnati second-best in state for job growth Cincinnati Business Courier - 2:07 PM EDT Friday The Cincinnati-Middletown area is predicted to have the second-best job growth in Ohio over the next decade, according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The department released projections on Thursday, based on a series of long-term job forecasts for the eight metro areas that account for 80 percent of all employment in the state. The Cincinnati metro area's job growth rate is expected to be 9.6 percent, behind Columbus' 10.9 percent. Job growth forecasts for other Ohio cities are: Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor (7.7 percent); Canton-Massillon and Toledo (7.2 percent each); Akron (7 percent); Youngstown-Warren-Boardman (6.8 percent); and Dayton, 6.3 percent. http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2006/04/03/daily61.html
April 8, 200619 yr Seeing how Dayton's growth is ALSO in Warren County (meaning, Cincinnati gets it again!), I'm not surprised at the 6.3%. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 9, 200619 yr Seeing how Dayton's growth is ALSO in Warren County (meaning, Cincinnati gets it again!), I'm not surprised at the 6.3%. And on top of that, it likely makes Nati's numbers even higher (though I don't know which counties are doing best in that metro). There probably are other situations like this all over the country, Cleveland-Akron, Detroit-Toledo-Ann Arbor, Baltimore-DC, Dallas-Fort Worth, etc. Gotta love sprawl... :oops: :sleep:
April 10, 200619 yr This does indeed include Kentucky and appears to simply consist of Cincinnati's metro counties (Indiana as well). The site definitely has some interesting information -this is Cincy's report: http://lmi.state.oh.us/PROJ/projections/MSA/Cincinnati.pdf They do not have detailed information of where Warren (or any other) county's growth is occurring, but I suspect much of it is in Mason, Deerfield Township and maybe Loveland so I do not see an issue with all of Warren being included in Cincy's numbers. It would be interesting to see how much growth is truly associated with Cincinnati versus Dayton's suburbs.
April 10, 200619 yr so 14.7% growth for the more real metro of Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor-Akron? well yay.
April 10, 200619 yr You can't add percentages like that. You need to add the raw numbers together and refigure the percentage.
April 10, 200619 yr Author I wonder why Ohio would have such high job growth, but no population growth????
April 10, 200619 yr The only way they could both be right is with increased labor force participation rates. That is a possibility. The other possibility is that either or both the population and employment projections are off. Come to think of it, that is a certainty, the only question is how far off.
April 10, 200619 yr I wonder why Ohio would have such high job growth, but no population growth???? illegal mexicans maybe
April 14, 200619 yr A couple of older articles from the 3/16/06 Enquirer: Boone grows by 13 daily County's 4.8% jump in one year ranks 49th in U.S. BY MIKE RUTLEDGE | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER BURLINGTON - Kentucky gained 31,570 new residents last year, and 15 percent of them were in Boone County. Between July 1, 2004, and July 1, 2005, Boone grew by about 13 people on the average day, or 4,841 through the year, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released today. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060316/NEWS0103/603160403/1059/rss13 Boone boom still in motion, census shows Population growth is third in region, second in Kentucky BY GREGORY KORTE | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER Of the 31,570 new residents Kentucky gained last year, about 1 in 7 of them came to Boone County, according to new county-by-county population estimates to be released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. The estimates cover the period from July 1, 2004, through June 30, 2005. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060316/NEWS0103/603160401/1059/rss13 Archives.... From Pit to Park Cincinnati Post, 3/7/06 Parks evoke visions of scenic creeks, wide expanses of green grass and groves of tall trees. The site for what could become Boone County, Ky.'s, next park is a long way from that at present. Grant to give Union homes sewer service Boone County Recorder, 3/9/06 Residents along a section of Mount Zion Road will be receiving sewer service. Retail complex won't be built, for now Boone County Recorder, 3/16/06 Toebben Cos. has withdrawn its request for a zoning change to build a retail complex near the Cardinal Cove subdivision in Hebron. "We want to go back and revisit that site (and) see what the best potential uses are for there," said Bill Toebben, the company's president. Developer back with Richwood proposal Boone County Recorder, 3/23/06 Developer Tim Reese is trying again to get Boone County officials to approve plans for a subdivision in Richwood. Last year, the Boone County Fiscal Court unanimously rejected Reese's plans to build 348 units. Earlier he had proposed building 411 units but scaled back the plans. Gunpowder Trails expansion proposed Boone County Recorder, 3/23/06 A developer is proposing an expansion of Gunpowder Trails subdivision near Camp Ernst Road in Burlington. Builder tries on developer's hat Cincinnati Enquirer, 3/26/06 Robert Adams has built homes in Northern Kentucky for 12 years. Now he's taking a leap and building a subdivision. Adams, owner of S.L. Williams Homes in Fort Mitchell, is developing Sundance Estates, a 56-house subdivision on a 25-acre tract off Bullittsville Road between Hebron and Burlington. The streets and utilities are in. He expects to start building the first houses in the next three weeks. Residents hungry for grocery store Cincinnati Enquirer, 3/27/06 Walton's mayor hopes the six-year effort to get a grocery into the southern Boone County town is almost over. Developer scales back housing plan Cincinnati Enquirer, 3/31/06 When Boone Fiscal Court turned down developer Tim Reese's plans to build 350 homes near Richwood, commissioners urged him to lobby the state to fix the overcrowded roads in the area. Sidewalk project to begin Cincinnati Enquirer, 3/31/06 After two years of planning, Boone County is about to start rebuilding Burlington's sidewalks. On Tuesday, Fiscal Court awarded a $431,743 contract to Jarco Inc. to start the first phase of the project. The project will begin immediately and is expected to take four months, said Robin Curry, assistant county administrator. Richwood subdivision opposed by group Boone County Recorder, 4/6/06 Harold Jetter reminded the Boone County Planning Commission March 29 of what happened the last time they approved a subdivision in Richwood for developer Tim Reese. Jetter, president of Citizens for Saving Boone County LLC, played an audio recording of the Boone County Fiscal Court's discussion on May 24, 2005. At that time fiscal court members rejected Reese's plans to build 348 homes near Grand National Boulevard and Chambers Road. Gunpowder Trails extension approved Boone County Recorder, 4/13/06 More homes could be built in the Gunpowder Trails subdivision in Burlington. Offer made to buy land near park Boone County Recorder, 4/13/06 The Boone County Cooperative Extension District is offering to purchase about 112 acres of land on Camp Ernst Road across from Central Park and the Boone County Arboretum.
April 20, 200619 yr Seagram's plant closing Dearborn County officials surprised by loss of 400 jobs BY MIKE BOYER | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER LAWRENCEBURG - The owner of the Pernod Ricard Seagram distillery, which has been a fixture here for more than 150 years, sent shock waves through the community Wednesday by announcing plans to close in two years. About 400 jobs will be eliminated. Pernod Ricard USA, which acquired the Seagram's plant and brands in 2001, told employees Wednesday afternoon that it planned to close the distillery and adjacent bottling operation by mid-2008 because it has too much manufacturing capacity nationally. French-based Pernod initiated a study of its manufacturing operations following its acquisition of Allied Domecq last year... www.enquirer.com
April 20, 200619 yr this sucks, my roommates dad oversees the bottling down there. he said they just overhauled the entire operation with updated equipment. just more of the same old...manufacturing jobs being axed. i wonder if ohio...cincinnati in particular...will ever reach a point when the growth in other business sectors will begin to substantially offset the losses in manufacturing jobs. certainly thats why the city's growth has seemed stagnant both by population and economics
April 20, 200619 yr "I wonder if Ohio will ever reach a point where growth in other business sectors will be able to offset loss in manufacturing jobs..." A steady stream of news like this, along with demographic and economic data, leads me to believe that growth in other business sectors will NOT be able to offset loss in manufacturing jobs. The Industrial Age is probably coming to an end. The only questions are how fast will it decline, and will it be replaced with something else. The Seagrams plant is HUGE. I wonder what will happen to it.
April 29, 200619 yr Author Sara Lee To Close Cincinnati Plant Reported by: 9News Web produced by: Liz Foreman Photographed by: 9News First posted: 4/28/2006 3:58:39 PM Last updated: 4/28/2006 6:04:27 PM Sara Lee Food & Beverage has announced plans to close its Cincinnati plant by the fall of 2006. Approximately 350 people are expected to lose their jobs. Another 100 jobs may be transferred to a Claryville, Ky., facility. Plant officials notified employees around 1 p.m. Friday. Employees told 9News they will be offered severance packages and the building was being shut down because it was old and expensive to operate. The plant, located at 3241 Spring Grove Ave., produces sliced meats for the company's retail and foodservice business. The company plans to move the majority of the production to other facilities within Sara Lee Food & Beverage, including the Tri-State area plant in Claryville, Ky. http://www.wcpo.com/news/2006/local/04/28/lee.html
April 29, 200619 yr Sara Lee sucks. It should be boycotted. What a horrible corporate citizen to Cincinnati.
April 29, 200619 yr Yeah - Sara Lee has been great to Cincinnati. It sucks because Kahn's was an institution here. We have certainly been on the wrong side of mergers and acquisitions enough that I hope I hear no more complaints from other cities (i.e. Hasbro shutting down here, Duke Energy, National City, and Sara Lee). And Ford is shutting down in Batavia. I guess the good news is that the number of regional jobs keeps growing, but I hate losing a chunk at a time like this. I realize I am now going off on a tangent, but has anyone seen what the final numbers for National City and Duke energy will be post merger? I would hope Jim Rogers would look out for his former hometown in regard to Duke, but corporations always get a little shifty when pushed for the net job loss because it makes bad PR worse.
May 9, 200619 yr 05/09/06 ... Damn, I was starting to have company acquisition withdraws ... :wink2: Cincinnati Bell unit buys Louisville telecom firm Cincinnati Business Courier - 4:04 PM EDT Tuesday Cincinnati Bell Technology Solutions said Tuesday that it has purchased Automated Telecom Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Automated Telecom, based in Louisville, sells, installs and maintains telephony and voice-processing systems, including Avaya Internet telephone systems. The company, founded in 1989, has offices in Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri and Pennsylvania. Cincinnati Bell Technology Solutions provides telecommunications technology solutions, partnering with companies like Avaya, Cisco, Nortel and Sun Microsystems. It is a unit of Cincinnati Bell (NYSE: CBB), which provides telecommunications products and services to residential and business customers in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Full article at http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2006/05/08/daily22.html
May 10, 200619 yr :| Unfortunately for us Cincinnatians, this means nothing in terms of acquiring access lines or anything. CBTS (Cincinnati Bell Technology Solutions) resells equipment, i.e. home and business wireline phone systems. That is promising as it shows that Cincinnati Bell is finally bouncing back from having poor stock performance.
May 12, 200619 yr Cummins Inc. will be first lease at IDI Park South Cincinnati Business Courier, 3/20/06 Cummins Inc., an Indiana-based manufacturer of fuel and filtration systems, will expand its Northern Kentucky distribution facilities, leasing a yet-to-be-built 603,000-square-foot building in IDI's Park South at Richwood business park. 2 developers cash in on city's growth spurt Cincinnati Enquirer, 4/14/06 The promise of a new shopping center has drawn homebuilders to Walton. Two developers, the Drees Company and Par Investments, have two single-family subdivisions planned in Walton. Vision group members ask city to buy bank space Cincinnati Enquirer, 4/14/06 The loss of a bank could mean the gain of a community center for Union. Motor store tries for rezoning Florence Recorder, 4/20/06 The third time might be the charm for Kentucky Motor Service on Burlington Pike, which is again requesting a zone change to allow for an expansion project. Old church builds new campus Florence Recorder, 4/20/06 The first pastors at Florence Christian to be a married couple and the first to have a woman pastor are trying another new concept: a multi-site church. Want work? Come to Boone Kentucky Post, 4/22/06 Boone County, which attracted more jobs than another other Kentucky county from 1994 through 2004, keeps pouring it on. According to the latest data compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of jobs reported by Boone County employers increased by 3,462 in the 12 months that ended in June 2005, up 5 percent from the same period a year earlier. Hotels, commercial developments given OK Boone County Recorder, 4/27/06 The Boone County Planning Commission on April 19 approved a new commercial complex in Hebron while placing restrictions on it. New school bidding takes heated turn Boone County Recorder, 4/27/06 The Boone County school board awarded the excavation contract for the new high school on Longbranch Road, set to open in Union in 2008, to Kenton County-based Coppage Construction Co. for $3.4 million. Japanese blade maker making move to Hebron Cincinnati Enquirer, 4/30/06 Tenryu America, the U.S. subsidiary of a Japanese saw-blade maker, is moving from Florence to a $2.2 million distribution center and office building in Hebron. Infrastructure gets attention Cincinnati Enquirer, 5/3/06 Boone County government needs to do a better job of managing development and improving infrastructure in fast-growing areas, Fiscal Court candidate Lonnie Fields said Tuesday. Planning Commission gets new, bigger home Cincinnati Enquirer, 5/5/06 Conducting business in Boone County will be easier starting Wednesday when the Planning Commission moves across the street. The commission is moving to the third floor of the County Administration Building at 2950 Washington St. To deal with city's growth, Florence to add more police Florence Recorder, 5/11/06 City Council approved the addition of four Florence police officers by January 2007 to accommodate the city's growth. Two officers will be added on July 1, and two more on Jan. 1 of next year, as Florence Police Chief Tom Szurlinski had requested. Union makes bid on bank building Boone County Recorder, 5/11/06 The city of Union is offering PNC Bank $275,000 initially for its building on Old Union Road that could become a community center. The amount is less than the bank's offer of $425,000 that includes a 15-year loan at 4.15 percent interest.
May 17, 200619 yr Honda again looks to Ohio Honda looking at Ohio sites Move could make state the largest carmaker Wednesday, May 17, 2006 Christopher Jensen Plain Dealer Auto Editor If Honda selects Ohio for a new assembly plant, the state could soon be challenging Michigan as the biggest carmaker in the United States. ...
May 17, 200619 yr Author If Honda selects Ohio for a new assembly plant, the state could soon be challenging Michigan as the biggest carmaker in the United States. Layoff has killed us.If it wasn't biggest before, how can it be biggest if Ohio gets this plant?
May 17, 200619 yr Rumor has it that a site in Indiana near I-74 is a strong contender for this plant.
May 17, 200619 yr It has been stated, in Japan, that the company will most likely locate the new plant near one of their existing plants. Several of which are located in Ohio. I would love to see an Ohio town snag this plant, especially Cincinnati USA. It appears that Cincy officials are trying to lure the plant and if they are looking at SE Indiana then I wouldnt think that SW Ohio would be out of the question, especially if they have had a working relationship with Ohio for some time now. Honda is sizing up Ohio Southeast Indiana site also in running for plant BY ALEXANDER COOLIDGE, ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER AND JAMES HANNAH, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ohio Lt. Gov. Bruce Johnson said Tuesday the Buckeye State is in the running to land Honda's next North American plant. Johnson, who is also the director of development for the state, said officials with the Japanese automaker are looking to make a decision on a "very fast time line," but couldn't elaborate. He said he didn't know what other states Ohio might be competing against for the plant. ...
May 17, 200619 yr The Rickenbacker Intermodal Hub could be a huge asset for an automaker. Hopefully one of the sites is withing close range. Here's the article from the Disptach... http://www.dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/05/17/20060517-A1-00.html Assembly plant at heart of Honda’s $665 million expansion Wednesday, May 17, 2006 Paul Wilson and Ron Carter THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Ohio is in the running for a $400 million assembly plant Honda Motor Co. will build in North America by 2008 to meet the rising demand for fuel-efficient cars, a state official said yesterday. Honda confirmed plans for the plant early today in Japan as part of a bigger push that also calls for spending $125 million to expand the company’s engine, transmission and powertrain plants in Ohio and Georgia, and to invest $140 million to build an engine plant in Canada. ...
May 18, 200619 yr Honda plant looks headed to Midwest Site battle may be down to Ohio and Indiana Thursday, May 18, 2006 Paul Wilson , Mark Niquette and Mike Pramik THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Competition for a new Honda auto plant and its more than 1,500 jobs quickly has become a narrow contest that includes Ohio and perhaps only one neighboring state. Honda said yesterday that it will build the plant in the Midwest, giving credence to comments earlier in the week by government officials in Ohio and Indiana that their states are in the running. ... http://dispatch.com/business-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/05/18/20060518-A1-02.html
May 18, 200619 yr The Enquirer continues to write stories that lead one to believe that this competition is virtually over...with the winner being: Greensburg, Ind. Town wants a Honda boom Tiny Greensburg, Ind., eyed for assembly plant BY MIKE BOYER | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER GREENSBURG, Ind. - A $400 million investment by Honda Motor Co. in a new assembly plant employing 1,500 initially would turn this quiet southern Indiana city into a boom town overnight. But citizens of this mainly farming community, 65 miles northwest of Cincinnati along Interstate 74, aren't counting their chickens before they're hatched. ...
May 18, 200619 yr Good Luck O-H-I-O Ohio making pitch to Honda Incentives, sites likely to be offered for new assembly plant BY ALEXANDER COOLIDGE AND JAMES MCNAIR | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITERS As Ohio officials aggressively court Honda to build a new auto assembly plant here, at least one industry expert believes the Buckeye State might be the favorite to win the new facility. On Wednesday, Honda confirmed its plans to invest $400 million in a new plant somewhere in the Midwest that will employ 1,500 workers and by 2008 produce up to 200,000 new vehicles a year. Officials said they were in the final stages of selecting a site but wouldn't say when they would announce the new location. ...
May 18, 200619 yr Heres an article from The Toledo Blade that hints at Van Wert in NW Ohio is getting the plant. Options are placed on the land just like Indiana. But it also states western Ohio may not be a good place because of competition with jeep workers. Would be surprised if Indiana dosent get it. Northwest Ohio could have a stake in a new Honda Motor Co. assembly plant to be built in the Midwest. An undeveloped, 1,700-acre site in rural Van Wert County seems to fit Honda's criteria, and state development officials have asked about it, a county official said. An Ohio Department of Development team, working for two months with the Japanese car maker, said it has identified two sites in the state that meet the firm's requirements and the automaker is considering them. ...
May 18, 200619 yr I know that Honda has really invested in Ohio State Engineering. For a while the dean of the college was on loan from Honda. (or something like that) As a weld Engineer, I know they also worked very closely with the Edison Weld Institute on OSU's campus, so that is something in Ohio's favor.
May 18, 200619 yr Three of the things Honda looks for are a rural location, a ready workforce and good access to rail. Van Wert has all these attributes. In fact, the CSX railroad is upgrading track, signals and grade crossings along at least one of their lines in this area. Perhaps a prelude?
May 18, 200619 yr I really don't know anything about the auto industry, but it certainly appears that Honda and Ohio have a good relationship. Just look at some of the recent/current investments in Ohio facilities. $100 million expansion of the Honda transmission plant in Russells Point $89 million expansion of the parts warehouse in Troy (was in competition with Kentucky and Chicago area...chose Troy even though more expensive) $123 million Marysville Auto Plant paint line $20 million expansion in 2003 of the Anna Engine Plant $75 million just announced expansion at its Anna Engine Plant Although most of these are expansions of existing facilities, I think it speaks well for Ohio. I'm sure a lot of relationships have been established between Ohio and Honda officials while working on these projects. Although it does really mean anything, I think it can only help. Also, I found this information interesting..... Larry Jutte, senior vice president of Honda's U.S. manufacturing arm, said engines from the new $140 million engine plant in Canada and the Anna, Ohio plant, will supply the new auto plant. From a geographic standpoint (and just-in-time delivery), does SE Indiana make sense? Or overall is that minor?
May 18, 200619 yr Van Wert would be closer to both engine plants, which would seem to give them the edge: easier access by both truck and rail.
Create an account or sign in to comment