The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on February 23 that 1,761 mass layoff actions were filed for the month of January. At least 50 employees had to be laid off in order to be considered such an action. Seasonally adjusted, this resulted in the release of 182,261 workers, based on the fillings of unemployment insurance [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 22, 2010
An $872,000 credit was approved Monday for a manufacturing company to create a new site in Brookfield, Ohio. The credit was given the approval by the Ohio Tax Credit Authority. The company, a subsidiary of IPSCO Koppel Tubular Corporation is to provide tubular steel products that are used in the oil and natural gas exploration [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Diebold Inc. is cutting 250 jobs at its Green, Ohio corporate campus. Diebold has 1,900 employees at the headquarters and nearby facilities. The company has 16,000 employees worldwide. According to CEO Thomas Swidarski, the job cuts were made to reduce costs and are not “short term reductions”. In total 350 jobs, or 4% of Diebold’s [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 19, 2010
The Dupont Company announced on Monday at a press conference that it will expand their Circleville, Ohio operations after receiving $50.7 million in federal tax credits for renewable energy manufacturing efforts and $7 million in cash loans and grants from the state of Ohio. The total cost of the expansion at Circleville will be $175 [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 18, 2010
The Berry Company will close its facility in Hudson, Ohio and lay off 81 employees in an effort to restructure its business. Patricia Nichols, director of corporate communications for the company claims the state of the economy was a not a factor in making this decision. The Hudson office will close on September 30, 2010. Lay [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 18, 2009
General Motors will add 60,000 cars and trucks to its North American production schedule, and reinstate 1,350 jobs The new cars will be produced during Q3 and Q4, at plants in Ontario, Canada and Lordstown, Ohio. The company says demand is up for the Chevy Cobalt compact car and the Chevy HHR retro-styled compact station wagon. General Motors [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, August 16, 2009
Fifty employees at Cessna’s Columbus, Ohio plant will be notified within two weeks of their impending layoffs, part of the elimination of 1,300 jobs across the firm. Up to 500 Cessna workers will get layoff notices this month. Those affected will get 60 days notice, and severance packages. The firm currently employs 475 in Columbus. The Cessna Aircraft [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 14, 2009
Murray Energy has launched a new subsidiary, American Equipment & Machine, bringing over 100 jobs to Centralia, Illinois. The new firm employs 102 people, including 88 hourly workers and 14 managers. It manufactures and repairs coal mining equipment. Thirty-four additional jobs will be created over the next two years. Founded in 1998, Cleveland, Ohio’s Murray Energy is [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 12, 2009
The Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio is hosting a career fair on August 27th. An undisclosed number of mid-career positions are available, in logistics, finance, supply-chain management, engineering, contracting, and data management. The starting salary for most of the jobs is $69,000. Job candidates must be US citizens; will need security [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 6, 2009
Eye care benefits firm VSP has cut 43 jobs, half of them at its Rancho Cordova, California headquarters. The rest let go worked in Columbus, Ohio. The firm has outsourced some of its work to Andover, Massachusetts’ Anthem Credentialing Services. VSP will attempt to find jobs for those laid off within the organization. The layoffs will be [...]
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