WYSO Local News
(2010-02-09)
DAYTON, OH
(WYSO) -
State Senator Jon Husted (R-Kettering) announced today that the state Controlling Board approved the release of state grants worth $95,000 to support the growth of two companies in Montgomery County that have committed to bring more than 100 jobs to the region. The $75,000 Rapid Outreach Grant from the Ohio Department of Development will help Assembly and Test Worldwide, Inc. in Dayton purchase new machinery and equipment. The company, will create 82 full-time jobs and retain 159 positions in Montgomery County as a result of the project.
$20,000 of the Rapid Outreach Grant will go to help Quickstep Composites, LLC acquire new machinery and equipment and make improvements to a 10,000 square-foot facility the company plans to lease on McCall Street in Dayton. That project will bring 20 new, full-time jobs to the area. Quickstep will also get a six-year, 40-percent job-creation Tax Credit from the Ohio Tax Credit Authority.
Senator Husted says [The] "positive economic news for the City of Dayton," adding that "Assembly and Test Worldwide and Quickstep are both promising, innovative companies that have great potential to continue growing, investing and providing good-paying jobs in our region."
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