Jun 4, 2014 | Jackson County News & Info
New industrial investments continue for Seymour-Jackson County, Indiana for 2014.
At the Tuesday, June 3rd, meeting of the Seymour Common Council, two new industrial investments were announced, and tax abatements were requested, and approved, for the projects.
Cummins Inc. will invest $68.1 million in personal property and real estate improvements, and add 44 new jobs as part of their ongoing expansion at Seymour Engine Plant.
Excel Manufacturing plans to invest $1.5 million in manufacturing equipment and add 4 new jobs to support a new business opportunity, company vice president and owner Brent Kilgas said.
“As the economic climate has improved, we have been receiving new orders from our customer base,” Kilgas said. “Recently we were awarded a new program that requires a significant investment in additional manufacturing equipment. Our plan is to purchase (computer numerical control) machines and supporting equipment to expand our present capacity to meet the demand for this new job.”
The Cummins-Seymour Engine Plant project includes construction of a 150,000 square foot office building. The building could house up to 500 workers when completed next year.
“This is a continuation of all the investment Cummins has been making in Seymour the past 4 to 5 years,” said Jackson County Industrial Development Corporation executive director Jim Plump.
Jun 3, 2014 | Jackson County News & Info
Public auction of a 127,680 square foot industrial building with 6.479 acres of industrially-zoned land in Seymour’s Freeman Field Industrial Park.
Thursday, June 19, 2014
2:00 p.m. (EDT)
2200 D Avenue East, Seymour, IN
For complete information visit http://www.keyauctioneers.com/auction-detail/?id=229417 or call 855-353-1100
May 15, 2014 | Jackson County News & Info
A Seymour, Indiana pharmaceutical packaging company and an auto parts maker plan to increase production and hire more workers.
JLM Pharmatech and Aisin USA, both located in the East Side Industrial Park, are requesting 10-year tax abatement on investment projects totaling more than $10 million.
JLM Pharmatech will invest in new production equipment and building expansion. The project will help create 8 new jobs adding to the 28 currently employed.
Aisin USA will add new production equipment at Plant #1 that will allow production of door frames, seat adjusters and other components destined for use in the Lexus ES and RX330 models. Plant #1 currently employes 1,190 and the investment will lead to creation of 33 new jobs. At Plant #2, new investment will be spent on new production molding equipment and will add 3 new jobs to the current workforce of 346.
May 2014
Aug 27, 2013 | Jackson County News & Info
Schneck Medical Center in Seymour, IN has been named one of the country’s top hospitals for the second year in a row.
Schneck has been included on Becker’s Hospital Review’s top 100 hospitals for 2013 after first being named to the list in 2012.
The review said the 100 hospitals “have a special place in the story of American health care and have demonstrated greatness through clinical accolades, innovation in care delivery, recent capital developments and the offering of new services, specialty programs or technology.”
Schneck is one of only three Indiana hospitals on the list, including Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital and St. Vincent Hospital, both in Indianapolis.
Schneck was the first business of any kind in Indiana to receive a national Malcomb Baldrige National Quality Award for excellence, earning the award in 2011. Among Schneck’s recent innovations are the use of the daVinci surgical robotics and simulation labs.
More information can be found at The Tribune online edition, April 9, 2013, and the Schneck Medical Center website at www.schneckmed.org.
Aug 23, 2013 | Jackson County News & Info
Cummins engines to back up Schneck Medical Center operations
Cummins – Seymour Engine Plant workers recently built two 30-liter diesel-powered engines on which more than their livelihoods might depend. The engines could help save their lives someday.
The QST30 engines soon will be place in power generation sets that will power the emergency electrical needs at Schneck Medical Center just a couple of miles away in Seymour, IN.
First, though, those two engines will be shipped to Fridley, MN, where another division of Cummins Inc. will attach then to power generation sets. They’ll then make their way back to the Seymour hospital. They’ll replace two smaller power generators, also equipped with Cummins diesel engines.
The QST30 engines are larger however, and will provide Schneck with enough energy to power all of the hospital’s medical needs and keep things cool if a power outage occurs during the summer. That’s true even if one fails or needs to be taken down for maintenance.
“Right now, the generators can’t supply all of our needs and run the air conditioning units. These new sets can,” Jason Fee said. He is the hospital’s director of facilities. The old generators are less efficient, too, and replacement parts are becoming more difficult to find, Fee said.
Fee, Schneck Chief Executive Officer Gary Meyer and other hospital employees recently toured Seymour Engine Plant and had an opportunity to see one of its two engines being built on the assembly line. A second was being prepared for testing.
“They’re critical for us and will serve our community – the community of the people making these engines – well,” Meyer said following the tour.
“Our workers will know exactly what they’ve built, where it is and what they’re being used for,” Seymour Engine Plant Managing Engineer Director Darren Kimmel said. Workers rarely have any idea what their work powers let alone have an opportunity to see the engines in service.
Meyer said the workers’ labor and end products are critical to the hospital functioning in the case of an emergency. He suggested that plant workers be invited to see the power generation sets and engines in action once they’re installed at the hospital.
The units will provide much more than lighting. “They are essential for patient and employee safety,” Fee said. “It’s not just lights, although the hospital would get very dark inside without electricity. But there are also procedures that are performed every day in the hospital. We can’t lose power during those procedures.”
Fee said it’s rare for the hospital to lose power, in part because it has two electrical feeds from Duke Energy. “If someone hits a utility pole in the neighborhood that knocks out power, the second feed automatically kicks in,” he said. “It’s very rare that the generators have to run because we don’t have electricity, but we can’t run that risk.”
Installation will see construction of a metal enclosure in the area of the cancer center to house the generator sets, Fee said. Underground lines will carry electricity from the generators to the main hospital building.
The generators will be tested monthly, and also occasionally fire up when Duke asks for a power share, Fee said. That helps test the generators, keeps stored diesel fuel from going stale and helps keep their power costs down for everyone by sharing electricity with Duke during peak demand periods, he added.
For more on this story, see The Tribune 8.23.13
Aug 16, 2013 | Jackson County News & Info
Jackson County Industrial Development Corporation held its annual reception/meeting on August 15. At its Reports, Reviews & Rewards Luncheon, executive director Jim Plump shared that Jackson County companies have brought industrial investment to the county at a record pace.
Promised investments through July 31 totaled $179 million, well above last year’s record of $159 million. Promised investments from January of 2012 through July of this year total $338 million and are comprised of 19 projects.
Along with the investment, new jobs are being created, Plump said. Based on current job reports, industrial employment totaled 9,175 workers as of July 31, up from 8,155 last year and 7,419 in 2009.
The projects announced over the last 19 months include a mix of new projects and expansions of existing industrial sites.
“Our outstanding corporate family of business and industry drive economic development,” Plump said. “Our staff certainly works to assist, support and influence these business decisions. It is a combination that works and we pledge to continue this important work with your ongoing support.”
Source: The Tribune 8.16.13
