Ohio Rail Development Commission awards $100,000 grant
TIFFIN, OHIO – May 18, 2016 – Church & Dwight Co., Inc. received a $100,000 grant today from the Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC) for a planned $2.5 million expansion of their northwest Ohio plant located in the village of Old Fort. Final approval for the project still depends on other incentives, but the target date for project completion would be by the end of this year.
The $3.4 billion consumer goods and specialty products giant established their Old Fort facility in 1980, and today it employs more than 215 workers and ranks as one of the largest sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) manufacturing plant in the world. The expansion enables the Company to manufacture ARM & HAMMER CLUMP & SEAL cat litter at the facility, creating 20 new jobs and involving an investment of $2.5 million in new equipment and rail expansion. ARM & HAMMER cat litter is the second best-selling cat litter brand in the nation.
Plant Manager David Johnston was pleased with the award. “The local workforce, infrastructure, and incentive programs are all important factors in the decision to make this investment at the Old Fort facility, and we appreciate the work the ORDC, JobsOhio, and SIEDC have been doing to encourage us to expand here.”
In addition, JobsOhio is providing $170,000 in Roadwork Development Grants to improve a mile-long section used by the facility’s truck traffic as well as to improve the plant’s entrance. The Company will also be appearing before the Ohio Tax Credit Authority on May 24 to ask for approval of a six-year Job Creation Tax Credit, estimated to be worth $75,000.
Seneca County Commission President Holly Stacy is pleased with the news, saying, “We are experiencing strong growth in all parts of Seneca County right now, and we appreciate that Church & Dwight has chosen to grow here. We welcome their investment and new jobs.”
About Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
Founded in 1846, Church & Dwight is a $3.4 billion company headquartered in Ewing, New Jersey that is one of the fastest growing Consumer Packaged Goods companies in the world. The Company manufactures and markets a wide range of personal care, household and specialty products, with such brands as ARM & HAMMER, TROJAN, FIRST RESPONSE, NAIR, SPINBRUSH, OXICLEAN, ORAJEL and more. Find out more at www.churchdwight.com.
About SIEDC
Started in 1983, the Seneca Industrial and Economic Development Corp. (SIEDC) is a private, non-profit corporation dedicated to driving positive economic, downtown, and community development in Tiffin and Seneca County, Ohio, which consistently ranks among the top communities nationally for economic development. Learn more about the great things going on in Tiffin and Seneca County at www.senecasuccess.com.
TIFFIN, OHIO – May 18, 2016 – Church & Dwight Co., Inc. received a $100,000 grant today from the Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC) for a planned $2.5 million expansion of their northwest Ohio plant located in the village of Old Fort. Final approval for the project still depends on other incentives, but the target date for project completion would be by the end of this year.
The $3.4 billion consumer goods and specialty products giant established their Old Fort facility in 1980, and today it employs more than 215 workers and ranks as one of the largest sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) manufacturing plant in the world. The expansion enables the Company to manufacture ARM & HAMMER CLUMP & SEAL cat litter at the facility, creating 20 new jobs and involving an investment of $2.5 million in new equipment and rail expansion. ARM & HAMMER cat litter is the second best-selling cat litter brand in the nation.
Plant Manager David Johnston was pleased with the award. “The local workforce, infrastructure, and incentive programs are all important factors in the decision to make this investment at the Old Fort facility, and we appreciate the work the ORDC, JobsOhio, and SIEDC have been doing to encourage us to expand here.”
In addition, JobsOhio is providing $170,000 in Roadwork Development Grants to improve a mile-long section used by the facility’s truck traffic as well as to improve the plant’s entrance. The Company will also be appearing before the Ohio Tax Credit Authority on May 24 to ask for approval of a six-year Job Creation Tax Credit, estimated to be worth $75,000.
Seneca County Commission President Holly Stacy is pleased with the news, saying, “We are experiencing strong growth in all parts of Seneca County right now, and we appreciate that Church & Dwight has chosen to grow here. We welcome their investment and new jobs.”
About Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
Founded in 1846, Church & Dwight is a $3.4 billion company headquartered in Ewing, New Jersey that is one of the fastest growing Consumer Packaged Goods companies in the world. The Company manufactures and markets a wide range of personal care, household and specialty products, with such brands as ARM & HAMMER, TROJAN, FIRST RESPONSE, NAIR, SPINBRUSH, OXICLEAN, ORAJEL and more. Find out more at www.churchdwight.com.
About SIEDC
Started in 1983, the Seneca Industrial and Economic Development Corp. (SIEDC) is a private, non-profit corporation dedicated to driving positive economic, downtown, and community development in Tiffin and Seneca County, Ohio, which consistently ranks among the top communities nationally for economic development. Learn more about the great things going on in Tiffin and Seneca County at www.senecasuccess.com.
