Electric Vehicles to Drive Major Corporate Site Location Projects

Nickolas Otto in 1876 invented the four-stroke internal combustion engine in which in which combustion occurs (aka burning) inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace generating motive power by the burning of fuels such as petrol and oil.[i]  Considering the fact that the $3.6 T global automobile industry[ii] for the most part still runs on oil in an internal combustion engine, Otto’s invention has had a pretty good run.  Signs are that run is going to slow substantially and the global automobile industry is going to undergo a major transformation as the manufacture and sales of electric vehicles (EV) is on the rise.

Polaris Announces Expansion of Distribution Center in Wilmington

(Wilmington, Ohio) Polaris Inc. announced plans this week to expand its distribution facility in Wilmington, aimed at providing additional distribution capacity, expanding product assortment, improving delivery, customer service, and optimizing operations. The 165,000 square-foot expansion will bring the facility footprint to 465,000 square feet.

Seneca County Ranks 10th Nationally for Economic Development

Tiffin-Seneca Economic Partnership (TSEP) and the Fostoria Economic Development Corp. (FEDC) announced today that Seneca County has placed No. 10 nationally in Site Selection magazine’s rankings for large, private economic development projects. This places it in the top two percent of the 581 micropolitans in the U.S. Site Selection has been annually ranking states and cities since 1978 and top micropolitians since 2004.

A Team Effort: Bringing Intel to Ohio

Intel’s announcement to partner with Ohio to expand its chip manufacturing operations in Ohio’s Licking County is a tremendous victory for the United States. Semiconductors are a brand-new vital industry to our state and will supercharge Ohio’s economy.