Two western Ohio companies will each receive a $500,000 grant from JobsOhio, in return for 395 jobs totaling “close to $19 million in new payroll” for the Dayton area in the next few years, the Dayton Business Journal reports. NuVasive Inc., a San Diego-based medical device and spine implant company, “received a $500,000 grant toward its $45 million manufacturing facility in West Carrollton,” according to the article. The company plans to use the location “as the center of all of its manufacturing as it grows around the world”; NuVasive will move about 100 existing employees to the area and hire 195 new employees in the coming years, for a total of $9.2 million in new payroll for the Dayton region. R&L Carriers received a $500,000 grant “for its $11 million expansion project in Liberty Township” that will “expand its headquarters and add 200 jobs” totaling $9.5 million in new payroll. R&L will also retain about 1,450 existing jobs. For more, read the full article.
JobsOhio promises $1M to two companies for nearly 400 jobs