Greenville Whirlpool creates 65 jobs

Ohio giving company 45% tax credit to boost payroll by $2.2 million.

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By Thomas Gnau, Staff Writer Updated 11:55 PM Tuesday, December 6, 2011

DAYTON — Newly awarded state tax credits will help drive an expansion at Whirlpool in Greenville.

The Ohio Tax Credit Authority on Monday approved a 45 percent, five-year tax credit to Whirlpool Corp. for the creation of $2.2 million in additional payroll at the company’s Greenville plant, the state said Tuesday.

As part of the tax credit agreement, the state requires the company to maintain operations in Greenville for at least eight years. The company will create 65 full-time jobs, the Ohio Department of Development said.

The new jobs will be added at an annual payroll of $2,237,560, with 636 jobs being retained at a payroll of $22,295,286 and an expected investment by the company of $340,000, according to a spokeswoman for Ohio Gov. John Kasich.

Connie Wehrkamp, Kasich’s deputy press secretary, said it’s the state’s understanding that at least some of the jobs to be added to Whirlpool’s Darke County operation will be brought from China.

The company did not provide answers to questions submitted to it Tuesday.

In late October, Whirlpool, the world’s biggest appliance maker, said it would cut 5,000 jobs as a result of soft demand and higher material costs. At the time, the company, whose brands include Maytag and KitchenAid, declined to say whether there would be cuts in Greenville.

In 2008, Whirlpool built a 325,000-square-foot warehouse across the street from the factory that it built in 1996. About 40 employees from the manufacturing plant were to operate the warehouse, the company said then.

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