Business Stories for October 2009
Stories for Saturday, October 31
NewPage CEO discusses fight over imports
MIAMI TWP., Montgomery County — NewPage is headquartered locally but controls 10 facilities across much of the Midwest and Nova Scotia.What follows is more from a recent interview with Rick Willett Jr., president and chief executive of NewPage, a paper producer with nearly 8,000 employees and $4.4 billion in annual ...
BBB: Scammers lurk as friends on Internet
Social networking has become extremely popular for people to connect and interact with others they know and trust. Unfortunately, scammers are taking advantage of that trust by masquerading as friends and family to circulate viruses or steal personal information.Here are some of the more common scams:Friend in distress: Users receive ...
Paper company blazes an environmental trail
MIAMI TWP., Montgomery County — In many ways, NewPage is not your parents’ paper company.It’s smaller locally than Mead was at its height. It doesn’t have a familiar downtown tower. It communicates a message of sustainability via a distinctly paperless method.Still, with 380 local employees, NewPage is connected, in its ...
Port authority hopes to gain steam in 2010
DAYTON — It’s by now an all-too-familiar story. When the economy ground to a near halt last year, Ron Parker, the Dayton/Montgomery County Port Authority’s executive director, was struck by what he didn’t hear — a telephone ringing. Most companies weren’t adding space, buying new buildings or sinking money into new equipment. ...
Stories for Friday, October 30
Competition from local proton cancer center doesn't stop Columbus ventures
Two efforts to establish proton cancer therapy centers in the Columbus area are moving forward despite news of plans for a similar facility in the Dayton area.Officials involved in both projects said Friday, Oct. 30, they are proceeding even though Miami Twp. officials this week announced plans by Optivus Proton ...
Motozuma helps users save toward car purchase
DAYTON — If there’s a way to unite social media, automobiles and saving money, leave it to the folks at Real Art Design Group to find it. The design firm’s principals have founded Motozuma as a way to save money for future auto purchases. An LLC separate from Real Art, ...
City seeks developers for land at Wright Brothers airport
MIAMI TWP., Montgomery County — The city of Dayton is inviting developers to submit proposals for commercial development of about 150 acres at Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport, more than one-fourth of the airport’s total of 527 acres.The land at the northeast corner of the Dayton-owned airport will become more attractive for ...
Land development near Wright Brothers Airport comes with tough requirements
MIAMI TWP., Montgomery County — Developers that respond to Dayton’s request for proposals to commercially develop 150 acres of land at Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport face some potentially daunting challenges.To meet the city’s requirements, the developer must:• Deliver an irrevocable, $1.5 million letter of credit, which the developer could lose if ...
Wright-Patt’s BRAC job transfers to increase next year
KETTERING — Transfer of people to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base as part of a Washington-ordered relocation of research programs from bases in other states gets started in earnest in the summer of 2010, an official coordinating the movements said Friday, Oct. 30.The 77th Aeronautical Systems Group, a unit that acquires ...
Danis Building Construction buys North Carolina company
MIAMI TWP., Montgomery County — Danis Building Construction has acquired R.N. Rouse Co. Inc., a construction firm based in Goldsboro, N.C., for undisclosed terms, the companies announced Friday, Oct. 30. John Danis, chairman and chief executive of Danis Building Construction, in an interview said he pursued the acquisition in part because, ...
LCNB chief elected officer of trade group
Stephen P. Wilson, chairman and chief executive of LCNB Corp., was elected chairman-elect of the American Bankers Association, a trade group, according to a statement from the bank.Wilson was elected Tuesday, Oct. 27, at the ABA’s conference in Chicago.Based in Lebanon, LCNB Corp. is the holding company for LCNB National ...
KHN hospitals fare well in voluntary rankings
KETTERING — Four Kettering Health Network hospitals ranked among the top 32 performing hospitals in a voluntary, three-year project that included 157 nonprofit hospitals in 31 states, according to a prepared release from QUEST, a Premier Healthcare Alliance program.The four hospitals — Kettering, Grandview, Sycamore and Southview medical centers — ...
Honda touts environmental impact in Ohio
American Honda Motor Co. has released its 2009 environmental report, saying its Ohio manufacturing plants “are making substantial advancements in their environmental performance.”The report covers operations for the company’s fiscal year, which ended March 31, 2009. It ranges from product development to end-of-life disposal, emphasizing reducing carbon dioxide emissions.Honda said ...
Stories for Thursday, October 29
RFID center opens doors to public for first time
DAYTON — The Dayton RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Convergence Center, touted as the first RFID business incubator in the world, threw open its doors to the public for the first time Thursday, Oct. 29. Area political leaders as well as representatives of companies like Cincinnati’s Procter & Gamble, Miamisburg’s Avery ...
Miami Valley Hospital eliminates 14 jobs
DAYTON — Miami Valley Hospital recently cut 14 nursing, ancillary and support positions as part of ongoing adjustments at the region’s largest hospital. All 14 people who lost their jobs received severance packages, hospital spokeswoman Nancy Thickel said. Some affected workers were offered other jobs but opted to take the ...
Troy Main Street director Leaving
TROY – Jo Grandel will be leaving next week as executive director of the Troy Main Street downtown revitalization program after four months on the job.Grandel and Jarrod Harrah, Main Street board president, said she is leaving because she has a job offer that is better for her family and ...
EIM promotes employee engagement software
DAYTON — Excellence In Motivation Inc., which creates incentive programs that companies may use to encourage or reward employees for job performance, is promoting a self-service software application that EIM says is intended to engage and motivate workers.The software, previously known as RewardXpress, is now being promoted as XpressMotivation, combining ...
Technology First offers Nov. 12 trade show
Technology First (formerly the Greater Dayton IT Alliance) will host its Taste of IT professional development conference and trade show Nov. 12.The 3rd annual Taste of IT conference will focus topics of interest submitted by the 52-member greater Dayton Chief Information Officer (CIO) Council and exhibiting companies, the organization said. ...
Chinese delegation to visit Montgomery County Job Center
A delegation of Chinese educators are scheduled to visit the Montgomery County Job Center Friday Oct. 30.Twelve Chinese education officials and university career counselors from China are visiting at the invitation of the U.S. Department of Education, according to Montgomery County Job & Family Services.The delegation members are learning about ...
New housing is another try at developing former Summerfield property
TROY — A new plan to build 135 houses on a property with a new name was unanimously approved by the Troy Planning Commission on Wednesday, Oct. 28.The Planned Development on the former Summerfield property off Ohio 718 across from Concord Elementary School was presented by developer Jessica Minesinger, acting ...
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