Business Stories for June 2012
Stories for Saturday, June 30
‘Wonder’ takes shape at Dayton design company
DAYTON — Walk into Real Art Design Group’s offices in downtown Dayton on any given day and you’re likely to find team members creating life-size battling robots; a slot machine made from an industrial dishwasher; or an interactive RV with a rear windshield display screen, confetti cannon, lights and a ...
Navistar needs to get engine certified
Navistar International Corp.’s recent troubles all center around one issue: Without certification of the company’s heavy-duty diesel engine that they’ve invested in for eight years, the company could face major layoffs and billions in lost revenue.Navistar — which employs about 800 people in its Springfield production plant — has been ...
Research, planning can help ease wedding day stress
Planning a wedding can be stressful on you and your partner, but it doesn’t have to be. Your Better Business Bureau can help guide you down the aisle, helping make your wedding experience a day to remember.Every year, more than 2.5 million weddings take place in the U.S. with a ...
Businesses prepare for London Olympics
Some Miami Valley retailers are gearing up to take full advantage of the Summer Olympics that begin later this month in London. Other business owners, however, are bracing for the Olympics’ impact on their bottom line.British-themed businesses and sports bars are among those retailers eagerly anticipating the start of the ...
600 jobs available at area banks
Nearly 600 jobs are open at the region’s biggest banks.Most openings are for tellers, private bankers, consumer and mortgage loan officers and servicers, and operation jobs such as call center posi- tions. Banks employ tellers more than any other single job, an entry level position with promotion opportunities.“On the retail ...
New menu at Red Lobster; Sunday brunch at Neil’s
A significant overhaul is on the menu at Darden Restaurants’ Red Lobster.The changes come on the heels of the complete remodeling of four Dayton-area Red Lobster locations and apparently are in response to a dropoff of business: Same-store sales fell 3.9 percent at the 704-unit Red Lobster in the quarter ...
Kettering law office grows quickly
KETTERING — Two years after opening a local office, international law firm WilmerHale is growing — both in number of employees and physical space — faster than its leaders first expected.The firm opened its doors in the Miami Valley Research Park in September 2010 with about 185 employees.“It is now ...
Stories for Friday, June 29
Business incubator funding at risk
COLUMBUS — An evaluator hired by the Ohio Department of Development has recommended that Dayton and Toledo’s high-tech entrepreneurs program not be approved for a new round of funding, but the state will undertake more analysis before making a final decision.On June 22, Ohio’s Third Frontier Commission opted to undertake ...
Jobs may follow Air Force deal
BEAVERCREEK — The Dayton region could see a number of new information technology jobs in the coming years related a nearly $1 billion contract to provide the U.S. Air Force with IT products, services and solutions.Segue Technologies Inc., a Virginia-based IT company with an office in Beavercreek, was named as ...
Wright Patt Credit Union, realtor team up
By Chelsey LevingstonStaff WriterSPRINGBORO — The Dayton area’s largest credit union and one of its largest real estate firms will form a joint venture on a mortgage company.Wright-Patt Credit Union and Irongate Inc. Realtors made the announcement Friday at Irongate’s Springboro office on East Central Avenue.Leaders of both organizations said ...
Renewable jet fuel in Ohio under discussion at workshop
A collaboration is underway to coordinate an industry that could produce a renewable Ohio source for jet fuel.General Electric Aviation is collaborating with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development, the Ohio Aerospace Institute, and air carriers to investigate an Ohio or Midwest-regional approach for renewable jet fuel. The project ...
JPMorgan Chase drops overdraft fees on small purchases
Customers of JPMorgan Chase & Co. won’t have to pay overdraft fees for purchases of $5 or less beginning July 22, the bank said.The bank currently does not charge fees for accounts overdrawn by $5 or less at the end of the business day, the company said.An overdraft transaction of ...
Centerville firm buys Columbus apartment complex
The Connor Group, a Centerville-based real estate investment firm, on Thursday closed the purchase of River Oaks, a 288-unit luxury apartment community in Columbus.Financial details were not disclosed.The company now owns and operates nine communities in the market, Connor said in an announcement. None of the company’s previous Columbus acquisitions ...
Teradata company names new vp
Aprimo, a Teradata company, said this week that Robin Fleming is its new vice president of cloud services.Fleming was previously vice president of product quality and operations and will expand cloud services to new Aprimo applications, the company said in a release. “Cloud” refers to the offering of data storage ...
Stories for Thursday, June 28
Labor leaders press Turner on jobs bill
Local labor leaders are applying election-year pressure on U.S. Rep. Mike Turner to win his support for a bill they say would encourage businesses to return jobs to the United States.After the July 4 recess, Congress is expected to take wider action on the “Bring Jobs Act,” which would cut ...
$53K grant saves Riverside company
RIVERSIDE — Mullins Rubber Products in Riverside recently was awarded a $53,000 Economic Development/Government Equity grant from Montgomery County, an announcement that saves the company, according to president Bill Mullins.Mullins Rubber Products, 2949 Valley Pike, will use the ED/GE grant to help purchase a chiller, which will be installed the ...
Local county sees big drop in weekly wages
Montgomery County saw the biggest drop in average weekly wages last year among Ohio’s largest counties, reflecting a statewide trend that has slowed overall economic growth, experts say.Average weekly pay in the Miami Valley’s most populous county fell by 2 percent to $841 from the fourth quarter of 2010 to ...
Wright-Patt Credit Union, Irongate partner up
Wright-Patt Credit Union and Irongate Inc. Realtors plan to announce Friday in Springboro a new partnership.The deal will bring together the region’s largest credit union and a large Dayton area real estate firm.The Fairborn-based credit union called it a “new locally-sourced” Miami Valley partnership.”Wright-Patt and Irongate said they see their ...
Hartzell Air Movement introduces 'zero-leak' roof ventilator
PIQUA — Hartzell Air Movement, a Piqua-based industrial ventilation company, has redesigned the power roof ventilator with a new feature to decrease service time while eliminating the risk of moisture.The addition of a zero-leak service door that moves both the propeller and motor out of the airstream has a significant ...
Chamber seeking business diversity award applications
The Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce and its partner The National Conference for Community and Justice of Greater Dayton, said Thursday that applications for the 2012 Dayton Workplace Diversity Award are being accepted now. The Chamber said the award will be given to area companies that invest in workplace diversity ...
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