Taft Promotes Pro-Jobs Agenda in Southwestern Ohio
COLUMBUS, OHIO (March 15, 2004) - Governor Bob Taft today promoted his job-creation package during a visit to Dayton Technologies, a successful vinyl systems manufacturer. Dayton Technologies held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open its new composite extrusion facility, which will produce vinyl decks and railings in a partnership with Alcoa Home Exterior. This expansion has created 45 new jobs and represents a $7 million investment.
"Dayton Technologies is a growing company that shows that Ohio is a good place to locate and expand a business, and it is the type of company we want to grow more of through my jobs agenda," Taft said. "Ohio is competing in a brutally competitive world economy, and that's why I am focused on spending every day doing all I can to help create jobs for Ohioans."
Taft's 2004 State of the State address, delivered in January, outlined his pro-jobs agenda, which he reiterated during today's visit. Major points of this agenda include:
? The creation of a new Jobs Cabinet, chaired by Development Director Bruce Johnson, which is working to help those who have lost jobs, enable companies to find the skilled workers they need to succeed, and cut red tape through regulatory reform.
? Working with the Legislature to pass the Jobs Bill, introduced March 9, which would:
o Increase funding for the Ohio Investment in Training Program and the Wright Centers of Innovation.
o Create the new Worker Guarantee Program to insure the presence of a highly-skilled workforce for companies committed to bringing at least 100 new jobs to the state over a three-year period.
o Expand time restraints on enterprise zones, ensuring additional investments in new businesses, while maintaining current laws of how businesses interact with local schools.
? Asking the legislature to pass comprehensive tort reform legislation and workers' compensation reform.
? Enacting tax reform to lower rates, broaden the tax base and ensure taxpayers are treated fairly.
? Sustaining the Third Frontier Project through the tobacco budget and capital bill, and redirecting additional dollars to protect investments already made.
? Protecting Ohio's defense jobs by providing an additional $1 million to fully fund local community efforts to fight the federal base closure process.
Dayton Technologies has partnered with Alcoa Home Exterior, a subsidiary of Alcoa headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. The collaboration between the two companies will launch a composite decking and railing product. Dayton Technologies' new 550-square-foot, state-of-the-art plant in Monroe will house the manufacturing of a new product, High Density Polyethylene (HDPE). Engineered wood is used in a variety of exterior building products such as decks, railing and siding.
Dayton Technologies is one of North America's leading designers and extruders of vinyl for windows and doors, and is part of the Deceuninck Group of companies. The vinyl systems manufacturer specializes in compounding, design, development, extrusion, and recycling.
