Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 134, Number 51, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 20 December 2012 — Page 6
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Advance News • Thursday, December 20, 2012
Atwood Mobile Products LLC part of record year in Hoosier State
ELKHART COUNTY Atwood Mobile Products LLC, one of nine Hoosier companies commended by Governor Mitch Daniels, provides one of the many good news stories for the Elkhart County economy and the Economic Development Corporation of Elkhart County in 2012. Elkhart County-based Atwood Mobile Products is a lightweight durable recreational vehicle components manufacturer. The company will invest $5.9 million to consolidate manufacturing operations from Michigan, and distribution and warehousing operations from Tennessee and other locations to Elkhart County, creating up to 132 new jobs by 2015. With more than 700 associates nationwide, the company currently employs 368 employees at four Elkhart County sites.
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Photo provided Wakarusa Elementary School Christine Ramer’s class (from left) includes: first row Trenton Hays, Chloe Holdeman, Quinn Holdeman, Savannah Love, Morgen McDonald, Savannah Adams, and Collin Martin; second row Mrs. Christine Ramer, Logan Kirk, Grecia Sanchez, Kary Lehman, Ernesto Guillen, Sunny Snyder, David Wollen, and Rantz Deavers; and third row Katrin Wingard, Julisa Laris, Trenten Henry, Mario Ortiz-Young, Aden Hershberger, Jennica Weaver, Stephanie Newcomer, and Lucas Bollenbacher.
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This year, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) has already worked with 251 companies mat have made decisions to expand or establish operations in Indiana, outpacing the 219 decisions by companies announced at year-end last year and every otneryear on record. The 251 companies anticipate investing $6.57 billion in their Indiana operations and creating 27,858 new jobs in the coming years. "We've added jobs at nearly twice the national average for the past three years, but we have seen a significant surge of new interest in the past several months. The best holiday gifts the state could receive are these jobs, but today's bundle is not the last for this year. Stand by for more," said Daniels. Tim Stephens, president of Atwood Mobile Products
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and Dorinda Heiden-Guss, president of the Economic Development Corporation (EDC) of Elkhart County were present in Indianapolis for die governor's announcement "Atwood has seen tremendous growth the last few years, particularly in our recreational vehicle and specialty vehicle markets. The state of Indiana has been very supportive of Atwood's plans and we lode forward to expanding our business in a state that has shown in recent years it is serious about attracting and keeping top notch businesses," says Stephens. Atwood was one of the 25 plus firms that received assistance from the EDC of Elkhart County to expand its business in 2012. These firms announced more man 2,700 new jobs and investments of more titan $l2O million.
Riley Miller because she does nice stuff for me." Gavin Tamoos likes Legos." Jesse Price lost her other one." Stella Chapman candy, Twizzlers, because she is so great." Kaydence Middleton because she's my friend." Dede Nickerson because she's my friend." Mason Yoder likes them." Melanie Williams’ class Donovan Anderson because he is my friend." Yareli Castro likes to play iPad." Kayla Cook because she likes Hello Kitty. Javier Cortez love my mom/ Angelyna Hendrix kitten because she likes kittens." Makayla Isbell because when she is sick I can cover her up." Dawson Kemp because she wishes she had one." Grace Miller because she is my best friend." Zoe Mishler my sister." Charlie Pippenger * I would get Jack a snowmobile because he is my best friend." Alexander Schumacher Playstation 3 because she loves us." Sophia Vincent baby toy because she is a baby." Cadyn Warren Lego Transformer set because he's my best friend." Ethan Wolfe he likes to play D.S." Caleb Yoder he is my best friend." Calleigh Yoder she likes Barbies." Jake Yoder her." Jazmin Zayed because she always wanted one." Jack Zercher —■ " I would get Charlie an air soft gun because he is a friend."
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