Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Industrial FAM Tour

The Industrial Familiarization Tour was held today -sponsored by the Licking County Chamber of Commerce. This tour featured the Advanced Material Manufacturers in Newark and Hebron. The tour began at the McMillen Industrial Park, with a stop at Arboris. It was interesting to learn that Arboris is the world's leading producer of sterols. Sterols are derived from pine trees and used in healthy foods to lower cholesterol. Rob Klinger, Rob O'Neill, Rick Platt and Tom Denison spoke about the numerous manufacturers located in McMillen Industrial Park, COATC, Mid-Ohio Industrial Park and Newark Ohio Industrial Park. Of interest, Rick explained that the new bridge under construction at the COATC Base will directly connect to James Parkway to the Industrial Parks in Hebron, opening up all of the manufacturing corridor and furthering the opportunity for future development. He reported that $3 million will be spent in improvements and they are using 12 local companies to complete the job. Once we arrived in Hebron, the group toured Bayer Material Science. It was evident that Bayer is on the leading edge of technology by producing polymers and high-performance plastics that help their customers stay competitive and fresh.

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