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County Loan
Helps Spur JAFE Expansion
Second partnership between company and Darke County fuels new
construction, added jobs
GREENVILLE- For the second time since JAFE Decorating came under new
ownership in 2010, the specialty glass painting and coating company
will be expanding and adding jobs. With the help of a $180,000 loan
from Darke County’s low-interest revolving loan fund, the company plans
to create at least 20 new full-time positions and add 14,000 square
feet to their Greenville production facility.
“The company has seen steady growth in the past few years so we
couldn’t be more pleased to have this current expansion underway,”
commented JAFE owner, Randy O’Dell. “The community support has been
great but the project wouldn’t have been possible without the strong
management and production team we’re fortunate to have in place at
JAFE.”
This is the second time that JAFE has partnered with the county, in
conjunction with the Partnering for Progress initiative, to help grow
local operations. The county’s program helped JAFE acquire new
machinery and equipment in 2011 in an expansion that almost doubled
employment from approximately 30 employees to the 58 current
positions. The current $180,000 loan has been issued by the
county at 1.5% for seven years and again will be applied towards the
purchase of new equipment. The resulting growth will likely push JAFE’s
employment north of 80 positions, a total that should place the company
among the Top-10 manufacturers in Darke County.
“It’s impossible to overstate the importance of the continued growth of
locally-owned companies such as JAFE,” stated Darke County Economic
Development Director Marc Saluk. “Growth among our largest companies is
welcome and vital, but the future of the county is also strongly tied
to the sustained growth of quality mid-size operations such as
JAFE. This is a very important company and a very important
expansion”
According to O’Dell, the upgrade will enable JAFE to better serve
existing clients as well as take on new customers. To assist with the
training requirements that will accompany the $2M expansion, JobsOhio
has committed $21,684 to the project in the form of a workforce grant.
For more information on the company, please visit
www.jafedecorating.com. For more information on the Partnering for
Progress initiative, please call the Darke County Economic Development
Office at 937-548-3250
JAFE Decorating, Inc. has been in business since 1978 providing
specialty color/paint coatings for various industries including:
automotive aftermarket lighting, commercial lighting, consumer
lighting, restaurant table lighting, pharmaceutical, floral wholesale,
ad specialty, outdoor recreation, chrome mirrors serving industrial and
specialty automotive, solar filters, and personalized gifts for all
occasions. We specialize in putting color and specialty coatings on and
in glass. For more than 35 years JAFE Decorating has provided the
highest quality, reliability and value to our customers.
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