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Strong Economy

Jasper County has a strong and diversified economy comprised of a combination of successful agribusiness, manufacturing, distribution, institutional, and commercial employers.  Companies across Jasper County are successfully investing in new and expanded facilities.  Described below are examples of major private sector projects that were in various stages of development in the past two years.  Also included is other relevant information describing Jasper County’s economic base.

FIRMS BY SECTOR - 2011           
Accommodation/Food Service 66
Administration/Waste Services 28
Agriculture Related 41
Arts/Entertainment/Recreation 9
Construction 113
Educational Services 5
Finance/Insurance 35
Government 48
Health Care/Social Assistance 50
Information 13
Management 4
Manufacturing 34
Mining N/A
Other Services 55
Professional/Technical Services 57
Real Estate 24
Retail Trade 119
Transport/Warehousing 63
Utilities N/A
Wholesale Trade 35

Advance Auto Parts (Remington, IN) - Opening of $108 million, 566,000 SF Distribution Center with 350-400 employees.

American Melt Blown & Filtration (Rensselaer, IN) - Start up blow molded plastic filter manufacturing facility in 67,000 SF with a $2.3 million capital investment and up to 40 employees.

Archer Daniels Midland (Parr, IN) - Expanded $2 million seed storage facility

Belstra Milling Company (DeMotte, IN) - Expansion of animal feed production with up to $6 million in capital investment and 4-5 jobs.

ConAgra Foods (Rensselaer, IN) - Installation of four additional popcorn packaging lines valued at $2.9 million.

Fair Oaks CNG Station (Fair Oaks, IN) - New compressed natural gas fueling station to supply local daries’ truck fleet.

How About That Logistics (Rensselaer, IN) - New 7,200 SF, 12-acre trucking/logistics center with 40 employees.

Iroquois Bio-Energy Company (Rensselaer, IN) - Ethanol plant adding 775,000 bushel, $2 million grain bin.

Legacy Farms/Fair Oaks Pig Adventure (Fair Oaks, IN) - New $10 million, 30 job, 143,000 SF, 29-acre farm campus producing 70,000-80,000 pigs annually with visitors center and viewing galleries.

Love’s Travel Stop & Country Store (DeMotte, IN) - $7.5 million travel center at Exit 230 on I-65 with 30 jobs.

NIPSCO (Wheatfield, IN) - Installation of Flue Gas Desulfurization systems at the R.M. Schahfer Generating Station with a $500-600 million capital investment and peaking at 900 construction/20 new permanent jobs. 

Remington Seeds, LLC (Remington, IN) - Expansion of seed corn processing capacity with $25 million capital investment over a three year period with 15 new jobs. 

Sealy Components Group (Rensselaer, IN) - Leased 64,000 SF of storage space adjacent to their production campus.

Solae (Remington, IN) - Processor of soy protein concentrate powder and soy lecithin oil food ingredients increased throughput capacity and leased 18,000 SF of offsite warehouse space.

Terborg Distributing (DeMotte, IN) - Beverage distributor employing 12-15 constructed and then expanded headquarters/warehouse facility that now totals 21,120 SF on 9 acres.

Wilson Industrial Sales Company (Rensselaer, IN) - New 10,000 SF, $2.2 million corporate headquarters for distributor of industrial/agricultural chemicals employing 35.

 

MAJOR NON-RETAIL EMPLOYERS      
   JOBS  
PRODUCTS/SERVICES  
Jasper County Hospital - Rensselaer 450 Medical Services
Kankakee Valley Schools - Wheatfield
392
Public School System
Advance Auto Parts - Remington
345
Auto Parts Distribution
NIPSCO Schahfer Station - Wheatfield 300
Electric Power Generation
Rensselaer Central Schools - Rensselaer 260 Public School System
Saint Joseph’s College - Rensselaer
211 Private Liberal Arts College
Jasper County - Multiple Facilities 181
County Government Services
ConAgra Foods - Rensselaer 180
Popcorn Snacks/Packaging
Sealy Components - Rensselaer
170
Matress Components
Donaldson Company - Rensselaer
164
Filtration Components Distribution
Talbert Manufacturing - Rensselaer
148 Specialty Truck Trailers
Rensselaer Care Center - Rensselaer
145
Skilled Nursing/Rehabilitation
Impact Forge Group/Omni - Remington 120 Carbon Alloy Parts Forging
Chief Industries - Rensselaer 108 Metal Buildings Manufacturing
Oak Grove Retirement Village - DeMotte 105 Skilled Nursing/Assisted Living
FBi Buildings - Remington 90 Post-Frame Metal Buildings
Gerogia Pacific - Wheatfield
90 Gypsum Wallboard Manufacturing
Schilli Transportation - Remington 90 Truck Transportation Services
The Hamstra Group - Wheatfield 90 Development/Construction Services
City of Rensselaer - Rensselaer
86
Municipal Government Services
Genova/Rensselaer Plastics - Rensselaer 85 PVC Piping/Guttering Manufacturing
Windy Ridge Dairy - Fair Oaks 80 Milk Production
Industrial Pallet - Remington 60 Wooden Pallet Manufacturing
Solae - Remington
59 Soy Protein Ingredients Processing
Monsanto Company - Remington
55
Seed Corn Production/Distribution
Stark Truss - Rensselaer 55 Truss/Wall Manufacturing
Smith Transport - Remington
53 Transport/Logistics Services
White Castle Systems - Rensselaer
41 Bun Bakery
Jasper County Public Library - 3 Branches
38
Public Library Services
National Gypsum - Rensselaer 38 Joint Tape/Compound
Ceres Solutions - Rensselaer 37
Wholesale Grains/Soybeans
Iroquois Bio-Energy - Rensselaer 35 Ethanol Production
 Remington Seeds - Remington
35 Seed Corn Production/Distribution
 Kankakee Valley Steel - Tefft
22 Metal Fabrication