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Welcome to Grow Piqua Now
Greetings!
Welcome to the first edition of Grow Piqua Now. Our quarterly newsletter will keep you informed of the latest development news and trends impacting our community.
The newsletter will also help share the many successes our community is celebrating even during these difficult economic times.
Companies like Hartzell Fan and Hartzell Propeller are demonstrating how our industries have been able to take advantage of new products and new technologies to build their existing business.
We hope you enjoy our newsletter. If you have any questions or ideas for future articles, please contact Bill Murphy. |
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**Breaking News**
For the fourth consecutive year, the State of Ohio has won the much-coveted Governor's Cup Award from Site Selection Magazine. The award recognizes efforts to attract new and expanded facilities. More information about the award can be found here.
And, for the second year in row, the Dayton MSA, which includes Piqua and Miami County, has been recognized by the magazine as the Top Metro for new investment in 2009 for communities with populations between 200,000 and one million. Click here to read the story in the Dayton Daily News.
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Hartzell Fan Grows Its Business
Hartzell Fan, Inc, located in Piqua, Ohio, has just
completed the acquisition of seven product lines from ACME Engineering and Manufacturing Company, Muskogee, Oklahoma.
The company plans to move the production of these lines to Piqua over the next several months.
The new product lines consist of a variety of types and sizes of centrifugal fans and nicely complement Hartzell's existing centrifugal product lines. The products acquired consist of turbo pressure blowers, industrial exhausters, inline centrifugals, radial tip blowers, and airfoil centrifugals.
"This announcement by Hartzell Fan shows how our local companies are growing despite the economic downturn. It also demonstrates their confidence in our community as a great place to invest and grow their business," said Michael A. Cox, Chair of Grow Piqua Now.
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Piqua Prepares for Recruitment Missions 
Grow Piqua Now and the Troy Development Council (TDC) are finalizing plans to visit existing and prospective business on two different continents later this Spring.
In early April, the two communities will call on existing companies in Japan. With 15 establishments in Miami County, Japanese companies are an important part of Miami County's and Ohio's economic activity.
The following month Grow Piqua Now and the TDC will partner with the Dayton Development Coalition (DDC) to visit companies in Germany that have expressed an interest in investing in the U.S. and the region. This will be Grow Piqua Now's second trip to Germany in partnership with the TDC and DDC.
Look for updates from these business investment missions in the Summer 2010 Grow Piqua Now newsletter. |
 Hartzell Propeller Changes
with the Times
Another long-time Piqua business Hartzell Propeller has learned to adapt to changing technologies. A long-time leader in the aviation industry, the company continues to find innovative new ways to build its business.
Hartzell Propeller's history in aviation actually begins more than 3 0 years before the Wright brothers' first flight at Kittyhawk. And, it has been part of some of the most significant accomplishments in American aviation history.
Today, the company uses composite materials to produce lighter, more durable propellers for the aviation industry. Hartzell propellers are utilized on virtually all of today's common propeller airplane engines. These include Lycoming and Continental as well as Pratt & Whitney, Allied Signal, Allison, and many others. It's propellers are even used on the Goodyear Blimp.
To learn more about how Hartzell Propeller makes its propellers, check out this video recently featured on hiVelocity. | |
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2010 State of Economic Development Report
The City of Piqua will hold its first annual State of Economic Development Report on April 6, 2010 from 7:30-9:30AM in the Grand Ballroom at the Ft. Piqua Plaza.
The event, Preserving Our Past, Preparing for Our Future, will highlight success stories from 2009. Ed Burghard, Executive Director of the Ohio Business Development Coalition (OBDC), will be the keynote speaker and will talk about what the OBDC is doing to prepare for Ohio's economic future.
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