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PepsiCo Expands to New Claymont Facility

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PepsiCo chooses to expand in Delaware with $62M investment in upgraded Claymont site

Kurt Foreman of Delaware Prosperity Partnership, Brett Saddler of Claymont Renaissance Development Corp., Alison Benton of PepsiCo, Becky Harrington of Delaware Prosperity Partnership and C.J. Bell of the New Castle County Office of Economic Development following the December 9 meeting of the Council on Development Finance.

New facility at former steel mill location will enhance Northeast operations and create new jobs in Delaware

December 11, 2024

Delaware’s economic development efforts have secured a $62 million investment by Pepsi Beverages Sales, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of PepsiCo, to establish an upgraded facility in Claymont. The new site, located in the same county as the previous Wilmington facility, will retain 216 existing positions and create 77 additional jobs in the state, playing a key role in expanding the entity’s Northeast warehousing capabilities.

Located at 4145 Philadelphia Pike, the facility is part of the redeveloped Claymont Steel Mill property. PepsiCo will complete multi-million-dollar renovations to the leased 359,000-square-foot space and make significant investments in new equipment to enhance regional operations and support growing demand. In addition, the site will serve as a key hub for supporting manufacturing sites across the region.

“PepsiCo Beverage Sales’ decision to increase its operations in Delaware is great news for our state,” said Governor John Carney. “I would like to thank PepsiCo’s leadership for their commitment to grow in the First State.”

PepsiCo, one of the world’s leading food and beverage companies, traces part of its history back to Delaware, where the Pepsi-Cola Company was first incorporated in 1919. A longtime member of the state’s business landscape, the company remains committed to supporting the local workforce. The enhanced facility will support various roles, including warehouse loaders, drivers, merchandisers, sales representatives and managers.

“This is exciting news for New Castle County and the State of Delaware,” said New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer. “We’re pleased that PepsiCo Beverage Sales has chosen to concentrate its regional operations here and continue its role as a longtime Delaware employer.”

Delaware Prosperity Partnership (DPP) collaborated with PepsiCo to secure the Claymont location and connect the company with state resources. On Monday, the state Council on Development Finance (CDF) approved up to $2,887,000 in grant funding from the Delaware Strategic Fund. These grants, contingent on PepsiCo meeting commitments for job retention, job creation and capital investment, underscore Delaware’s proactive support for businesses investing in the state.

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About Delaware Prosperity Partnership

Created in 2017, Delaware Prosperity Partnership is the nonprofit public/private organization leading Delaware’s statewide economic development efforts to attract, grow and retain businesses; build a stronger entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem; and support private employers in identifying, recruiting and developing talent.

About PepsiCo

PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $91 billion in net revenue in 2023, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker and SodaStream. PepsiCo’s product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.

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Free Small Biz Help from JPMorgan Chase

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JPMorganChase Program Offering Free Tips and One-on-One Guidance to Small Business Owners

Photo by Jacob Owens/Spotlight Delaware

Complimentary ‘Coaching for Impact’ Service Provides Entrepreneurs with Answers to Commonly Asked Questions

September 26, 2024

Delaware may be the corporate capital of the world, but it’s small business that actually powers the economic engine of the First State.

Ninety-eight percent of businesses in Delaware have fewer than 100 employees. All together, they employ more than 227,000 people, representing 56% of the state’s workforce, according to the Delaware Division of Small Business for Delaware’s small business owners.

Depending on the year, anywhere from 3,000 to 4,000 entrepreneurs open the doors of a new Delaware-based business for the first time. But after countless hours just to get to that point, the next set of challenges – like scaling their company for long-term success – can trigger a whole new set of questions.

It helps to know someone with the answers. And that’s what fledgling entrepreneurs can find through JPMorganChase and its Coaching for Impact program, a complimentary, one-on-one service that connects small business owners with Certified Small Business Consultants.

“Coaching for Impact is a unique program that helps you look at your business from a financial, marketing and operational perspective,” said Nathan McCann, senior business consultant for JPMorganChase. “Ask yourself: When are you ever going to have the opportunity to be mentored by a financial professional? We’re here to help business owners maintain, grow and scale their businesses.”

It’s common for many small business owners to discover that the operational methods they used to start their business may not be the same ones they need to scale it.

That’s where a business advisor or coach can help, identifying areas of improvement or places to access additional financing.

“Growing a business is never easy, no matter what revenue stage your business is currently in,” McCann said. “As a business owner, you should not feel you are in this alone. A coach may help you see your business in ways you may have not thought about.”

The program has helped more than 5,000 businesses grow and will be expanding to 38 cities by the end of this year.

Seeking out expert advice is one way to take a small business to the next level. Other ideas include:

  1. Secure additional financing. Small business owners should consider future financing plans, such as applying for more loans, grants or investor funding. Building a strong relationship with also can help connect small business owners to other resources.
  2. Streamline operations. Digital tools can simplify and automate processes like invoicing, approvals and payments. Real-time payments can make it easier to move money faster, improving cash flow while minimizing the risk of fraud.
  3. Build a team. While many small businesses are solo operations, adding team members can help manage the workload and allow the business to run more smoothly. When hiring, owners should look for employees with industry expertise to help put the business on the path for lasting success.
  4. Expand your network. A good idea isn’t enough – early-stage entrepreneurs need advisors, consultants and experts who have seen it all, or who know someone who has. One way to meet someone like that is by attending trade shows and networking receptions. Making these connections can also help open the business to new customers.

For more tips and resources to help you grow your small business, visit chase.com/business and chase.com/business/coaching-for-impact.

This article was originally published by Spotlight Delaware at https://spotlightdelaware.org/2024/09/26/sponsored-jpmc-small-business/.

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Hanover Foods Investing in Clayton Site

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MISI Funding Will Help Hanover Foods Upgrade Delaware Site’s Infrastructure and Equipment

DPP’s Kurt Foreman and Charles A. Madden. Hanover’s David Shaqfeh and Will Choi, KEP’s Linda Parkowski, Hanover’s Justin Prystajko and DPP’s Megan Kopistecki are shown following the Council on Development Finance meeting.

State Grant Will Support 100-Year-Old Corporation’s Investment in Over $5M in Updates at Clayton Facility

September 23, 2024

A 100-year-old producer and distributor of canned and frozen vegetables and refrigerated and canned meal products has received a Delaware Modernization Investment Support Initiative (MISI) grant to help update its plant in Clayton.

Hanover Foods Corporation has been approved for up to $1 million in funding from the state pilot program that aims to help Delaware businesses evolve and remain competitive within their industries. The company will apply the grant toward a more than $5 million project to improve its Clayton site with modernized drying and freezing infrastructure and upgraded harvesting, washing and sorting equipment.

Hanover contracts with 41 farms in Delaware and 38 farms in Maryland to have them grow peas, corn, lima beans and edamame on behalf of the company. Hanover then harvests, processes, packages and distributes the products for sale at grocery retailers across the United States. Hanover’s Clayton plant employs 55 workers year-round and adds more than 100 additional seasonal workers between May and November.

“With this investment, Hanover will be able to modernize their technology to continue operations and potentially expand,” said Governor John Carney. “Without this investment, the 100-year-old company may have made the tough decision to close their sole Delaware facility, located in Clayton. Thanks to the Delaware Prosperity Partnership (DPP) and the Kent Economic Partnership (KEP) for their effort to support existing employers that are critical to our community.”

Hanover Foods was founded as Hanover Canning Company in 1924 to assist Hanover, Pennsylvania-area farmers in packaging and distributing their produce and has grown into an industry leader in the growing, processing, packaging, marketing and distribution of a wide range of food products. The company currently has 10 domestic plants in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware and two international plants in Guatemala.

Hanover Foods is a key employer in Kent County and a vital player in Delaware’s agriculture sector. Largely because of its operations in the state, Delaware is the #1 producer of lima beans in the United States.

“Hanover Foods has a longstanding history as an integral part of the agriculture supply chain in Delaware and surrounding areas,” said KEP Executive Director Linda Parkowski. “The MISI grant will allow them to modernize and stay competitive and remain a part of Delaware agriculture for many years to come.”

The MISI pilot program was created in 2023 following a proposal by DPP and the state Division of Small Business. Up to $5 million from the Delaware Strategic Fund has been approved for distribution through the MISI pilot to help existing Delaware companies preemptively avert or reduce future potential risks to jobs and operations and encourage reinvestment toward long-term sustainability. DPP previously supported successful MISI applications from Wilmington’s High-Tech Machine Co. in 2023 and Newark’s Natural Dairy earlier this year.

KEP and DPP learned of Hanover Foods’ needs when they connected with the company through their Business Retention Engagement efforts. Both economic development organizations supported the company’s MISI funding request to the state Council on Development Finance.

“Hanover Foods has long valued our trusted partnerships with Delaware and Maryland farmers, and we are proud to be the employer of choice for our team members at our Clayton, Delaware, facility,” said David Shaqfeh, president of Hanover Foods Corporation. “We are grateful to the Delaware Prosperity Partnership, the administration of Governor John Carney and our other state and county partners for working with us to help keep Hanover Foods a strong and vibrant contributor to the local and state economy.”

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About DPP

Created in 2017, Delaware Prosperity Partnership (choosedelaware.com) is the nonprofit public/private organization that leads Delaware’s statewide economic development efforts to attract, grow and retain businesses; build a stronger entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem; and support private employers in identifying, recruiting and developing talent.

About Hanover Foods

Hanover Foods Corporation (hanoverfoods.com) is committed to a vision of growing, manufacturing and packaging nutritious, high-quality and affordable foods in categories across the food spectrum. The fully integrated, self-producing, American, family-owned manufacturer of frozen, canned, fresh, deli and snack foods has a passion for continuous improvement, sustainability, innovation and growth in each category.

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Incyte Grows in Downtown Wilmington, DE

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Incyte Chooses to Grow in Delaware with Investment in New Downtown Wilmington Site

Global biopharmaceutical company will relocate more than 300 Pennsylvania jobs with space for more than 500 new, future positions

May 22, 2024

WILMINGTON, Del. – Incyte, a Delaware-founded global biopharmaceutical company with a robust portfolio of treatments across oncology and inflammation and autoimmunity, has chosen downtown Wilmington, Delaware, for an expansion.

Incyte today announced it has purchased the Bracebridge I and Bracebridge III buildings at King and French streets in downtown Wilmington. The structures were built in the mid-1990s for MBNA and used by the bank until its 2006 merger with Bank of America, which eventually left both sites empty. Incyte will renovate the buildings, whose 517,307 square feet will almost double the company’s Delaware footprint, starting with Bracebridge I. The new space will allow Incyte to continue building its Delaware employee base by bringing in more than 300 employees currently working in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and provide space to grow and add more than 500 new positions across the two buildings in the future.

“Incyte’s decision to move their headquarters to downtown Wilmington is not only a big deal for the city – it’s a big deal for our state,” said Governor John Carney. “Incyte is a Delaware success story. Incyte grew out of its space at the DuPont Experimental Station and moved hundreds of employees into a renovated headquarters at Augustine Cut Off. Not only does this announcement mean more great jobs in our state – but it means that there is more opportunity for Incyte to keep doing good in our community and across the world. Incyte’s research makes a huge difference in peoples’ lives. We couldn’t be prouder to call them a Delaware-grown company and we’re excited about their next chapter. I want to thank Incyte’s leadership for their commitment to Delaware.”

Incyte was founded in Delaware in 2002 and has grown steadily over the last 22 years. The company has its European headquarters in Switzerland and maintains commercial operations and offices in other European locales as well as in Asia and Canada. Since 2014, Incyte’s global headquarters has been a former Wanamaker’s department store site just outside the Wilmington city limits in Alapocas. That location, which has been expanded to include three buildings, currently houses the company’s corporate and research and development teams.

Expanding its offices to downtown Wilmington will create numerous benefits for Incyte – vacated office space at the Alapocas campus will be converted into much-needed lab space and will accommodate the company’s projected future growth. The City of Wilmington will also benefit from the resulting reduction in office vacancy and the new-to-Wilmington jobs, which will be skilled, technical and managerial positions with annual salaries ranging from over $90,000 to over $200,000.

Following the May 20 Council for Development Finance meeting, DPP’s Noah Olson, Becky Harrington and Kurt Foreman were joined by Andrew Harton and Regina Mitchell of the Delaware Division of Small Business; Sean Park and James Williams of the City of Wilmington Office of Economic Development; and Catalina Loveman, Kevin Davis and Tom Tray of Incyte.

“I am extremely pleased to welcome Incyte to Wilmington, a city historically known as the home of corporate innovation, creativity and development,” said Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki. “Incyte is a company with motivated leadership that is addressing complex health needs throughout the world. And now, that important work will be conducted from an expanded company location in our city, and we couldn’t be more excited. In addition to enhancing the Wilmington business community, Incyte will provide a wonderful boost to our local economy. I offer thanks and appreciation from our entire city to Chief Executive Officer Hervé Hoppenot and the Incyte team and Governor John Carney and the state team for working with the city to make this happen.”

“Delaware has been our home for more than 20 years, and we are looking forward to expanding our operations in Wilmington and continuing to grow our company here,” said Incyte Chief Executive Officer Hervé Hoppenot. “We are grateful to the continued support of the state, the city and others, including DPP, who have supported our company and fostered innovation and growth in our region.”

DPP worked with Incyte – collaborating with the State of Delaware, the City of Wilmington and other partners – to explore Delaware sites for expansion. DPP also supported the company’s request to the Council on Development Finance for a Jobs Performance Grant of up to $9,177,075 and a Capital Expenditure Grant of up to $5,670,000 from the Delaware Strategic Fund. Distribution of these grants is dependent upon the company meeting commitments as outlined to the CDF, which reviewed and approved Incyte’s request for up to $14,787,075 million in total funding.

“Incyte has been an innovative pillar of the Delaware business community since it was founded here in 2002, and Delaware Prosperity Partnership is pleased to support the company’s expansion into downtown Wilmington,” said Rod Ward, co-chair of DPP’s Board of Directors. “New jobs and capital investment of this project’s magnitude will provide a tremendous boost for the city and create opportunities that will benefit many Delaware families along with the community at large.”

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DPP contact: Susan Coulby, Senior Manager, Communications, 302-983-5710 (cell), scoulby@choosedelaware.com

State of Delaware contact: Emily Hershman, Director of Communications, Office of Governor Carney, 302-943-0097 (cell), Emily.Hershman@delaware.gov

City of Wilmington contact: John Rago, Deputy Chief of Staff, Mayor’s Office, 302-420-7928, jrago@WilmingtonDE.gov

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Martin Miller Is a Self-Made American Success Story

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Martin Miller Is a Self-Made American Success Story

October 19, 2021 –

What started as a one-man business inside a small backyard garage almost 30 years ago has grown into one of Delaware’s leading manufacturers, Miller Metal Fabrication.

Miller’s privately-owned regional metal fabrication company struggled during its first 15 years of operations. Then Martin W. Miller, founder and owner of Miller Metal, decided to embrace change and expand, he began using the latest state-of-the-art technology. Business took off. The company now employs nearly 100 people and offers a full array of manufacturing services for its diversified client base. Despite its size, Miller Metal has a substantive manufacturing presence in the Mid-Atlantic, where it services local, regional, national, and several international clients in a variety of industries.

Miller Metal now holds a unique position in its industry as a full-service metal fabrication company. Unlike most metal fabricators, Miller Metal provides “turn-key” solutions for its customers, as it designs, cuts, bends, welds, assembles, and ships a wide range of metal components. Serving a large and diverse number of customers throughout the United States, the company specializes in highly sophisticated laser cutting, machining, forming, design engineering, welding, and assembly services.

Miller Has Decided It’s Time to Embrace Change Again.

Miller Metal fabrication company in DelawareDuring a ceremony held Monday, October 18, 2021, at his facility, Miller, along with his CFO Mike Elehwany and Delaware Governor John Carney announced the metal fabrication company’s next major expansion. Located in the Newton Business Park, just west of Route 13 on Route 404 in Western Sussex County, Miller Metal plans to build a 60,000-square-foot industrial /office building on 8.5 acres of land adjacent to its current leased facility. The company plans to bring the total number of employees to 117 within three years.

“Miller Metal Fabrication’s decision to expand their operations and build a new facility in Bridgeville is great news for Sussex County and for Delaware,” said Governor John Carney. “This expansion will create new jobs, and it reaffirms that Delaware is the ideal place for businesses to grow.”

Miller Metal Fabrication is investing almost $7 million in its new facility, including acquisition, construction, and fit-out costs. Supporting the company’s plans are grants it has been approved to receive from the Delaware Strategic Fund by the State Council on Development Finance: a Jobs Performance Grant of $57,350 and a Capital Expenditure Grant of $207,900. Miller Metal previously received a Delaware Transportation Infrastructure Investment Fund Grant of $313,000 toward the construction of a new Route 404 entrance to the Newton Business Park, which facilitates future development by other businesses there as well.

Over the Years, the Company Has Experienced a Series of Expansions.

In 1993, Miller left his original backyard shop for a larger space in Harrington. Soon after, Miller Metal teamed up with Delaware-based material handling solutions company, O.A. Newton & Son., to co-exist at Newton’s headquarters site in Bridgeville in Sussex County. In 2014, Miller Metal added a machine shop to its operation, where it has several high-tech milling machines. That same year, the metal fabrication company started a rubber and hose division, the Delmarva Rubber Company, at its Bridgeville location. Delmarva Rubber provides specialty rubber, gasket and hose products to the agriculture, manufacturing, public safety, chemical and food processing industries.

Currently, the company has more than 60 advanced pieces of equipment. It also has one of the largest press brakes on the East Coast.

“Sussex County is excited at the prospect of adding better-paying jobs, thanks to Miller Metal Fabrication’s expansion plans and the approval of these grants,” said Sussex County Council President Michael H. Vincent. “Sussex County has a robust manufacturing sector, one that is thriving with many small and mid-size businesses. This funding will ensure another local company stays hard at work creating products that we can proudly say are made . . . right here in Sussex County.”

Despite its success, Miller Metal stays true to its roots.

Miller Metal has remained a family-owned business with the owner’s three sons―Martin III, Dave and Paul―each retaining management roles within the company. Miller Metal offers competitive wages, full benefit packages that include 401K plan matching and subsidized health insurance. The company also offers on-site and remote technical training to its production workers.

“My employees are the key to our success,” said Miller during the announcement ceremony. “Every one of them views the company as their own, and they take genuine pride in the fact that our success is largely due to their commitment to customer satisfaction.”

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W. L. Gore & Associates innovators in Delaware

Delaware’s W. L. Gore & Associates Ranks 2nd on Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators List

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Delaware’s W. L. Gore & Associates Ranks 2nd on Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators List

W. L. Gore & Associates innovators in Delaware

September 22, 2021 –

In 2021, following the year of the pandemic, one might have expected a short list of most innovative companies to have focused exclusively on COVID-19. But, in a year like no other we have experienced in our lifetimes, 60-plus-year-old W. L. Gore and Associates ranked second in Fast Company magazine’s 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators.

“Obviously, there’s a lot of pride,” says Anand Narayan, leader of Gore’s Innovation Center of Expertise (iCOE). “To be recognized for innovation, to be a place where innovators want to be, that’s really motivating.”

The center that Narayan leads was created over six years ago to counter a problem growing companies often face. When he arrived in 1994, the company had about 5,000 employees and annual revenues of $800 million. Today, there are about 11,000 employees and revenues are over $3.8 billion, with manufacturing sites in five countries and offices in 20 more.

“One of the challenges as you become bigger and bigger is that innovative practices can stall. We were still innovating, but a bit more cautiously,” Narayan says. “We needed a place where we can make bigger changes, take bigger chances. You need to be thinking about the next big thing in the spaces that you’re not in today.”

“One innovation can happen because you have one outstanding innovator,” Narayan explains, and that’s how Gore began its rise to prominence. But sustaining capability for innovation requires a supportive ecosystem, like the one Gore has created. 

Founded in 1958 by the husband-and-wife team of Bill and Vieve Gore, the company initially served the electronic products market. Then, in 1969, their son Bob discovered expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE), a versatile polymer that would have applications in medical, fabric, biotechnology, oil and gas, aerospace, semiconductor and many other industries.

But Bob Gore was not just an outstanding innovator. He and Bill Gore fostered an environment that attracted and grew other innovators. Over time, its Associates have been responsible for more than 3,400 unique inventions in a wide range of fields, including electronics, medical devices and polymer processing – putting the company, and Delaware, on the global map as a premier venue for innovation.

A Workplace Empowering Innovators

Gore built its success – and continues to do so, Narayan says – because of its ecosystem, one that is driven by advanced materials, a desire to solve challenging societal problems and a deep belief in the potential of every individual to make a difference. Gore has a flat management structure that some have called a “workers’ democracy.” There still are individuals in leadership roles and some Gore Associates are responsible for making executive decisions, but all Associates are empowered to sign on to projects that pique their interests, align with their capabilities and are supported with investment by businesses.

“The world is full of opportunities,” Narayan says. “Ideas can come from anywhere. The question is how to decide which opportunities to take on.”

He offers this example:

“Someone from our Fabrics team went to a conference on probiotics, and he heard about the need to improve seaweed production. He came to the iCOE and said, ‘I heard something at the conference that looks interesting. Maybe we could explore this further.’”

innovators products at W. L. Gore DelawareThe Center paired a couple of Gore Associates with the Fabrics Associate – one from the business side, the other from the technical side. They looked more deeply into the idea and decided it was worth a try. Within months – and this was the blurb cited in the Fast Company listing – Gore had begun running commercial trials showing that their new process could improve yield by 40 percent in what is now a $16 billion global seaweed market.

“On the front end, it’s just a couple of people exploring,” Narayan says, and that exploration has several facets. Studying megatrends – climate change or population growth, for example – and brainstorming how the inventions of Gore Associates can be applied to solving some of the problems the megatrend presents is an important step in the process. “We look at market spaces that our divisions might not be involved in today, but where there could be a potential fit. Places where material science and technology can solve huge challenging problems in society are places where Gore is willing to take on high-risk opportunities.”

The preliminary research includes talking to current and prospective customers, for there’s little reason to proceed with developing a product that doesn’t solve a critical problem for potential customers. What the Associates learn from their exploration guides the Innovation Center in its decisions on whether to proceed, Narayan says. The end goal, he says, is “to make hard choices between good opportunities and great opportunities.”

Improving the odds of those choices doesn’t mean eliminating the risk involved but it does call for “de-risking,” or reducing the odds of failure.

Of course, in the world of science, success can never be a certainty. A rule of thumb in the profession, Narayan says, is that “only one out of 10 things you work on will probably be successful.”

Nonetheless, careful research within the iCOE has led Gore to continue its exploration of some high-risk opportunities.

Improving seaweed production is one example. So is the current work on creating an artificial cornea, a project now in its experimental stage in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore. Damage to the cornea is the fifth-leading cause of blindness, according to a 2017 study, and successful development of an artificial cornea would reduce the need for cornea donations. 

“If we’re successful, there’s a whole body of patients who are blind who would benefit,” Narayan said.

Delaware – the Ideal Location for Innovators

The collaboration with Johns Hopkins calls attention to another of Gore’s assets – its location in Delaware.

Not only is the state well-regarded for its business-friendly climate, but its central location on the northeast corridor facilitates collaborations with research institutions in Baltimore and points south, not to mention Philadelphia and other science hubs to the north. The location is also a boon for recruitment, with Gore regularly reaching south to schools like Virginia Tech as well as from the University of Delaware, practically around the corner from the company’s home base in Newark.

Delaware is also an ideal place for a company like Gore to grow.

“Our plants are not usually very big, and so we tend to build multiple plants,” Narayan says. “In Delaware there’s plenty of space for us.

“We’re far enough from the big-city hullabaloo, but we have access to everything we need.”

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Amazon's new fulfillment center coming to Wilmington Delaware

Amazon Builds on 20 Plus Years of Investments in Delaware

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Amazon Builds on More Than 20 Years of Investments in Delaware with
New, State-of-the-art Fulfillment Center in Wilmington, Delaware

New facility will create more than 1,000 new, full-time jobs,
on top of the company’s current 2,500 employees across the state

WILMINGTON, Del. (May 19, 2020) — Gov. John Carney and Amazon formally announced today that the company will launch a new, state-of-the-art fulfillment center in Wilmington, creating more than 1,000 full-time jobs. Amazon first launched operations in New Castle in 1997 with its first fulfillment center in the network and launched its second Delaware fulfillment center in Middletown in 2012. The company has now grown to more than 110 fulfillment centers in North America and 185 globally, fulfilling millions of customer orders every day.

“Amazon already employs more than 2,500 Delawareans, and we welcome additional investment that will result in more jobs for Delaware families — especially at vacant industrial sites that are ideal for redevelopment,” said Delaware Governor John Carney. “Delaware has a world-class workforce, a central location and a quality of life that is second to none. For those reasons and more, Delaware is a great place for businesses of all sizes to grow and create jobs.”

Amazon will lease a built-to-suit building, developed by Dermody Properties, at the site of the former General Motors’ Wilmington assembly plant, which closed in 2009 and was demolished in 2019. This is Dermody Properties’ – a premier e-commerce, logistics real estate development firm’s – first venture in Delaware. Jeffrey A. Zygler, a partner at Dermody Properties said, “Delaware officials and regulatory agencies have been very responsive to our needs, which is paramount in projects of this magnitude. Their collaborative approach and commitment allowed us to attract Amazon to our project.”

Amazon’s new operations facility will span more than 820,000 square feet on the ground floor. Employees at the site will work alongside innovative Amazon robotics technology to pick, pack and ship smaller customer items such as books, electronics, small household goods and toys. In addition, Amazon will hire for roles in human resources, operations management, safety, security, finance and information technology.

“The First State was home to Amazon’s first fulfillment center 23 years ago,” said Ryan Smith, director of Amazon robotics fulfillment centers in North America. “I’m proud to see the continued growth and investment in Delaware with our newest fulfillment center in Wilmington. Amazon has found an outstanding, passionate workforce, strong state and local support and incredible customers across the state. We look forward to creating 1,000 new, full-time jobs with industry leading pay and benefits, starting on day one, in a safe, innovative and quality work environment. I know first-hand the opportunity and support network we provide employees for long-term, career success, and I’m excited to provide that same opportunity for thousands of current and future Amazonians.”

Amazon jobs are great jobs with great benefits. On top of the company’s industry-leading $15 minimum wage, full-time employees receive comprehensive benefits, including full medical, vision and dental insurance as well as a 401(k) with 50 percent company match, starting on day one. The company also offers up to 20 weeks of maternal and parental paid leave and innovative benefits such as Leave Share and Ramp Back, which give new parents flexibility with their growing families. At Amazon, these benefits and opportunities come with the job, as does the ability to communicate directly with the leadership of the company.

“The Amazon location announcement says something about the state of our economy, but also about the spirit of our people in New Castle County,” said County Executive Matt Meyer. “When you have one of our largest commercial sites, one that hasn’t created any jobs, barren for more than a decade, it speaks to the neighbors and the community here. Now we’re going to have the retail operation of the future, creating more than 1,000 jobs, and we’ll have a workforce that will deliver for them.”

In addition, Amazon has pledged to invest over $700 million to provide upskilling training for 100,000 U.S. employees for in-demand jobs. Programs will help Amazonians from all backgrounds access training to move into highly skilled roles across the company’s corporate offices, tech hubs, fulfillment centers, retails stores and transportation network or pursue career paths outside of Amazon.

“At Amazon, we want to help our employees get the skills they need for today’s – and tomorrow’s – most in-demand jobs,” said Smith. “All associates go through hours of safety training and ongoing coaching and have access to continuing education opportunities through Amazon’s upskilling programs, such as Career Choice, in which the company will pre-pay up to 95 percent of tuition for courses related to in-demand fields, regardless of whether the skills are relevant to a career at Amazon. Since the program’s launch, more than 25,000 employees have pursued degrees in game design and visual communications, nursing, IT programming and radiology, to name a few.”

An Amazon presence in Delaware means more than just the jobs provided within its four walls. In addition to full-benefit, great jobs inside the building, the company has brought thousands of jobs in construction and services. Since 2010, Amazon has invested more than $2.5 billion in Delaware through its customer fulfillment infrastructure and compensation its employees. Amazon’s investments in Delaware have contributed an additional $1 billion into the state’s economy, and, using methodology developed by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Amazon estimates its investments in the state have created an additional 700-plus indirect jobs on top of the company’s 2,500 direct hires.

Amazon’s fulfillment network supports millions of businesses of all sizes worldwide through its Fulfillment By Amazon offering. There are more than 6,000 authors, small and medium-sized businesses and developers in Delaware growing their businesses and reaching new customers with their products and services on Amazon.

There are nearly 3,500 nonprofit organizations in Delaware that Amazon customers can support simply by shopping on Amazon Smile. Amazon supports local nonprofits and local public schools through both monetary and in-kind donations in the communities where associates live and work. Amazon associates regularly volunteer in the community with a wide range of activities from building homes, hosting game nights at senior centers and supporting community events and schools. Amazon has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Delaware nonprofits, including the Appoquinimink Community Library, the Delaware Boys & Girls Club, the Poly Tech High School Robotics Club and the Food Bank of Delaware. The company also donated more than $20,000 in STEM learning items and toys to children battling cancer at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital.

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Created in 2017, Delaware Prosperity Partnership (DPP) is a nonprofit that leads the state of Delaware’s economic development efforts to attract, grow and retain businesses; to build a stronger entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem; and to support private employers in identifying, recruiting and developing talent in the state of Delaware. For more information, visit choosedelaware.com.

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FMC Announces $50 Million Investment in Newark Facility

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FMC announces $50 million investment in Newark facility

25 JUNE, 2019

FMC Corporation is planning to invest $50 million in its Stine Research Center in Newark, officials announced late Monday.

The Philadelphia-based agricultural sciences company acquired the 515-acre site on Elkton Road from DuPont in 2017. Stine serves as FMC’s global research and development center.

“We will invest nearly $2 billion in research and development through 2023 as a cornerstone of FMC’s long-term growth strategy,” Mark Douglas, president and chief operating officer, said in a prepared statement. “FMC employees at the Stine Research Center will lead much of this critical discovery and development work to serve our global business and customers. We’re pleased to partner with the State of Delaware to further our investment in the area.”

 

FMC will receive $1.6 million in incentives from the state’s Delaware Strategic Fund, though that money is contingent on the company meeting employment benchmarks, according to Sarah Kenney-Cruz, a spokeswoman for the Delaware Prosperity Partnership.

FMC is expected to hire 13 new employees over the next three years, including professional scientists and skilled associates, adding $1.3 million to the payroll. The Stine site already employs approximately 600 people, including support staff and contractors.

“FMC is making a significant new investment in Delaware, and in a campus that has long been a center of world-class biotechnology and agriscience research,” Gov. John Carney said in a prepared statement. “This investment in Newark will support good-paying jobs for Delawareans and their families, and the continued growth of our state’s economy. It’s more true than ever that Delaware has a world-class workforce, and a quality of life that is second to none. And these investments by FMC help reaffirm that our state is a great place for businesses of all sizes to put down roots, grow, and create good-paying jobs.”

Emily Parenteau, a spokeswoman for FMC, said the work will include a state-of-the-art reconfiguration of a greenhouse as well as improvements to a research building and the purchase of additional equipment and infrastructure.

FMC produces a number of herbicides, pesticides and fungicides for farming, though the Newark site is used for research and development, not manufacturing.

“Over the years, FMC has been a leader in developing agricultural products that our farmers need,” Delaware Secretary of Agriculture Michael T. Scuse said in a prepared statement. “As a global agricultural leader, we are excited to have their research facilities based in Delaware and their continued investment in the First State.”

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FMC Corporation Plans $50 Million Investment in Global Research and Development Headquarters in Newark, Delaware

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FMC Corporation plans $50 million investment in Global Research and Development Headquarters in Newark, Delaware

(Wilmington, Del.) FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC), a publicly traded agricultural sciences company, plans to invest more than $50 million over the next three years in capital improvement projects, including a state-of-the-art reconfiguration of a greenhouse and research facility at the company’s Global Research and Development headquarters in Newark, Delaware.

FMC acquired the 515-acre Stine Research Center campus as part of its acquisition of a portion of DuPont’s crop protection business in 2017.  The transaction was the largest in FMC history and retained more than 500 jobs in Delaware, transferred 45 employees from a nearby state and created 19 new positions.

“FMC is making a significant new investment in Delaware, and in a campus that has long been a center of world-class biotechnology and agriscience research,” said Governor John Carney. “This investment in Newark will support good-paying jobs for Delawareans and their families, and the continued growth of our state’s economy. It’s more true than ever that Delaware has a world-class workforce, and a quality of life that is second to none. And these investments by FMC help reaffirm that our state is a great place for businesses of all sizes to put down roots, grow, and create good-paying jobs.”

“Over the years, FMC has been a leader in developing agricultural products that our farmers need,” said Delaware Secretary of Agriculture Michael T. Scuse.  “As a global agricultural leader, we are excited to have their research facilities based in Delaware and their continued investment in the First State.”

FMC plans to reconfigure an existing structure at the facility to enhance its global research and development (R&D) efforts.  In support of the project, the company plans to hire 13 employees over the next three years, which would bring its total of full-time R&D employees at the Delaware campus to approximately 375.  The new positions include professional scientists and skilled associates, adding approximately $1.3 million to its annual payroll.  The site’s total workforce of nearly 600 includes support staff and contractors.

“We will invest nearly $2 billion in research and development through 2023 as a cornerstone of FMC’s long-term growth strategy,” said Mark Douglas, president and chief operating officer.  “FMC employees at the Stine Research Center will lead much of this critical discovery and development work to serve our global business and customers.  We’re pleased to partner with the State of Delaware to further our investment in the area.”

To support its expansion, the Council for Development Finance (CDF) approved a grant for $1,642,500 from the Delaware Strategic Fund, including $142,500 for a performance grant and $1.5 million for a capital expenditure grant.  The grant supplements the company’s own investment over a three-year period.  Both grants are contingent upon meeting employment benchmarks.

About Delaware Prosperity Partnership
Created in 2017, Delaware Prosperity Partnership (DPP) is the nonprofit that leads the state of Delaware’s economic development efforts to attract, grow and retain businesses, including agribusiness companies. DPP works with site selectors, commercial developers and business executives focused on where to locate or grow a business. The team helps with reviewing potential sites, cost-of-living analysis, quality-of-life intel and funding opportunities, including available tax credits and incentives. For more information, visit www.choosedelaware.com.

About FMC
FMC Corporation, an agricultural sciences company, provides innovative solutions to growers around the world with a robust product portfolio fueled by a market-driven discovery and development pipeline in crop protection, plant health, and professional pest and turf management. This powerful combination of advanced technologies includes leading insect control products based on Rynaxypyr® and Cyazypyr® active ingredients; Authority®, Boral®, Centium®, Command® and Gamit® branded herbicides; Talstar® and Hero® branded insecticides; and flutriafol-based fungicides. The FMC portfolio also includes biologicals such as Quartzo® and Presence® bionematicides. FMC Corporation employs approximately 6,500 employees around the globe.

FMC, the FMC logo, Rynaxypyr, Cyazypyr, Authority, Boral, Centium, Command, Gamit, Talstar, Hero, Quartzo and Presence are trademarks of FMC Corporation or an affiliate. Always read and follow all label directions, restrictions and precautions for use. Products listed here may not be registered for sale or use in all states, countries or jurisdictions. Hero® insecticide is a restricted use pesticide in the United States.

 

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This press release contains certain “non-GAAP financial terms” which are defined on our website www.fmc.com.  In addition, we have also provided on our website at www.fmc.com reconciliations of non-GAAP terms to the most directly comparable GAAP term. 

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M&T Commits to Tech Jobs, Other Roles in Delaware

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M&T commits to tech jobs, other roles in Delaware

3 APRIL, 2019 | DELAWARE BUSINESS TIMES

M&T Bank and its Wilmington Trust subsidiary will hire hundreds of tech talent over the next few years, including 50 new “technologists” over the next nine months and reinforce its commitment to downtown Wilmington by housing them in a space that will embed technology teams with the people driving the growth of the bank’s business.

In addition, the bank hopes to fill more than 100 open positions in 2019 throughout the state — nearly half in Sussex County — as it continues to grow through all lines of business. It will also be establishing a technology development program at the University of Delaware and University of Maryland for professional positions and internships as well as filling jobs through partnerships with organizations like Zip Code Wilmington, which offers a 12-week coding boot camp with job placement assistance upon completion of the program.

The bank has quietly consolidated 130 employees over the past few months on two floors of the 10-story Wilmington Plaza building at 301 W. 11th St.

We need to be less dependent on outsourcing,” said M&T Chief Information Officer Mike Wisler. “Buying other people’s products mutes your ability to compete and create differentiated experiences.”

Wisler said M&T plans to add 1,000 technologists — software engineers and designers, UI/UX and web developers, database and cybersecurity experts, and technical team leads — over the next five years to its two primary technology centers in the company’s hometown of Buffalo, New York and in Wilmington, with Wilmington expected to get about 200 of those jobs.

The Wilmington Plaza building offers “puts everyone together, creating collisions that will allow us to operate at the speed of our competition,” Wisler said. “The physical environment plays a big role in our efforts to be transformational and agile. We’re trying to create a community [feeling] and align various initiatives with the bank’s mission, purpose, and vision.”

Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki praised the decision to locate the new jobs downtown as proof that “M&T believes in the city. It’s important because people look to the future to make financial decisions so when people make decisions like this to invest in the city, it’s great for confidence.”

Purzycki said he likes the idea of more people walking along Market Street shopping and experiencing the “grit, humanity and personality” of the city.

“Generally speaking, people love to be in cities. As long as you don’t scare them away for the wrong reasons, announcements like this demonstrate we can overcome” structural issues like parking and the wage tax, he said. “I want employers to tell their people that Wilmington is a great place to be. The more people who live here, the more things change.”

M&T Delaware Region President Nick Lambrow says the bank is moving toward an “integrated model with lots of initiatives that provide us with different ways to look at and serve our client base.”

M&T retained the Wilmington Trust brand for its wealth and institutional business after acquiring the bank in
2011. Wilmington Trust now employs about 2,000 people in 54 locations with a little more than half in Delaware, according to Executive Vice President Bill Farrell, who oversees the Wealth and Institutional Services Division.

“We’ve developed new products and grown market share across our businesses,” Farrell said, noting as an example that Wilmington Trust’s structured finance (securitization) business has increased its market share over the past five years from 1.3 percent to 16.9 percent to become the third-largest in that market niche.

“Adding these technologists to our team alongside our product managers will enable us to continue developing products like Wilmington Trust FastTrack, which makes it easier for our Merger and Acquisition Escrow business to get people paid more efficiently and WT Connect, which created a new front end for investors to self-serve in the structured-product area,” Farrell said.

“We take pride in operating much like a fintech in accelerating our speed to market,” Lambrow said. “We realize that our competition is no longer just large banks, and we’re of a size where we can act or react like a fintech.”

It’s generally accepted that there is an industrywide shortage of tech jobs, giving rise to organizations like Zip Code Wilmington and Year Up.

“It’s the scarcest resource on the planet with lots of competition. But we feel that our story is an advantage.
One big differentiator for M&T and Wilmington trust is that its size allows employees on both the tech and operations side to have an impact on our business. That may not be the case at a larger institution.

“University programs are not producing the talent we need so we have to create other pipelines while still making a meaningful investment in local universities,” Wisler said, adding that there is a growing opportunity to attract experienced professionals from the traditional big-city tech hot spots. “We are focusing on professional recruiting and relocation as we find lots of people from this area who would like to return.”

“It’s never been more important to create a sense of belonging and inclusion,” Lambrow said. “We still think of ourselves as a community bank and we’re committed to our branch system. But we must provide alternative ways to connect with our customers” who don’t need to come into the branch.

This article was originally posted on the Delaware Business Times at: https://www.delawarebusinesstimes.com/mt-commits-to-tech-jobs-other-roles-in-delaware

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Chemours Opens New Global HQ in Renovated DuPont Building

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Chemours opens new global HQ in renovated DuPont Building

16 JANUARY, 2019

The Chemours Company, a global chemical firm, opened its renovated company headquarters on January 15 within the historic, 106-year-old DuPont Building on Rodney Square in downtown Wilmington — the former headquarters of DuPont, which spun off Chemours in 2015.

“This is a place that our team can be proud to call home,” Chemours President and CEO Mark Vergnano told the gathering of local dignitaries. “Our renovated office is a perfect metaphor for Chemours – a company grounded in its legacy, but transforming into an agile, innovative and collaborative enterprise with a bias for actions and growth.”

Now in his fourth year as leader of the new company, Vergnano expressed continued confidence about Chemours’ future growth in a time of market turmoil. In an interview with Delaware Business Times after the ceremony, Vegnano said, “People recognize that we’re the world leaders in our fields, and the market gets that,” he said, referring to the decentralized firm’s three operating units – Titanium Technologies, Fluoroproducts and Chemical Solutions.

The new headquarters will occupy 280,000 square feet in an 11-story segment of the building that is owned by the Buccini/Pollin Group (BPG), which also oversaw the 20-month renovation. Chemours’ share of construction costs was $30 million.

Vergnano said his company made a conscious decision not to change the building’s name to the Chemours Building out of respect for the company’s heritage, which dates back to the founding of DuPont on Brandywine Creek in 1802.

U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, Gov. John Carney, Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki and BPG Co-President Christopher Buccini were among the speakers at the ceremony and ribbon-cutting event that took place in the ornate Nobel Room on the 11th Floor.

Buccini purchased the building, including the Hotel du Pont, from Chemours in 2017 and set about revitalizing the structure, including adding residential units.

“After having renovated the Nemours and Brandywine buildings earlier, we had the knowledge of what worked and what didn’t work,” Buccini said. “This project stressed tested our company’s capabilities.” In his prepared remarks, Buccini noted that “Chemours’ decision to be based in this historic building is a fitting tribute to their heritage, while their 21st Century workspace points boldly to their future. We are proud to have been on this journey with them.”

Approximately 850 Chemours employees and contractors will work in the headquarters, which has 125 meeting rooms, 73 conference rooms and one café per floor of the building. The structure’s open-concept design features ergonomic chairs and sit/stand desks. In addition, 500 marble panels were recovered during renovation– about 50 tons in all – and reused in the building.

Carney noted that “this is probably the happiest day I’ve had in my two years as governor,” crediting the work done toward keeping Chemours in Wilmington and Delaware by his predecessor, former governor Jack Markell. “The state of Delaware can’t be successful without Wilmington being successful, and Wilmington can’t be successful” without a strong business base.

Purzycki, who followed Governor Carney to the podium, said, “If John is happy, you can’t imagine how happy the mayor of Wilmington is.”

Business analysts continue to be bullish on Chemours, most rating it a “buy” or “strong buy” to potential investors. Vergnano expressed confidence in the strength of the American economy, while noting that global market volatility continued to make the company’s stock undervalued. “I was given the advice by other CEO’s when I took over not to check the stock price every day,” he said. “We can’t control market volatility, which is a reflection of the fact that the market hates uncertainty.”

He re-stated his opinion that Chemours, with its worldwide manufacturing and marketing capabilities, is positioned better than most companies to weather this uncertainty, which includes tariff wars, the slowdown of the Chinese economy and what will play out with Brexit, the UK’s planned withdrawal from the EU.

“We’re not interested in acquisitions or new business outside the three areas where we have a strong presence,” he said. “Second, we will continue to invest in ourselves [through normal business expansion]. And, we will continue to provide cash back to our stockholders.”

Chemours had annual revenue in 2017 of more than $6 billion and with 45 manufacturing and laboratory sites worldwide, serving customers in over 130 countries.

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Top Trending: INC 5000 List Includes 12 Delaware Companies

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Top Trending: INC 5000 List Includes 12 Delaware Companies

23 AUGUST, 2018

A dozen companies in Delaware made the annual INC 5000 list of the nation’s fastest growing small companies.

The closely watched list ranks companies based on their three-year sales performance. The list was expanded to 5,000 companies from 500 several years ago by the small business magazine and website.

HomeStar Remodeling, Wilmington, topped the list at No. 53. The company posted $5.3 million in annual sales was the top-ranked construction company on the entire INC 5000 and was listed as the fastest growing company in the Philadelphia region.

According to INC, companies must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent – not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies — as of December 31, 2017.

The list features a high turnover of companies in Delaware and elsewhere year to year. Many fast-growing companies are acquired by competitors and a few move on to become publicly traded corporations.

Other small companies ranked by growth were:

  • 418: TECSPLUS, Newark, Information technology, $3.3 million.
  • 583: Empire Flippers, Wilmington, sales of online enterprises, $16.5 million.
  • 604: Extreme Scale Solutions, Newark, information technology, $16.5 million.
  • 864: Shipsound, Wilmington, online retail, $4.2 million.
  • 2, 060: Placers, Newark, human resources, Newark, $9.3 million.
  • 2,325: Tangentia, Wilmington, information technology, $2.1 million.
  • 2,363: Careerminds, Wilmington, outplacement and related services, $2 million.
  • 2,697: Chesapeake Plumbing and Heating, Frankford, construction,$26.1 million.
  • 4,127: Karins and Associates, Newark, engineering services, $6.4 million.
  • 4,217: The Siegfried Group, Wilmington, accounting $177 million.
  • 4,863: Biomedical Research Laboratories, Wilmington, Food and Beverage $4.9 million.

Click here to explore the 2018 list.

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