DP&L opens $20M center
Dayton Power & Light Co. Thursday opened what it called its “Smart Operations Center” at its MacGregor Park headquarters campus, celebrating a $20 million facility it says is the first of its kind in the nation.
The facility will use data analytics and modeling to increase the efficiency of AES Corp. electric operations. Its opening will involve the eventual creation of 31 new jobs for DP&L.
“The facility represents AES’ longstanding commitment to the digital transformation of the energy industry, accelerating a safer and cleaner energy future in theUnited States and globally,” DP&L said in an announcement Thursday, referring to its corporate parent, Virginia-based AES. “The center also demonstrates AES’ investment in the State of Ohio and its people.”
The two-story building is being refurbished nowand about twothirds of the building should be complete by the end of 2020, with some operations starting in mid-December. The building should be complete by the end of March 2021.
Wright-Patterson to allow 50% of workers back
Wright-Patterson AirForce Base is ready to gradually welcome more workers on base, moving toward hosting half of the base’s typical dailyworking population, the base commander said.
“Iknowwe’re readytomake the transition fromhealth protection condition ‘Charlie’ to health protection condition ‘Bravo,’” said Col. Patrick Miller, commander of the 88th Air Base Wing and the installation commander at Wright-Patterson.
The change will be effective Monday. However, Miller took pains to emphasize that: “This is not a rush to having 50% of our workforce back.”
With up to half of the base’s typical workforce being permitted to return, that could eventually boost the daily presence on the base to 15,000 or soworkers.
Said Miller, “This is all driven by mission, and mission (commanders) will make the call.”
Springboro manufacturer expanding
A Springboro aerospace manufacturer is well on its way to expanding its home.
Springboro city planners have approved construction of a 14,000-square-foot building for Thaler Machine Co. on a site at the southeast corner of Edwards Drive and Tahlequah Trail.
The site is located just to the south of Thaler’s existing 69,472-square foot building on the north side of Edwards.
The site of the 14,000-squarefoot building is zoned “highway business district” in Springboro. Its warehouse will have double frontage on both Edwards Drive and Tahlequah Trail, with vehicular access fromEdwards to align with loading docks on the existing Thaler building to the north, as planning documents show.
City documents describe the precision machine shop as a “significant employer” in Springboro, whoworks with aerospace and military customers. The new buildingwill replace several storage trailers used to store bulk materials for customers.
National Processing Solutions buys building
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