TH ALER MACHINE SET TO LAUNCH MAJOR EXPANSION

Aerospace firmto add new 14,000-square-foot building for storage.

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 Drive.

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 access from Edwards to alignwith 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 thatworkswith aerospaceandmilitary customers. The new building will replace several storage trailers used to store bulk materials for customers.

The company was founded in 1952andhas operated at 257Hopeland St. in Dayton (historically an early location for the business), as well as 1195 Mound Road in Miamisburg.

Warren County is its location today. In2011, OhioawardedThaler a 50percent job-creation taxcredit worth$171,324oversixyears, based on the assumption the company wouldmove to Springboro. At the time, the companywas considering a move to Indiana.

Michael Kunk, the company’s chief financial officer, confirmed plans for the new building, but referred questions to a colleague.

The family-owned business was sold to new owners earlier this year.