NEWSLETTER
AUGUST 2012
vol.
no.
XLIV 8
Third quarter Oil and Gas update from the Canton Regional Chamber The energy business remains brisk at the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce. We now have two business development seminars under our belts. We are moving forward with a marketing plan to bring more energy businesses to Stark County and Greater Canton. We are continuing to work with companies that want to build oil and gas service facilities in Canton, and we are meeting new companies that want to be Chamber members and participate in the growing oil and gas economy. Meanwhile, companies that already have chosen Stark County as their home in the Utica Shale are making news: Chesapeake Energy has found its permanent home in the Utica, a nearly 300-acre tract known as the Beck Industrial Park in western Louisville, only a couple of miles east of Canton. There, Chesapeake will build a campus of buildings and facilities. Baker Hughes, the worldwide oil services company, which previously announced an enormous facility in Massillon, is on its way
INSIDE: Stir After Hours.......................................3 Vintage Canton.......................................4 Community Salute..................................4 AultCare Fast Break Breakfast..................5 Cinema in the City...................................6 HOFEF Timken Grand Parade....................8 HOFEF August Events...............................9 Leadership Golf Outing.......................... 10 Leadership Spotlight Program............... 11 ystark! Young Professional Profile.......... 12 ystark! Night Glo................................... 13 State Tourism Funding........................... 14 Safety Council Luncheon........................ 15 Safety Council Seminar.......................... 17 Funding Partners.................................. 19 New Members....................................... 21 BizBitz.................................................. 22 August Calendar.................................... 23
in preparing for operations in the Utica. Mark Morris, operations director for Baker Hughes in Canonsburg, Pa., outlined plans for Massillon when he delivered the luncheon address at the Chamber’s second Oil and Gas Business Development Seminar on June 15. Baker Hughes expects to have temporary facilities ready by around Oct. 1 and construction of permanent facilities around the end of the year. It will operate four to six fleets of 30 trucks each from Massillon. Those fleets will be involved in the hydraulic stimulation of the horizontal wells being drilled by the oil and gas exploration companies in the Utica. Stark County’s industrial leader, The Timken Co., has committed $225 million as its investment in the Utica. That is the cost of expansion of the Faircrest steel mill, so that it is more capable of meeting the demand for drill bits and other tools for the oil and gas industry that require specialty steel. The demand for truck drivers will be great, and the employment plans at the Baker Hughes facility in Massillon provides but one example. (continued next page)
SAVE THE DATE: Third annual Business to Business EXPO On Wednesday, Oct. 24, the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce and The Repository will host the third annual Business to Business Expo at the Cultural Center for the Arts in downtown Canton. Come for a day of networking, engaging breakout sessions, breakfast and lunch events featuring keynote speakers, and of course, tour more than 60 exhibitors on the show floor at the largest B2B show in the region.
Visit www.StarkB2BExpo.com later this month for more details. Sponsorship opportunities are still available for this exciting event. Want to learn more? Contact Jessica Bennett, director of marketing & events, at jessb@cantonchamber.org or (330) 458-2071 for sponsorship packages and details.
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