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Report: St. Pete Offering $35M to Keep Jabil |
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Written by Mike Buetow
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Monday, 23 June 2008 |
ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- Jabil Circuit is seeking a new manufacturing facility and company headquarters and its home town is considering nearly $35 million in grants and tax breaks to ensure the EMS firm stays put.
In published reports, Jabil said all options -- including relocaton -- are on the table. "We're very
happy here but that doesn't mean we shouldn't consider all of our
options," spokesperson Beth Walters told a local news site.
Jabil employs some
1,900
employees in the St. Petersburg area.
Should the company remain in St. Petersburg, the city would pony up about $35 million in grants
and tax breaks, the report said. The report said Jabil would then build a $52 million campus and add more than 850 employees to its local head count. |
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