100 Jobs Coming to Stark County –
An insurance company that specializes in life and supplemental health
insurance products will be opening a regional office. Liberty National
Life Insurance Co. based in Birmingham, Alabama, expects to hire about
100 associates. Eighty-five will be “field service consultants” and 10
to 15 will be unit manager openings. All of the associates hired will
be employees with benefits, as opposed to being independent
contractors. The commission based jobs would pay up to $80,000 a year.
Consultants design portfolios for people or companies, while unit
managers oversee their field training. The company recently opened two
offices in Columbus. The Stark County office will be located on Higbee
Avenue in Jackson Township. To read more about the announcement, click here for the Canton Repository article.
Republic Announces New Cold-Finished Division Headquarters in Massillon –
Republic Engineered Products, Inc., North America’s largest producer of
special bar quality steel, announced the relocation of its
Cold-Finished Bar Products headquarters to its manufacturing facility
in Massillon, Ohio. The Massillon location is the largest of three
Republic sites that manufacture cold-finished bar. The other facilities
are located in Gary, Indiana, and Hamilton, Ontario. The Massillon
facility has about 175 employees currently and will see the addition of
approximately ten headquarters’ staff. The relocation of the Cold
Finished Division headquarters takes Republic one step closer to its
goal of being the global leader in the cold-finished bar products
industry. President Jaime Vigil said, “We believe the greater
interaction between sales and manufacturing will strengthen our
cold-finished products and service capabilities.” To read more about
Republic Engineered Products and its cold-finished headquarters
relocation, click here.
Akron Canton Airport (CAK) Sets All-Time Passenger Record –
The Akron Canton Airport posted its best year ever in 2008 for
passenger traffic. A total of 1,469,196 customers traveled to and from
CAK in 2008 beating the old record set in 2006 by more than 30,000. By
offering the lowest average fares in Ohio, popular nonstop
destinations, and a relaxing atmosphere, Akron Canton has grown its
business in the midst of challenging times. Nearly every carrier saw an
increase for the year including AirTran Airways (6%) with a total of
670,000 passengers; U.S. Airways (20%) with a total of 183,300;
Frontier Airlines (14%) with a total of 167,100; Northwest Airlink
(14%) at 92,000; and United Express (4%) at 74,525. Also, the airport
carried more passengers in December 2008 than ever before. More than
120,000 total passengers passed through CAK – a 12.5% increase compared
to December 2007. To read more about these records and about Akron
Canton Airport’s growth plans, click here.
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