The company has already created 17 jobs at the facility, a remodeled 17,000-square-foot hangar at the airport.
In its second year of operation, the company hopes to add 50 jobs and 100 more in the third year, state Sen. Chris Widener, R-Springfield, said as he addressed a crowd at the company’s official ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday, April 22.
Widener was among several local elected officials and community leaders who attended the ceremony.
At its Springfield facility, SelectTech can engineer and design products, develop software, create prototypes, manufacture goods and test products, which can include flight testing.
For the region to grow, Widener said it is essential that local companies find ways to capture and maintain jobs from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. “This is a critical asset for the city and the region. SelectTech is a company that can go from ideas to employment very quickly. They are a quintessential example of what we need to do with regard to working with Wright-Patt to secure jobs in our area.”
The company was recently awarded a $2.5 million contract from SAIC to produce ground station communications modules in support of an intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance program being run out of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
SAIC, a provider of scientific, engineering systems integration and technical services, has a local office at Nextedge Applied Research and Technology Park. Being in proximity to WPAFB allows SelectTech to host customers who can review designs and products to be sure the modules are meeting their needs, said Scott Sullivan, president of SelectTech Services Corp.
“We can build these systems better, cheaper and faster by leveraging the incredible resources we have in our customers’ backyard,” he said.
Not only is SelectTech creating jobs in Springfield, but the Centerville-based company also is working with about 78 regional businesses as suppliers.
“We expect to add about 13 to 17 jobs in the supply chain as a result of our projects,” said Frank Beafore, executive director of SelectTech Geospatial.
Urbana-based Rittal supplies component enclosures for the equipment that will be housed in the modules currently being manufactured.
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