Biopharma firm west of Bloomington gets $10.4M tax break, to make $225M investment, add 130 new jobs

A tax abatement worth a total of around $10.4 million, which was granted by Monroe County’s council on Tuesday night, has cleared the way for Simtra BioPharma Solutions (formerly Baxter Pharmaceutical) to build a 140,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at its Curry Pike facility just outside Bloomington’s western city limits.

According to Simtra, the investment means a $145 million investment in capital equipment, and another $80,000 in real property investment. The company says that the expansion will create 130 new jobs with an average salary plus benefits worth $73,379 a year.

Simtra’s paperwork indicates 1,039 current employees, so adding 130 would bring the total to around 1,169.

The company expects to have completed the project in about two and a half years, by September 2026. Continue reading “Biopharma firm west of Bloomington gets $10.4M tax break, to make $225M investment, add 130 new jobs”

Tax abatement gets final OK from Monroe County, could mean NHanced production of chips by fall 2024

Winning unanimous approval from the seven-member Monroe County council on Tuesday night was the approval of a request from NHanced Semiconductors for a 10-year tax abatement.

Based on remarks from NHanced CEO Bob Patti made at Tuesday’s meeting, the company could start semiconductor production in Bloomington by fall of 2024.

The request was for 100 percent of personal property taxes each year, in exchange for a planned $152-million investment by NHanced.

NHanced did not ask for any abatement of real property taxes. Its investment will be almost exclusively in personal property.

Personal property refers to movable assets like equipment, while real property means immovable assets, like land and buildings.

The county council’s approval on Tuesday followed the previous week’s approval by county commissioners.  Tuesday’s county council vote was the final action needed. Continue reading “Tax abatement gets final OK from Monroe County, could mean NHanced production of chips by fall 2024”