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Summary of Recent Locations and Expansions, 2009-Present       Reported       Companies Jobs Investment     Manufacturing Location 1 10-12 $14,000,000     Manufacturing Expansion 17 347 $51,938,246     Supportive/Service Location 1 3 $8,000,000     Supportive/Service Expansion 10 282-905 $44,243,075     Click here for detailed location and expansion information. Note: Totals include announced locations and expansions. Source: Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development (4/26/2012).     Employment by Major Industry by Place of Work, 2010       Daviess County Labor Market Area     Employment Percent Employment Percent     All Industries 42,647 100.0 211,070 100.0     Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting 125 0.3 N/A N/A     Mining 136 0.3 N/A N/A     Construction 1,875 4.4 N/A N/A     Manufacturing 5,407 12.7 31,510 14.9     Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 9,371 22.0 41,731 19.8     Information 466 1.1 N/A N/A     Financial Activities 2,518 5.9 N/A N/A     Services 14,979 35.1 78,923 37.4     Public Administration 1,147 2.7 5,090 2.4     Other 6 0.0 N/A N/A     Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.     Major Business Industry (Manufacturing Supportive Service Firms Only)     Firm Product (s)/Service(s) Emp. Year Established     Owensboro     Bimbo Bakeries USA Breads & rolls 150 1935     Boardwalk Pipeline Partners Headquarters; natural gas transmissions company 228 1960     Daramic Inc Automotive deep cycle & Industrial battery separators 160 1959     Dart Polymers Inc Polystyrene pellets & EPS 140 1983     Glenmore Distillery Whiskey, gin, vodka, wines, brandy & cocktail bottling 185 1869     Kimberly-Clark Corp Tissue paper & towels 336 N/A     Messenger-Inquirer Newspaper publishing, commercial offset printing & typesetting 120 1929     Metalsa Structural Products Inc Steel pickup truck frames (Tundra and Sequoia) 210 1997     MPD Inc Commercial tubes & components, microwave & police radar equipment, breath analyzers, ceramics & ceramic to metal seals 210 1987     Omico Plastics Inc Blow molded plastic parts and assemblies 125 1964     Owensboro Grain Company LLC Soybean crude oil & meal; biodiesel 159 1906     Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline Inc Headquarters 429 2004     Specialty Foods Group Inc aka Field Packing Division Processed meat products 450 1915     Swedish Match North America Smokeless tobacco products 361 1973     Toyotetsu Mid America LLC Automotive stampings and welded assemblies 395 2002     Unifirst Uniform distribution 341 1998     Unilever Foods Pasta sauces and frozen foods 580 1975     US Bank Home Mortgage Loan service, processing and underwriting center 1,022 1992     Yager Materials LLC Ready-mixed concrete, crushed limestone, sand & gravel 192 1914     Philpot     Premium Allied Tool Inc Precision metal stampings, deep draw stampings, wire forms & strip forms 250 1966     Source: Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development (4/26/2012).

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