Jackson County Industrial Development Corporation (JCIDC) on LinkedIn: We have some egg-cellent and egg-citing news to share. Vital Farms is… (2024)

What they had to say ... on Vital Farms choosing Seymour to expand its supply chain with a second world-class egg washing and packing facility.The 72-acre future home of Egg Central Station Seymour will build upon key successes from the brand’s first facility in Springfield, Missouri. The new facility will enable Vital Farms to continue growing its pasture-raised egg business, create 150-plus jobs for the Seymour community in its first phase and is expected to help generate more than $350 million in additional revenue for the brand as it pushes to a 2027 target of $1 billion in company revenues.“Indiana has been on a roll lately,” said Trevor Lane, director of attractions for the South Region of Indiana Economic Development Corporation. “We’ve got over $56 billion of new capex (capital expenditures) committed to the state of Indiana since January 2023, and we have the possibility of doubling that this year.”He said the Vital Farms team is part of that."We want to attract as many projects to Indiana as we can," Lane said, noting the high wages and capital investment Vital Farms is bringing to Seymour. "Thank you very much for your commitment to Indiana, and we look forward to working with you."

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#ManufacturingMonday Seymour Home Products in Seymour is the only ironing board manufacturer in the United States. The company traces its roots to 1942 when Seymour Tool and Engineering was established. In 1966, it was renamed Seymour Industries and began making ironing boards, other housewares and Beauti-Glide metal bed frames.Two years later, Chemical Ventures Partners of New York bought the company from Lear Siegler in 1968 and renamed it Seymour Housewares Corp. Then in 1986, Seymour Housewares started making ironing board covers.In 1998, Home Products International paid $100.6 million, and the ironing boards made here became part of HPI’s full line of laundry, storage and bath products.Market conditions driven largely by the COVID-19 pandemic combined with unprecedented inflation in steel costs and global supply chain challenges made it impossible for HPI to continue to operate profitably. In March 2022, Chicago, Illinois-based Home Products International-North America Inc. announced it intended to pursue an exit of its Seymour-based garment care and home organization businesses to focus on its core plastics business. HPI owned and operated several metal stamping plants and distribution centers in Seymour.HPI closed May 27, 2022. But on Sept. 6 that year, the company reopened under the name Seymour-MFG.LLC with the operating name Seymour Home Products.HDS Trading Corp. of New Jersey, which was established in 2002 as a vendor in the housewares products market and has grown to include more than 4,000 diverse items, purchased the building, land and assets but not the company.Sources: seymour-mfg.com, tribtown.com

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#FunFactFridayLouis Schneck (the namesake of Schneck Medical Center in Seymour) was born in Württemberg, Germany, on May 1, 1831.He came to America in 1852 with his parents. The family first settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, and later moved to Jeffersonville, where Louis entered the grocery and bakery business. He conducted profitable until 1864 when on account of failing health, the business was disposed of and he and his family moved to a farm just west of Seymour. Later, he moved from the farm to the city.In 1872 when Seymour Woolen Mill was organized, Louis was made president and general manager, which he held until his death Feb. 5, 1905. He also was vice president of First National Bank and had many other business interests here and elsewhere, and he owned several farms.He was a devout member of the German Methodist church, filling the office of trustee for many years and organizing the first German Sunday school in Seymour.In politics, Louis was a Republican from the time that party was organized. He represented Jackson and Lawrence counties in the state Senate from 1894 to 1898, and that was the only public office he ever held.In his obituary, he was described as "one of the foremost and most useful citizens," "ever ready to do his full part toward any public enterprises," "always supported and aided every movement for the public good," "always loyal and his influence and support counted for much" and "one of the wealthiest and most prominent citizens of Jackson County."Source: Seymour Republican

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This is the fourth and final week of the Seymour High School, Seymour, IN Preparing for College & Careers summer class.The class is for incoming freshmen to take in the summer or during the school year. This summer's class, being taught by Kelly Reasoner and Laura Handloser, kicked off June 3 and runs through the end of this week.On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday each week, JCIDC has partnered with SHS to provide programming on various topics. On Wednesday, the students visited the Seymour Ag-Science and Research Farm. Located on a 5-acre site in the Freeman Field Industrial Park on the city’s southwest side, the building provides educators, students and the community with new tools and opportunities to teach, explore and promote agriculture.Besides a classroom and a food science lab, the facility features a large open shop area used to teach students how to operate and maintain farm machinery. The facility also boasts a welding lab, an animal science lab and a greenhouse.

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