Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana

CASE STUDIES

Toyota Boshoku America selected Gibson County, Indiana, as the location for a new manufacturing facility.
The infrastructure being added for this project opens several hundred additional acres of Gibson County, Indiana, land for development.

Parent company Toyota Boshoku America (TBA), builder of automotive seat frames, and subsidiary Total Interior Systems America (TISA), builder of automotive seats, had a joint venture and owned land in Gibson County, Indiana.
TBA also owned a site in another state, with another subsidiary located there.
TBA sought to locate a third plant in one of the two existing locations, to supply TISA with seat frames.

April 5, 2007, through site selection announcement in October 2007

AT&T located a call center in Vanderburgh County, Indiana.
An empty big-box store was put to beneficial re-use, being converted into a state-of-the-art telecommunications center.
The community diversified its business base.

Two sites were competing for the AT&T Call Center.
Telecommunications law in Indiana made locating in Indiana an attractive option.
AT&T was interested in tax increment financing, as well as tax abatement to support its offsite employee training program that would be moved onsite once the main facility was open.
Because of the quality of the available workforce, AT&T increased its initial employment numbers from 425 to 600 and then to 750 jobs.

Was flexible and willing to work with AT&T to address issues
Met with AT&T’s senior adviser for tax credits and incentives and created a package of tax increment financing and grants for low-income employees to purchase homes in Vanderburgh County
Proposed using 10-year tax abatement to help fund the company’s employee training
Supplemented training funding from the state, in order to help meet the company’s needs for offsite employee training prior to opening the call center

November 2006 through site selection announcement in April 2007