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The State Council for Development Finance provided $3.1 million in incentives to the project, including a $2.73 million capital expenditure grant and a $450,000 grant for job creation. The Kent County Levy Court provided a simi- lar 10-year property tax rebate as well as a $ 75,000 grant from its lesser-known Strategic Fund. The company also received a grant of $600,000 from the Delaware Trans- portation Infrastructure Investment Fund. As hiring efforts continue, there have been difficul- ties meeting one of the key initiatives of U.S. Corrugated founder and board chairman Dennis Mehiel for the Dover “super factory”: hire veterans. Mehiel’s father served in the US Army Air Corps in World War II and is a veteran him- self. The facility’s proximity to Dover Air Base has created a new opportunity to open jobs to those leaving the ser- vice. Delmarva Corrugated is currently working with Poly- tech Adult Education to continue their recruitment efforts, Akaras said. “Some positions will be, I believe, entry level, more related to warehousing, trucking and storage. But some positions will require a higher level of training for the spe- cialized equipment used, ”he said. This factory is fully au- tomated and relies on system information and engineering processes. Delmarva Corrugated plans to have two teams in full production by December.
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