Ron Selak Jr.

Warren

Business Editor at Tribune Chronicle

Business Editor at The Vindicator

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Articles

Potential buyers show interest in Valley hospitals

May 28, 2024 | vindy.com | Ron Selak Jr.

WARREN — Steward Health Care has received interest from a number of potential buyers for some or all of the bankrupt health care provider’s assets in Ohio and Pennsylvania, according to a document in the Dallas-based company’s Chapter 11 case.
Graphite One commits to hiring, workforce training in Mahoning Valley region

May 19, 2024 | vindy.com | Ron Selak Jr.

WEATHERSFIELD — The company that wants to build a $435 million manufacturing plant here to produce essential material for electric vehicle batteries has committed to prioritizing hiring and workforce training in the region. Meanwhile, its president and CEO was part of a select group of industry leaders invited to the White House by President Joe Biden to talk about job creation and investment, including in the critical mineral sector.
DeWine wades into Valley with $14.2M for riverfront upgrades

May 9, 2024 | vindy.com | Ron Selak Jr.

WARREN — The state is investing more than $14.2 million into what are being called transformational economic development projects in Trumbull and Mahoning counties, mostly in communities that dot the Mahoning River. Five projects will focus on waterfront recreation in Warren, Niles, Youngstown, Struthers and Lowellville, while another in Bristol will improve the Western Reserve Greenway Trail. An additional $5.4 million was announced for projects in Ashtabula.
New $435M Valley plant projected to open in ’26

May 3, 2024 | vindy.com | Ron Selak Jr.

WEATHERSFIELD — Graphite One, the company that has proposed a $435 million plant here to produce synthetic graphite material crucial for making batteries for electric vehicles, is simultaneously working to open a natural graphite mine in Alaska.
Youngstown / Warren Regional Chamber changes its role in economic development

Apr 26, 2024 | vindy.com | Ron Selak Jr.

WARREN — With the creation of Lake to River Economic Development, a new entity to focus on business growth and job creation in the region, the Youngstown / Warren Regional Chamber is redefining its focus and work.
Ex-GM workers OK’d for return

Apr 25, 2024 | vindy.com | Ron Selak Jr.

LORDSTOWN — There have been more than 175 ex-General Motors Lordstown Assembly plant workers OK’d, so far, to transfer to work at electric-vehicle battery-cell manufacturer Ultium Cells, according to the automaker. GM, however, is not saying from which plants the employees are coming. “We’re not going to get into that level of specificity,” GM spokesman Kevin Kelly said in an email.
Hefty job growth targeted in Valley’s new economic development district

Apr 24, 2024 | vindy.com | Ron Selak Jr.

A new entity focused on job creation and business growth in the state’s lake-to-river region is ready to shift economic development efforts across the four counties into the next gear. “This region of Ohio is experiencing new growth and is ready for even more prosperity,” said Gov. Mike DeWine, who on Wednesday announced Lake to River Economic Development.
Shift in thinking to more regional collaboration

Apr 19, 2024 | vindy.com | Ron Selak Jr.

As recently as five years ago, a sense of parochialism pervaded the Mahoning Valley. Individuals and groups — economic development, nonprofit and others — worked in silos, but still with the goal to better their communities. The paradigm, however, has begun to shift, yet with the same end in mind. More and more, the walls are being removed and officials and agencies have endeavored to collaborate more — to do things in a new way to advance the region.
$435 million graphite plant planned for Voltage Valley

Mar 20, 2024 | vindy.com | Ron Selak Jr.

WEATHERSFIELD — A Canadian company attempting to develop a complete domestic U.S. supply chain for advanced graphite material plans to invest $435 million to build a graphite anode manufacturing plant in the township to support the electric-vehicle industry.
North Jackson company to expand, create 50 additional jobs

Feb 26, 2024 | vindy.com | Ron Selak Jr.

TTM Technologies, a global technologies solutions manufacturing company, plans to grow its North Jackson location by creating 50 jobs that are expected to generate nearly $2.3 million in new payroll.