ELKHART -- New recreational vehicle maker Nexus RVS LLC has received additional incentives from the state and plans to create up to 90 new jobs by 2013.
The start-up secured a five-year property tax phase-in from the city in early October. This will save the manufacturer nearly $39,000.
The Indiana Economic Development Corp. announced Tuesday it is offering up to $725,000 in performance-based tax credits and up to $50,000 in training grants based on the job creation expectations.
"We have selected Elkhart, Indiana, because of the enormous knowledge base of both the individual workers and the vast supplier base," Claude Donati, president of Nexus, stated in a press release. "It will be our goal to elevate the importance of Elkhart to the retail customer as we are going to sell motorized products directly to the end user."
Nexus had considered sites elsewhere in Indiana and in southwest Michigan.
The company, headquartered at the University of Notre Dame's Innovation Park, expects to invest more than $2.8 million to lease and equip an existing 109,000-square-foot plant on the north side of Elkhart.
Nexus plans to begin hiring production, supervisory and support associates for the Elkhart facility by the end of the year. The manufacturer told the Elkhart City Council that average hourly wage would be $21.94, plus benefits.