Friday, November 29, 2013

Journal Gazette Reports Blue M Medical Offered Incentives for Investment in Columbia City

From the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette:

An orthopedics industry veteran is investing $600,000 to launch a startup in Columbia City. Plans call for up to 25 jobs by 2016.

William Smith plans to open Blue M Medical LLC, a custom medical devices maker, after Jan. 1. The operation will offer design, engineering and quality control services to orthopedic devices manufacturers from a renovated former office building at 350 N. Oak St. The workforce will be five to seven to start.

The Indiana Economic Development Corp. offered Blue M Medical up to $250,000 in conditional tax credits based on its job creation plans. Whitley County and Columbia City also have offered the company incentives.

http://journalgazette.net/article/20131128/BIZ/311289986/0/SEARCH