Perry County.

• Author: Mayer, Kathy
• Position: Southwest Indiana Update - New jobs created - Brief Article

"Quite frankly, we have had an excellent run over the past 12 months and a really good last 36 months," says Greg Wathen, executive director of the Perry County Development Corp.

Accent Marketing Services opened a 24,000-square-foot facility in Tell City last November, bringing 128 jobs with an expected total of 250 within two years. The Louisville-headquartered company provides Fortune 500 customers with direct mail, database management, graphic design, fulfillment, marketing analysis and customer services.

Serek Aviation came to the Tell City Industrial Park in Troy to open its North American service center. "To have them open their North American maintenance facility in Perry County is quite extraordinary," Wathen says. Initially, five are on the job, with plans for growth. Serek's sister company, Stewart Warner South Wind, also is in...