Wiggam Announces Job Creation Tax Credit for Seamen Corporation

COLUMBUS— State Representative Scott Wiggam (R-Wayne County) today announced the Ohio Tax Credit Authority has approved a Job Creation Tax Credit for the Seaman Corporation in Wooster. 

The Seaman Corporation is creating 53 new jobs worth $2.9 million is new payroll. The company will retain 194 jobs and $22 million is payroll that will impact the local economy.

“New business brings new opportunity to the citizens of my district,” Wiggam said. “The tax credit is a way we can make Wayne County stand out as a destination for businesses to move to.”

The Seaman Corporation is a leading manufacturer of industrial coated fabrics used for roofing, geomembranes, architectural, and recreation applications around the globe. With manufacturing plants in Wooster, Ohio and Bristol, Tennessee, Seaman Corporation employs more than 400 employees companywide and is a veteran owned American manufacturing-based company.