Paris enjoys a growing light to medium industrial family. Some 25 manufacturing businesses now call Paris home, both locally developed and affiliate of national or international corporations (Germany, Sweden and Great Britain are represented). Major trades include film and injection molded plastics, injection molded rubber aluminum- framed windows, farm production equipment, metal fabrication, dry milled corn, high-tech machined parts for turbine and aerospace industry and hybrid seed corn production. Industrial employment exceeds 2,500 jobs.

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PEDCO, the Paris-Edgar County Development Corporation, should be your new business partner for expansion or relocation of industrial and commercial enterprises.

PEDCO Paris, Illinois, is located in east-central Illinois at the hub of the Chicago-St. Louis-Indianapolis perimeter and convenient to three interstate routes. It is in position to offer an extensive "menu" of services and economic packages to attract expanded economic development.

PEDCO can also help renovate existing industrial property for a new owner and new product plus a new lease on your profitability.

PEDCO is a private, community not-for-profit corporation specifically chartered to promote economic development of the Paris-Edgar County, IL, area. Membership is composed of existing industries, businesses and individuals who recognize the importance of investing into the economic future of the area.

Management is placed in the hands of five directors. This dedicated group is small enough to move quickly and decisively to meet inquiries and requests from industrial prospects.

Primarily, PEDCO acts as the single contact point between industry, local and state agencies which may provide assistance for commercial and industrial expansion.

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The PEDCO board also has the consulting services of attorneys, civil engineers and land surveyors, environmental engineers, accountants, and a professional grant-writer.