New Business Moves Into DiNovo Building

By LINDA HARRIS For The Intelligencer , The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register

STEUBENVILLE - The shale jobs local residents have been waiting for are beginning to find their way to the Ohio Valley.

Power Torque Services set up shop in a portion of the old DiNovo building on North Third Street in Steubenville, creating more than a dozen jobs to start, while Heavy Duty Industrial Services is working out of leased space in the Wintersville area. A third company, Environmental Management Specialists, is buying property in the south end of Steubenville and expects to open by April 1, bringing about 15 jobs.

Jefferson County Commissioner Thomas Graham said the business activity "is a tribute to our economic development team," adding that the behind-the-scenes efforts to attract business and jobs are "starting to pay off."

Photo by Linda Harris Power Torque Services, a Louisiana-based company, is leasing a portion of the former DiNovo building in downtown Steubenville, bringing more than a dozen jobs to start.

"We help fund them through taxpayer dollars, and it's great to see the fruits of their labor being demonstrated," he said.

PTS, founded in 2002, has leased 8,000 square feet of warehouse and apartment space in the DiNovo building, leaving 14,000 square feet available for other potential tenants.

Wayne LeCompte, who will oversee PTS's Jefferson County operations, said the company runs casings on oil wells.

"We isolate the well bore so you can flow the well without risk of contamination," he said.

PTS is in the first wave of shale-related businesses to come to Jefferson County.

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New Business Moves Into DiNovo Building