California company to announce plans for Delphi plant Tuesday

WARREN — City officials and the president of a California company will have a press conference at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the former corporate headquarters of Packard Electric on Dana Street to announce plans for a multi-million dollar investment at the site.

“This potential investment will involve the purchase and reopening of 500,000 square feet of manufacturing space and administrative offices that formerly housed the Packard Automobile Co. and later the Packard Electric Co.,” according to an announcement from Warren Mayor Doug Franklin’s office.

The announcement is referring to the former Delphi Packard administration building and the former Delphi Packard facilities on the other side of Dana Street Northeast.

Those facilities were purchased by Sergio DiPaolo of Girard, who runs a demolition company. Much of the former manufacturing space on the north side of Dana has been removed.

In addition to city officials, there are several other economic-development organizations working on the project, including Jobs Ohio/Team NEO, The Mahoning Valley Economic Development Corp., Western Reserve Port Authority, Trumbull County Planning Commission and Youngstown-Warren Regional Chamber.

City officials say additional information will not be provided until Tuesday.