TechniGraphics Inc., a data conversion services provider, will expand its headquarters operations in Wooster, Ohio. The company will invest $6.5 million for the expansion and create 150 jobs during the next three years.

“TechniGraphics is an Ohio technology-based business that is a leader in its industry, utilizing cutting-edge technology to meet the needs of federal contractors and companies around the world,” said Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, who also serves as director of the Ohio Department of Development. “TechniGraphics provides the information-based services that are increasingly in demand in the evolving knowledge-based economy. Ohio is committed to growing these businesses that will create jobs to retain and attract the talent that will heighten the state’s high-tech capabilities.”

TechniGraphics is a multinational company that specializes in data capture, data management and information visualization solutions in the fields of geospatial technology and product lifecycle management.

The company started in 1982 as Technicolor Graphic Services, a division of the "Color by Technicolor" company. It began working with early Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) and has progressed with the maturing industry to become a leader in geospatial technology.

The company assists the GIS industry in creating digital maps that utilize satellite and aerial imagery, paper maps and legal boundaries.

The company's federal customers include the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and Department of Homeland Security. Among TechniGraphics' industrial customers are world-renowned names like Bell Helicopter, Boeing, DaimlerChrysler, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Oshkosh Truck.

TechniGraphics will invest $6.5 million to construct a new 30,000 square foot office that will mirror its current facility built in 2005 and will relieve overcrowding. The addition will also contain a corporate education component. ?

The state of Ohio’s investment in TechniGraphics includes a 166 Direct Loan of $2 million and an Ohio Enterprise Bond Fund Loan of $4.24 million.

TechniGraphics also considered Colorado and Michigan for the expansion before deciding on Ohio.

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