EVANSVILLE — Evansville Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel and economic development leaders and will hold a news conference “to make a major job creation announcement,” the mayor’s office has announced.

The conference, to be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Innovation Pointe, 318 Main Street, will be attended by local and state economic development leaders, according to the release.

This is the latest of several jobs announcements in Evansville this year.

In March, the mayor’s office announced that Connecticut-based SS&C Technologies would open a fund administration and technology center in Evansville, creating up to 500 new jobs by 2014.

SS&C provides software and services to the financial services industry. The company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bill Stone, is an Evansville native.

In January, Weinzapfel announced that Chicago Heights, Ill.-based Sugar Steel Corp. had opened a structural steel distribution center in Evansville, creating an expected 26 jobs by 2010. As with SS&C, local and state officials also offered a tax phase-in and performance-based tax credits to Sugar Steel.

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