Rick Scott touts 1,000 new jobs from manufacturing expansion in Brevard

Gov. Rick Scott announced a battery manufacturing company will expand its Brevard County operations by adding 1,000 jobs and making $270 million in capital investments. “Oakridge Global Energy Solutions could have moved their headquarters anywhere in the world and I am proud to announce that they chose to remain in Florida and create 1,000 new jobs,” Scott said in the announcement. The company, which currently employs 36 Floridians, moved its headquarters from a 12,000-square-foot facility to a 68,718-square-foot facility in…