A Canadian manufacturer of decorative and protective coatings for concrete floors and walls wants to establish a U.S. production beachhead in Cattaraugus County, where it hopes to get tax breaks to assist with starting up its new plant.

Hamilton, Ont.-based Daich Coatings Corp. is planning to pay $950,000 to purchase the vacant former SetterStix plant in the Village of Cattaraugus that was used to make paper sticks for lollipops and cotton swabs.

If approved, the project could be completed by year-end, according to the application. Daich expects to add 15 to 20 full-time jobs within two years, at salaries of $44,000 to $60,000.

It would then renovate the 59,623-square-foot facility on 3.5 acres at 261 S. Main St., as its U.S. manufacturing base for its architectural finish coatings,

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