Digital health and wellness platform Hims & Hers Health, Inc. plans to expand its operations in New Albany, Ohio. The more than $200 million project is expected to create approximately 400 jobs.
Electronics system integrator SINBON Electronics Co., Ltd. has established operations in Clayton, Ohio. The approximately $8.5 million project is expected to create up to 200 jobs.
Coca-Cola Consolidated, the largest independent Coca-Cola bottler in the U.S., plans to expand its operations in Columbus, Ohio. The $90 million project is expected to create 25 jobs.
Multinational consumer goods and personal care company Kimberly-Clark Corporation plans to establish operations in Warren, Ohio. The $800 million project is expected to create 491 jobs in Trumbull County.
Würth Industry North America, a supplier of production material, safety, MRO, and metalworking products, plans to establish distribution operations in Columbus, Ohio. The $42.5 million project is expected to create 160 jobs.
Diversified Fall Protection, a company that specializes in the design, development, and manufacturing of highly engineered fall protection systems, plans to expand its operations in Westlake, Ohio. The $2.2 million project is expected to create 50 jobs.
Medical supply distributor Reliable Healthcare Solutions plans to establish operations in Groveport, Ohio. The project is expected to create 106 jobs.
Doc’s Diesel, a producer of e-commerce auto parts, plans to establish operations in Bryan, Ohio. The more than $4 million project is expected to create 39 jobs.
Healthcare Technology company Gifthealth plans to expand its operations in Columbus, Ohio. The project is expected to create 751 jobs.
Snack food producer Herr Foods, Inc. plans to establish operations in Jackson, Ohio. The $25 million project is expected to create 75 jobs.
Kalmbach Feeds, a manufacturer of animal feed, plans to expand operations in Wyandot County, Ohio. The $12 million project is expected to create 40 jobs.
Food processor and distributor Vienna Beef Ltd. plans to establish pickle production and cold storage operations in Newcomerstown, Ohio. The $18.5 million project is expected to create 51 jobs.
Cardinal Health, a distributor of pharmaceuticals, a manufacturer and distributor of medical and laboratory products, and a provider of performance and data solutions for healthcare facilities, plans to establish operations in Columbus, Ohio. The project is expected to create 100 jobs.
G&J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers Inc., a producer and bottler for the Pepsi franchise, plans to expand its operations in Columbus, Ohio. The $24 million project is expected to create 44 jobs.
Haydon Corporation, a construction materials' manufacturer, plans to establish a distribution center in Stow, Ohio.
Sheetz, Inc., an American chain of convenience stores and coffee shops, plans to establish operations in Findlay, Ohio. The $150 project is expected to create 750 jobs over the course of five years.
Benestar Brands, an international food producer and the world’s leading producer of pork snacks, will establish a manufacturing and distribution facility at SOAR Business Park in Minford, Ohio. The $2.5 million project is expected to create 40 jobs in Scioto County by 2025.
America's largest grocery retailer The Kroger Co. will establish a spoke operation, powered by the Ocado Group, in Lockbourn, Ohio. The project is expected to create up to 200 jobs in the Columbus region.
The Kroger Co., America's largest grocery retailer, will establish a Customer Fulfillment Center in metro Cleveland, Ohio. The project is expected to create roughly 400 new jobs.
R+L Carriers, a leader in global freight transportation and logistics, will invest more than $43 million to build a 120,000 square-foot transportation facility in Findlay, Ohio. The project is expected to create 199 jobs.
MPR Transloading, a multi-modal transload center, plans a $9.5 million investment that includes renovation and construction, along with infrastructure improvements and rail service expansion, at its Guernsey Street Industrial Park facility in Bellair
Amazon plans to establish a $5 million regional distribution center in Findlay, Ohio. The project is expected to create 160 jobs.
Tractor Supply Company, the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States, intends to build a 895,000 square foot distribution center in Navarre, Ohio.
Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc., one of the largest manufacturers of furniture in the world, will build a logistics and distribution center in Etna, Ohio. The company plans to hire 300 employees and invest $70 million.
Carvana, an online auto retrailer, will invest $23 million to expand operations by building a 200,000-square-foot facility in Lorain County, Ohio, The company plans to hire 400 employees.
Menard Inc., a privately-held company owning the nation’s third-largest home improvement chain, plans to repurpose and build a 260,000 square foot manufacturing and warehouse/distribution center on 62 acres in Ravenna, Ohio. The company expects to hire 90 new employees to staff this facility.
General Fasteners, a supplier for heavy truck, automotive, military, industrial and medical industries, is locating a distribution center outside of Chillicothe in Ross County, Ohio.
The Kroger Family of Companies, America's largest grocery retailer, and Ocado, a world leader in technology for grocery ecommerce, continued an expansion of their partnership with plans to construct three new customer fulfillment centers in the Great Lakes, Pacific Northwest and West regions.
Rural King, a Mattoon, Illinois-based company that operates more than 120 farm and home stores in 13 states, will expand its distribution and manufacturing center operations in Waverly, Ohio. The project is expected to create 75 new jobs.
Mixt Solutions, an e-commerce company specializing in consulting and third-party sales on Amazon, announced plans to invest $1.2 million to expand its operations in Union County, Ohio.
Amazon.com, Inc. plans to open two new Buckeye State fulfillment centers, one in Akron and the other in Rossford, Ohio. The projects are expected to create more than 2,500 full-time jobs.
Integra Beauty plans to invest $4 million in a new distribution center in Groveport, Ohio.
Gap Inc., a leading global retailer offering clothing, accessories and personal care products, plans to expand its operations in Groveport, Ohio, investing approximately $100 million and creating 600 new jobs.
The Kroger Co., America's largest grocery retailer, and British-based Ocado, one of the world's largest dedicated online grocery retailers, will locate its first U.S. customer fulfillment center in Monroe, Ohio, a suburb north of Cincinnati.
Amazon will open a new air gateway at Wilmington Air Park in Wilmington, Ohio.
Ten businesses across the Buckeye State plan major expansion projects with Ohio Tax Credit Authority incentives, expected to create 2,279 new jobs and retain 924 jobs statewide.
Amazon.com plans to open its sixth Buckeye State fulfillment center in West Jefferson, Ohio, which will create more than 1,500 full-time positions by the end of 2019. Associates at the 855,000-square-foot facility will pick, pack and ship customer items.
Canadian-based Granite Real Estate Investment Trust agreed to acquire a portfolio of four Class-A, single tenanted buildings totaling approximately 3.8 million square feet on 78 acres in West Jefferson, Ohio, approximately 20 miles west of Columbus.
McLane Company, Inc. opened its highly-automated distribution center in Findlay, Ohio, in the northwestern part of the Buckeye State.
Cintas Corporation, a leading supplier of corporate identity uniform programs, promotional products, restroom supplies, first aid, fire safety products and services, and industrial carpet and tile cleaning, will invest $10.4 million in a new distribution center in Groveport, Ohio.
PharmaForce Inc., a privately held pharmaceutical R&D and manufacturing company, will expand two of its existing facilities in Hilliard and New Albany, Ohio, investing approximately $145 million and creating 80 jobs in the Columbus Region.
Amazon.com Inc. plans to open its fifth Buckeye State fulfillment center in Euclid, Ohio, which will create more than 1,000 full-time positions. Associates at the 650,000-square-foot facility will pick, pack and ship customer items such as electronics, books, housewares and toys.
Amazon.com, Inc. plans to open its fourth Ohio fulfillment center in Monroe, which will create more than 1,000 full-time positions. Associates at the one-million-square-foot facility will pick, pack and ship larger customer items such as sports equipment, gardening tools, and pet food.
Amazon plans to open a new fulfillment center in North Randall, Ohio, which will create more than 2,000 full-time associate jobs, with benefits and opportunities to engage with Amazon Robotics in a highly technological workplace.
Canada-based Mucci Farms plans a large-scale, multi-year, investment to expand its production plant to Huron, Ohio.
A. Schulman, Inc., a leading international supplier of high-performance plastic compounds, masterbatches, powders and resinswill open a distribution center at its Stryker, Ohio plant to serve customers located in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin.
Amazon will establish its newest centralized air cargo hub at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport (CVG) in Hebron, Kentucky, with plans to hire 2,000 associates.
Technology Recovery Group, a TruWest Company, will move its distribution warehouse for retail-based operations to 1006 Crocker Road in Westlake, Ohio. The barcoding business currently headquartered at 31390 Viking Parkway will utilize the new space for distribution and retail rollouts amidst consistent growth.
National DCP, the $2 billion supply chain management cooperative for Dunkin' Donuts franchisees, plans to open its eighth distribution center in Twinsburg, Ohio in October.
Whirlpool Corporation plans to expand its Greenville, Ohio Factory Distribution Center , which services all global shipments of KitchenAid small appliances
In mid-July, PwC released its Q2 2016 Manufacturing Barometer, which surveyed senior executives at U.S.-based industrial manufacturing firms to determine their assessment of the direction of the nation’s economy, as well as their projections for thei
Cushman & Wakefield has announced that U.S. industrial markets absorbed a record-setting 70.1 million square feet (msf) of space in the second quarter of 2016, up 6.0 percent from the same period a year ago, and resulting in year-to-date absorption o
Nine business expansion projects, approved by the Ohio Tax Credit Authority, are expected to spark more than $130 million in total investment throughout the Buckeye State.
Bleckmann, a Dutch-Belgo company dedicated to third-party logistics in the fashion and lifestyle sector, is entering the U.S. market with a $3.5 million investment in a 175,000 square foot distribution center in Johnstown Business Park at 188 Commerce Boulevard in Johnstown Ohio.
Bettcher Industries, Inc., a leading worldwide developer and manufacturer of innovative equipment for food processing, foodservice, industrial and medical markets, opened its Bettcher Innovation Center in Birmingham, Ohio.
Coty Inc., a leading global beauty company, will invest more than $4 million to add manufacturing of cosmetics kits to its current distribution complex in Etna Township, Ohio.The company will invest in machinery and equipment to expand its current facility.
Kenco, a leading provider of integrated logistics solutions, real estate services and material handling equipment, is expanding its presence in the Columbus, Ohio Region.
Amazon.com, Inc. plans to open a more than 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center in the Village of Obetz and 800,000 square foot distribution center in Etna Township, Ohio. Together these Amazon facilities will bring more than 2,000 jobs to the region.
Expedient Data Centers, a leading provider of colocation, cloud computing, managed hosting and internet related connectivity services, opened the first phase of a new 60,000 sq. ft. data center in Dublin, Ohio. The addition of the new Dublin data center facility, comes on the heels of Expedient's 2013 expansion at its Upper Arlington Data Center, which opened in 2011.
Grote Company, the world’s leading manufacturer of precision slicing and application equipment for food processing, plans to move its newly acquired Pizzamatic production facility to Gahanna, Ohio. The company will invest $850,000 to expand its current headquarters at 1160 Gahanna Parkway and will add 13 new jobs.
An industrial scaffolding manufacturer, Atlantic Pacific Equipment, Inc. plans to open a new warehouse and logistics facility in Marion, Ohio. The new facility at 2565 Harding Highway East will service the company’s Midwest and Northeast markets.
Developers Chris Semarjian of Industrial Commercial Properties and Stuart Lichter of Industrial Realty Group partnered to invest in Northeastern Ohio with the purchase of a 195,000 sq. ft. building, situated on 42 wooded acres at 6800 Arnold Miller Parkway, in Solon, Ohio, that can house manufacturing and warehousing facilities.
Anheuser-Busch will invest more than $1.5 billion in its U.S. brewing, agriculture, packaging and distributing operations by 2018. Expansion projects are currently underway in four cities and five production sites in; St. Louis, Fort Collins, Los Ang
GOJO, inventors of PURELL Advanced Hand Sanitizer, will lease 1.3 million square feet of space in Wooster, Ohio, which will be used to expand manufacturing, warehousing and distribution operations.
J&R Schugel Trucking, Inc. will invest $3.5 million in the Columbus, Ohio, Region to expand its current location at 4630 Journal St. and adding 20 employees to its existing 24- person workforce.
Benchmark Education Company, a leading publisher of K-12 educational resources, will invest $300,000 to open a distribution center in the Columbus Region. The existing, 140,000-square-foot space at 6295 Commerce Center Dr. in Groveport, Ohio, will al
SupplyHouse.com, an online retailer serving the plumbing, heating and HVAC marketplace, plans to open a fulfillment center in the Columbus, Ohio, region. The company’s $300,000 commitment also will include the addition of 40 jobs in the next three years.
Lubrication Specialties, Inc., a firm which specializes in hard-to-handle automotive lubrication areas, will invest more than $1.9 million to build a new facility in Morrow County, Ohio. The investment, which also includes the creation of 20 new jobs, is prompted by the growth and success of the company’s flagship product, Hot Shot’s Secret Stiction Eliminator.
Sage Sustainable Electronics, a newly created sustainable electronics company, will invest more than $2.5 million to open its headquarters and processing center on the west side of Columbus, Ohio. The expansion will add an estimated 50 technology sector jobs, including headquarters and production personnel.
Amanda Manufacturing, a Deshler Group company specializing in metalforming, began construction on a $5 million expansion and renovation of its facility in Logan, Ohio. The 130,000 square foot building will expand by nearly 40 percent, with 54,880 additional square feet of manufacturing plant space, a 14,000 square foot new office and facade improvement. The expansion is expected to be completed by spring of 2016.
MNX Global Logistics, a leading global provider of time-critical transportation and logistics services, opened its Global Customer Excellence Center in Gahanna, Ohio, creating 50 jobs in the region.
TimkenSteel, a leader in customized alloy steel products and services, will locate its advanced quench-and-temper facility to produce more value-added steel for demanding applications in Perry Township in Northeast Ohio.
A provider of petroleum based lubrication products and services in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest Regions, PetroChoice, opened a 19,000 square foot distribution center in Bridgeport, Ohio.
China’s largest auto glass manufacturer, Fuyao Glass America Inc., will invest $200 million to create its first North American glass manufacturing facility in 1.4-million square feet of industrial space at the former General Motors Moraine, Ohio, assembly plant site.
Stanley Electric US Co., which designs and manufactures lighting systems, climate control units and displays for the automotive and motorcycle industry, plans to build a more than $82 million, state-of-the-art, lighting production facility in London, Ohio, near the company’s existing location at 420 E. High Street.
Tri-State Beef, Inc, a subsidiary of Dae Kyung Oil and Transportation Co., Ltd, has chosen Dan Evans Industrial Park in Bidwell, Ohio, for its new $30 million North American beef slaughter, packaging, and advanced protein processing facility. The project will create nearly 250 new jobs.
Columbus Castings, the largest single-site steel foundry in North America, plans to invest $16 million to upgrade and expand its existing facility, located at 2211 Parsons Avenue in Columbus, Ohio. The company plans to double its workforce with 550 new jobs and expand its overall production, including its new Z-Knuckle rail casting.
A leader in Prior Authorization and one of the fastest growing healthcare technology companies, CoverMyMeds, will invest more than $3 million to outfit new, larger office space in Columbus, Ohio, with plans to add more than 100 new jobs during the ne
MSC Industrial Supply Company, a distributor of Metalworking and Maintenance, Repair and Operations supplies to industrial customers throughout North America, opened its 400,000 square foot, $55.5 million, Customer Fulfillment Center on 70 acres in Columbus, Ohio.
Thor Industries, Inc. plans a significant expansion of its production and office capacity at the Company's Airstream subsidiary in Jackson Center, Ohio. The project will add approximately 94,000 square-feet to Airstream's existing 134,000 square-foot
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