Company Plans Will Add 200 Jobs Over Four Years By Terry Troy Post Holdings Inc., a leading consumer packaged goods company, has announced plans to open a new 215,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in West Jefferson in the central part of the State. The project is estimated to cost $86 million and is projected to create 200 […]
Efforts Will Position Manufacturing Plant as Premium Refrigeration Plant in North America By Terry Troy Whirlpool’s recent announcement that it will invest more than $65 million in its Ottawa manufacturing operations will position the Ohio plant as the company’s Premium Refrigeration Factory in its North American Region. The investment will include an expansion of the […]
Automaker Plans to Invest $46 For Manufacturing Upgrades By Terry Troy While all automakers have been taking it on the chin of late, General Motors remains firmly committed to Ohio manufacturing, recently announcing an injection of $46 million to its Parma metal stramping operation. Parma is a suburb of Cleveland. The investment will be used […]
Thermoplastic maker will nearly double employment in SE Ohio By Terry Troy Ridge Corporation, an Ohio based manufacturer of thermoplastic materials, will invest more than $11 million to expand its production in Muskingum County, doubling the size of its facility while almost doubling the size of its workforce in Southeast Ohio. The project was done […]
American Nitrile builds most advanced U.S. manufacturing facility here By Terry Troy Some people know how to make lemonade from lemons. Others apply that principle to markets that emerge in time of crisis. To help meet the surging demand for medical and non-medical latex-free nitrile gloves, American Nitrile, a newly launched Columbus-based company, is building […]
Issues include labor shortage, infrastructure, tax increases and vaccine mandates By Terry Troy While most of us were getting ready for the upcoming holiday at the end of last month, Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), took to CNBC to talk about the important issues facing manufacturers not only […]
Glass systems maker expands Ohio operations By Terry Troy Custom Glass Solutions (CGS), North America’s leading producer of large format, laminated glass systems, recently announced major growth initiatives at both of its Ohio manufacturing locations. CGS has been operating since 1974 in Upper Sandusky and expanded operations to Fostoria in 2019. Over the next three […]
Purchasing organization partners with five manufacturers By Terry Troy With the recent surge of the COVID Delta Variant, it’s likely we’ll still see the need for PPE manufacturing until at least the end of the year and possibly beyond. CHAMPS Group Purchasing and its parent organization The Center for Health Affairs recently announced a partnership […]
EV truck maker to get $400 million from hedge fund By Terry Troy Following what could only be described as a tumultuous six weeks, it looks like Lordstown Motors near Warren may not be dead after all. The company will be receiving an infusion of $400 million from a hedge fund managed by New Jersey-based […]
Findlay plastic manufacturer invests $7.2 million to expand By Terry Troy Findlay Machine and Tool (FMT), a plastic injection molding company, will invest $7.2 million to further expand its operations in Findlay, adding 50 jobs. This will bring the company’s total local investment to over $40 million over the past 36 months. With the expansion, […]
