2015 Successes
“Amazon has launched three data center sites in Ohio, adding a second US East availability region for the Amazon Web Services cloud…” More details here.
“Less than a year after announcing its plans, Amazon has opened a large-scale distribution center in Etna Township…” Read more here.
Apeks Supercritical moved into a brand-new facility, marking the completion of phase one of a two-phase expansion announced in 2014. The company was named the 2nd fastest growing business in central Ohio by Columbus Business First as part of the annual Fast 50 ranking in 2015. Full details here.
“Central Ohio manufacturer Ariel Corp. is expanding production of natural-gas compressor parts, setting up new operations at a site in Licking County, a short drive from the company’s main plant and headquarters in Mount Vernon…” Full details here.
“CCL Label Inc. would add 80 full-time jobs in a $3.6 million project targeted at New Albany … The company is part of CCL Industries, which is based in Toronto, Canada.” Full details here.
“Prologis Park 70 on U.S. 40 continues to grow. Licking County development officials recently confirmed an international company is locating inside the park, bringing 25 new jobs with it. Giti Tire, a tire company headquartered in Singapore, is moving into the corporate park, leasing 265,000 square feet inside a recently-completed spec building…” More details here.
MPW announced a $10 million expansion to add a 76,000 square foot engineering and technology center to the headquarters in Hebron. The project will create nearly 60 jobs over the next five years, and serve as a foundation for future growth in Ohio and across the United States and Canada.
“…The century-old Utica company is beginning work next week on a $3 million expansion of its cold-storage capacity - a 21,000-square foot freezer designed to hold its four flavors of vanilla, tubs of salted chocolate fudge and other creations at an Arctic 20 degrees below zero…” Full details here.
“Mistras Group, Inc. announced today it has signed a 15-year build-to-suit lease with the Heath-Newark-Licking County Port Authority which will retain the 130-person operations in Heath and provide for expansion at the Central Ohio Aerospace and Technology Center … the plans [are] for [a] 60,000 square foot new facility…” Full details here.
The Bionetics Corporation is a diversified engineering and applied science company with a strong heritage of exceptional customer service to federal, state, local and commercial markets. Bionetics was formed in 1969 by five scientists to support the Viking mission to Mars, and their service to the aerospace and scientific community continues to this day. Bionetics can access the full range of skills and capabilities to address customer challenges. Bionetics continues to invest in their business and Heath, Ohio.
“…Vee Pak officials plan to invest $8 million and add 60,000 to 70,000 square feet to the 105,000-square-foot New Albany facility.
The expansion would create 90 jobs with an estimated annual payroll of $3 million, said Jennifer Chrysler, New Albany’s community development director…” Full story here.
“Axium Plastics Inc. plans to invest $10.5 million in a second expansion in New Albany. New Albany City Council approved a 15-year, 100 percent tax abatement Tuesday evening for a second 90,000-square-foot expansion of the plant Axium established at the New Albany International Business Park in 2011. The original facility in the park's Personal Care and Beauty Campus was 110,000 square feet…” Full details here.
