Amazon
Description: New 1.3 million square foot fulfillment center
Announced: 2017
Location: 100 Exploration Drive, Monroe
Jobs created: 750 (with more to follow)
Opened: June 2019
Kroger/Ocado
Description: Construction of a “shed,” a 335,000-square-foot facility with digital and robotic capabilities
Announced: November 2018
Location: 6266 Hamilton Lebanon Road, Monroe
Jobs created: 400
Expected completion: Spring 2021
Rhinestahl
Description: Construction of new $14 million global headquarters
Announced: September 2019
Location: Mason Research & Design Park
Jobs relocated/created: 195
New jobs: 100 jobs over five years
Expected completion: 2021
SugarCreek
Description: $36 million investment includes the addition of two new product lines and 15,000 square feet of office space, as well as significant modifications to its existing production capabilities.
Announced: October 2019
Location: 4235 Thunderbird Lane in West Chester Twp.
Jobs relocated/created: n/a
New jobs: 120 over seven years
Expected completion: n/a
Precision Castparts Corp.
Description: $128 million investment to build a concept research and development integration center for its PCC Aerostructures division and a manufacturing innovation center for its SPS Technologies business
Announced: December 2019
Location: Mason Research & Development Park
New jobs: 190 jobs in four years
Expected completion: TBD
Energizer Holdings
Description: Company moving its auto products distribution operation from a distribution complex near Dayton International Airport to Monroe
Announced: December 2019
Location: Park North Building 10 on Exploration Drive in Monroe
Jobs relocated: Not immediately clear
Expected completion: Spring 2020
VEGA
Description: Relocation of company following construction of new $50 million headquarters
Announced: January 2020
Location: Mason Research & Design Park
Jobs relocated: 217
New jobs: 50 in five years
Expected completion: 2021
The Fischer Group
Project: 30,000-square-foot manufacturing expansion and 20,000-square-foot headquarters building
Month announced: February 2019
Location of project: 2028 Bohlke Blvd., Fairfield
Jobs relocated or created from the start: 114
New jobs projected to be created and when: 100 in three years
Expected completion of project: 2021
Rolled Alloys
Project: 45,000-square-foot manufacturing expansion
Month announced: March 2019
Location of project: 4085 Thunderbird Lane, Fairfield
Jobs relocated or created from the start: 50
New jobs projected to be created and when: 10 in three years
Expected completion of project: 2019
Calvary Industries
Project: 9,000-square-foot manufacturing and warehouse expansion
Month announced: July 2019
Location of project: 9233 Seward Road, Fairfield
Jobs relocated or created from the start: 67
New jobs projected to be created and when: 8 in three years
Expected completion of project: 2020
Hamilton Caster
Project: Expansion at location of former Hamilton Inn
Month announced: April 2019
New jobs: 10 new positions created in 2019, which is driving the need to expand into a new building
Expected completion of project: late 2020
80 Acres Farms & Infinite Acres
Project: Country’s first fully automated indoor farm, and corporate and international headquarters moving to downtown Hamilton
Month announced: July 2019
Location of project: Hamilton Enterprise Park
Jobs relocated or created from the start: 125
Expected completion of project: n/a
Darana Hybrid
Project: Relocated headquarters to Hamilton; rehabilitated industrial building in Lindenwald
Month announced: January 2017
Location of project: 903 Belle Ave
Current employment: 290
completion of project: Fall 2019
JWF Technologies
Project: Moved to HEP
Groundbreaking: July 2018
Location of project: HEP
Jobs relocated or created from the start: 43
New jobs projected to be created and by when: 5 in five years
completion of project: Summer 2019
Salvagnini America
Project: Expansion & capital investment at current location
Groundbreaking: late 2018
Location of project: Symmes Road and the Ohio 4 Bypass
Jobs relocated or created from the start: n/a
New jobs projected to be created and by when: 15 in 3 years
Expected completion of project: early 2020
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