Streetsboro – Portage County The Technology House, a contract manufacturer specializing in advanced digital manufacturing, including 3D printing, prototyping and production services. The Technology House project involves expanding 3D production capacity. The expansion is expected to create 72 full-time-equivalent positions, generating $5,362,440 in new annual payroll. The expansion will focus on The Technology House’s aerospace…

Strongsville – Cuyahoga County Webb Chemical Service Corp., a distributor of chemicals and food ingredients headquartered in Muskegon, Michigan, is expanding with a new distribution center at 21600 Drake Road in Strongsville. This facility will strengthen Webb Chemical’s capacity to efficiently serve customers throughout the Midwest. The company will renovate a former chemical distribution site…

Perrysburg The facility will manufacture washer and dryer components, generating up to 150 jobs. This factory will be Whirlpool’s 11th U.S. facility and its sixth in Ohio. Whirlpool is headquartered in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Whirlpool stated that the project depends on securing final approval for incentives and support from the state of Ohio. Once these…

Bellevue, Sandusky County Autokiniton announced a $313 million expansion of their Bellevue manufacturing facility. The project will add roughly 215,000 square feet, install new production lines and assembly equipment, upgrade rail access, and expand tooling and machinery. Work begins immediately and is expected to be completed in about 18 months. The expansion will create 97…

Brecksville, Valor Acres Development The new state-of-the-art laboratory and office facility will address evolving needs of global manufacturing customers.  The new facility will employ over 200 in over 290,000 square feet and include both testing laboratories and offices, designed to address the evolving needs of its global manufacturing customers.  CSA Group operates globally providing testing,…

Defiance and Archbold First Quality is investing $984 million in a new facility located between Krouse and Whetstone Roads, just west of Defiance. Construction began last year on a 1.6-million-square-foot plant that will produce paper products such as tissue and paper towels. This project is expected to create over 400 jobs and generate $22.5 million…

Perrysburg – Wood County First Solar is building a 1.3 million-square-foot R&D center; the center will produce full-sized prototypes of thin-film and tandem photovoltaic modules (a.k.a. solar panels). This capability is important because advancements in thin-film technology help make solar energy more affordable. The facility is believed to be the largest of its kind in…

Orrville – Wayne County Smucker’s will be building a $13 million dollar R&D Facility to continue to bring new and innovative products to consumers.  The company expected Uncrustables® to deliver $1 billion in annual sales by fiscal year 2026. This R&D Facility will create 35 jobs with a payroll of $2 million.

Mentor Spazzolplastica is building up its U.S. production base in plastics and wire, opening a site in Mentor to make wire basket spools.  The firm already operates a molding plant in Stow, making plastic spools and drums. In December 2025, Spazzolplastica merged with AM Teknostampi SpA to make a new firm titled Teknospool srl. Officials…

Columbus Worthington Steel plans to buy Germany’s Kloeckner & Co in a deal that values the metals trading firm at $2.4 billion, as the company looks to strengthen its position in North America. Kloeckner & Co, which operates out of about 110 sites across North America and Europe, offers carbon flat-roll steel, electrical steel, and aluminum,…