Area Information April 29, 2014
Major Employers Company
Industry
Number of Employees
1) Butler County
Government
1,750
2) Hamilton City School District
Education
1,095
3) Fort Hamilton Hospital
Health Care
1,020
4) Community First Solutions
Health Care
650
5) City of Hamilton
Government
640
6) Miami University -Â Hamilton
Education
370
7) ThyssenKrupp Bilstein of America
Manufacturing
350
8) Meijer
Retail
325
9) The Kroger Company
Retail
250
10) Valeo Climate Control
Manufacturing
235
11) First Financial Bank
Financial
230
12) Vinylmax (HQ)
Manufacturing
190
13) Interstate Warehousing
Distribution
186
14) Connector Manufacturing
Manufacturing
150
15) Matandy Steel & Metal Products
Manufacturing
110
16) United Performance Metals
Manufacturing
 100
Company News in 2014 Two Hamilton companies have announced expansion projects in 2014. Interstate Warehousing, a cold storage warehousing company with eight locations around the country, has announced expansion plans in Hamilton. The expansion includes 25 new jobs with a payroll of $900,000 and $3.1 million in new capital investment. Interstate Warehousing currently employs 186 people at its Hamilton facility, which is located at 110 Distribution Drive. Bethesda Butler Hospital announced an expansion project in April. A multimillion-dollar expansion is expected to add 38 beds and create up to 50 jobs, most of which will be for nurses. TriHealth, which bought the hospital in 2012, expects to break ground in the next few weeks for a two-story inpatient building that will encompass 45,000 square feet.
Company
New Jobs
Existing Jobs
New Payroll Created
Existing Payroll
New Capital Investment
Interstate Warehousing
25
186
$900,000 million
$5.9 million
$3.1 million
Bethesda Butler Hospital
50
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
>$2 million
New Companies in 2013 Six companies chose Hamilton as the location to grow, and announced or initiated projects that will create 391 new jobs. The new companies represent a wide variety of industries and specialties, including a plastics processing facility, a pharmacy call center, an information technology sales headquarters, a data center, a lubricants and coolants specialist, and an environmental clean-up company.
Company iMFLUX
Jobs
Payroll
Capital Investment
251
$17.5 million
$50 million
Aims
44
$4.2 million
$3.5 million
Koncert IT
40
$8.9 million
Not disclosed
Midwest Environmental Services
26
$1 million
$100,000
Coolants Plus
17
$1.5 million
$100,000
Liferay
13
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
Total
391
>$33 million
>$53.7 million
iMFLUX, a plastics processing subsidiary of P&G, announced it would be locating in Hamilton with plans to relocate their 30 current employees and create 221 jobs within three years. The project will create $17.5 million in new payroll. They will be locating at 3550 Symmes Road, the former Hamilton Fixture building. They plan to invest $50 million in capital improvements as part of this project. Liferay, a fast-growing California-based technology company, opened its national sales office in the Robinson-Schwenn building in downtown Hamilton in 2013. They will employ up to 15 people. AIMS, a new subsidiary of Ascendum Solutions IT, which offers high-availability hosting and cloud services to small, medium and enterprise clients, located at Vora Technology Park in 2013. They plan to hire for 50 cutting-edge information technology positions in 2014. Also at Vora Technology Park is Koncert IT, a knowledge processing center producing pharmacy support through a partnership with Kroger, which continued to grow in 2013, employing 40 people.
iMFLUX’s new Hamilton location at 3550 Symmes Rd.
Company Expansions in 2013 Expansion projects at Hamilton facilities created 215 new jobs and retained 408 jobs in 2013. ThyssenKrupp Bilstein of America, a manufacturer of automobile parts which is headquartered in Hamilton, began expanding its workforce by 100 additional employees, raising their number of employees to 350 in Hamilton and adding an additional payroll of $2.9 million. The new project will include $11.2 million in capital investment. ThyssenKrupp Bilstein is Hamilton’s largest manufacturing employer. Valeo, a global automotive parts supplier, also expanded in 2013. Valeo announced the addition of 105 new jobs to its Hamilton facility. Once the hiring is complete, they will employ 240 people. The project will result in $4.3 million in new payroll and $15 million in capital investment.
Company
New Jobs
Existing Jobs
New Payroll Created
Existing Payroll
New Capital Investment
Valeo
105
135
$4.3 million
$5.5 million
$15 million
ThyssenKrupp Bilstein
100
250
$2.9 million
$12.3 million
$11.2 million
10
23
$300,000
$800,000
$4.1 million
215
408
$7.5 million
$18.6 million
$30.3 million
Roadrunner
Total
ThyssenKrupp Bilstein of America employees at work.
School Enrollment School
Enrollment
Hamilton City Schools
9,611
Miami University Hamilton
4,360
Badin High School
530
St. Peter in Chains
208
St. Ann’s
146
Total
14,855
Miami University Hamilton Miami University’s Hamilton Campus (MUH) has grown by over 1,000 students in the last five years. Since 2000, MUH has invested $16.3 million in capital improvements at the campus. Less than five years ago, MUH offered just two bachelor’s degrees. Today, the campus has five accredited degrees and recently announced it would be adding more 4-year programs. One of MUH’s investments in Hamilton is Miami University Hamilton Downtown (MUHD), which was conceived as a multi-use facility that strengthens the connection between campus and community. MUHD was recently renovated as part of a five year lease to provide greater security for exhibits, to allow a more sound-controllable space for daytime events, and to create an attractive multi-use space. This space hosts a variety of events throughout the year, including movies, music, community meetings, and much more, becoming a center of cultured activities in downtown Hamilton.
Hamilton City Schools Hamilton City Schools have been transformed by the vision and support of the School District’s stakeholders. Over the past few years, the Hamilton City School District implemented $240 million in new capital investments that created state-of-the-art learning facilities. Ten new schools and two completely renovated schools are the result of the investments; all are state-of-the-art and uniquely designed to fit the neighborhood feel. No other school district in Ohio has done such a comprehensive Master Facilities Plan for all of its schools. In 2012, the Hamilton City School District received the National District of Character Award, the only school district in the nation to receive the recognition. The award is for their comprehensive character education initiative.
Hamilton High School is one of the schools renovated under the Master Facilities Plan
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Healthcare Fort Hamilton Hospital Fort Hamilton, the largest private employer in Hamilton and a partner of the City since 1929, completed a $5 million expansion of the Carruthers Emergency Room in 2013. The expansion is a response to increased demand and will improve access, service, and efficiency. The hospital’s newly expanded Sleep Lab opened in January 2013. Fort Hamilton is part of the Kettering Health Network.
Bethesda Butler Hospital Bethesda Butler County, part of the TriHealth Network, offers a range of high quality, specialty services as a ten bed surgical hospital and recently expanded its services to the community. In Fall 2012, Bethesda increased cardiology services and, in early 2013, opened a 17 bed Emergency Room, supported by on-site diagnostic services as well as surgical and inpatient care. In 2014, Bethesda Butler Hospital announced another expansion that will result in a total of 48 beds.
Community First Solutions Community First Solutions, the non-profit parent company of Colonial, Community Behavioral Health, Community First Pharmacy, and Partners in Prime, has quickly grown to be one of the City’s largest employers, second only to Fort Hamilton in the private sector. Services provided by Community First Solutions reach approximately 40,000 people in Butler, Hamilton, Montgomery, and Warren Counties. In 2012, Community First Solutions completed the following capital investments in Hamilton: • Completed a $3.5 million renovation of the Donna Y. Carruthers Manor House at Berkeley Square, one of Colonial’s communities • Community First Pharmacy, a non-profit Downtown pharmacy which fills the prescriptions of both insured and uninsured, was renovated and expanded • Opened Elements at the Square, a $1.3 million wellness center at Berkeley Square
Fort Hamilton’s new emergency room.
Entertainment Destinations RiversEdge In September 2013, RiversEdge Amphitheater and Overlook was completed. It is located in downtown Hamilton on the Great Miami Rivers Thousands of people have already enjoyed concerts at this venue and the City is planning for many activities at the amphitheater for 2014. The City is excited to build on the success of RiversEdge Amphitheater and Overlook to develop the next phase of the park. In 2014, the City, in conjunction with MKSK Design firm, will be developing a Master Plan for the remaining portion of the development site, located at the former Mercy Hospital site downtown.
Joyce Park Joyce Park is a large park in Hamilton that brings hundreds of familes out each year for many different events. Joyce Park has soccer fields, baseball fields, picnic areas, playgrounds, archery, cable water sports, a skateboarding park, and much more. It is more than a community park, but rather a destination that brings people to Hamilton from around the region. Furthermore, some of its events, such as the Archery Tournament and various soccer tournaments, attract people from around the country.
RiversEdge amphitheater in downtown Hamilton. Photo credit Brian Vogel.
About Hamilton Located in the heart of the Cincinnati-Dayton metroplex, Hamilton is Butler County’s Seat of government and its center for finance, industry, arts and culture. Hamilton, Ohio is the second largest city in the tri-state Cincinnati region.
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