Eight projects have potential to create or retain 1,485 jobs in Greater Cincinnati and generate more than $22.2M in capital investments.

Maker of automated auto systems bought a 187,000 sq-ft facility to manufacturing body-in-white or automotive skeletons.

Co. to convert ground beef plant at Columbus, NE, to a cooked meats facility; relocate that ground beef production to WI and TX.

Purdue Research Park network will construct a 40,000 sq-ft facility in new aerospace district to house R&D group for Rolls-Royce, other companies.

Hardware and improvement store Menard, Inc. will break ground on a new 185,000 sq ft manufacturing and distribution facility.

Technology co., cofounded by Jack Dorsey, who also co-founded Twitter, opened a permanent office in St. Louis’ Cortex Innovation Community.

Provider of cloud-based, consumer-directed healthcare has grown from a workforce of two to about 150 team members in the Fargo area.

Co. opened a new 20,000 sq-ft Tech Center for R&D, prototyping, engineering, tool design and build, and program management for new products.

These awards from the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) board will assist in the creation of 199 jobs.

Auto maker to increase its production capacity by nearly 100,000 units annually. Expansion expected to spur growth of direct material suppliers.