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Vaughn Industries Building New 120,000 Square-Foot Manufacturing Facility

Leading Construction Contractor to Create 126 New Jobs in Northwest Ohio

Published: Mon Jun 02 2025

Company Name: Vaughn Industries, LLC

Location: Carey

Site Region: Northwest

Country of Origin:

Country: U.S.A.
Region: Ohio

Industry Sector: Advanced Manufacturing

Company Profile: Vaughn Industries is an electrical-mechanical, networking, and renewables contractor specializing in complex manufacturing for advanced technology, machinery, and software applications. With over six decades in operation, Vaughn Industries focuses on fabrication, virtual design, and construction.

Company Website: https://www.vaughnindustries.com

Project Summary:

Type of Project: New Location

Jobs:

Jobs committed: 126
Jobs retained: 563
Types of jobs: Advanced Manufacturing

Capital Investment: $18,500,000

Timetable: Vaughn Industries will break ground in June and begin operations in the second quarter of 2026.

Company Need:

Vaughn Industries was seeking to construct a 120,000 square-foot manufacturing facility to maintain its current business and prepare for future growth. This new facility will bring together its virtual design, construction, and fabrication processes under one roof and will allow it to add new machinery, such as a coil line, spiral duct machine, water jet table, and unistrut extruder. A 32-foot clearance height will accommodate four bridge cranes.

Testimonial:

The open layout of the new manufacturing facility is critical to ensure efficiency and logistics in all of our fabrication processes. “The quality of our employees is second to none. We strongly believe in creating jobs and bettering the quality of life for our employees and the community.

- John Barnes -

Vaughn Industries Business Development Manager

Why Ohio?

The Ohio-grown company praised the strong workforce as a key reason to expand in Carey. In addition, Ohio’s manufacturing sector employs over 600,000 skilled individuals, the third-largest manufacturing workforce in the United States. In addition, Ohio’s role as a leader in advanced manufacturing is more vital than ever as companies embrace new ways of making things with additive manufacturing, automation, advanced materials, and other new technologies.

Collaborators:

JobsOhio, Ohio Department of Development, Regional Growth Partnership, Wyandot County Office of Economic Development