These 18 companies were Butler County’s biggest growers last year

Magnode Corp. workers band extruded aluminum at their Trenton plant in this 2012 photo. FILE.

Magnode Corp. workers band extruded aluminum at their Trenton plant in this 2012 photo. FILE.

Eighteen projects — 14 of them expansions and four of them new locations — represented the largest investment and job creators announced last year, according to the 2017 Growth Report for Butler County.

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Those projects represent more $105 million in new investment, almost 1 million square feet in new construction, 746 new jobs created and at least 1,222 jobs retained.

Here’s a look at those projects:

CompanyInvestmentJobs retainedJobs created
American Manpower Services, Inc, Hamilton$46,000,000N/A200
UPS Supply Chain Solutions, Inc., West Chester$2,510,000N/A130
The O'Gara Group, Inc., West Chester$400,00018881
Aero Fulfillment Services Corporation, Fairfield$2,750,00019965
Magnode Corporation, Trenton$13,000,00020050
Workstream Inc., Fairfield$289,62510545
DNA Diagnostics Center, Inc., Fairfield$85,00024040
ProFill Holdings, West Chester$1,406,682N/A30
Saf-Holland, Inc., West Chester$100,000N/A30
Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLC, West Chester$17,900,0008229
Octal Extrusion Corporation, West Chester$7,500,0005020
OCS IntelliTrak, Fairfield$1,500,0003510
Standex Electronics, Fairfield$3,900,00012310
Kosei North America, West Chester$2,067,795N/A6
Lewis-Goetz, West Chester$1,229,355N/A0
ASIC Corporation, West Chester$1,300,000N/A0
Contingent Technology Solutions, West Chester$3,266,000N/A0
Anest Iwata USA, West Chester$354,960N/A0

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