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Auglaize County has an outstanding labor force of over 25,200 with more than 6500 jobs in manufacturing. Beyond location, Auglaize County is blessed with a skilled workforce and availability to customized career pathway training programs offered through Wright State University – Lake Campus and Rhodes State College. Also, Auglaize County is served by two vocational high schools which prepare high school students with a trade skill in Automotive Technology, Computer Assisted Drafting(CAD), Computer Support Technology, Electronics Engineering Technology, Manufacturing Engineering Technologies, Medical Technology Preparation, and Precision Machining. Within a 150 mile radius, students from Auglaize County can attend college at some of the most prestigious universities in the Midwest, including The Ohio State University, Wright State University, University of Dayton(I-75) , University of Cincinnati(I-75), University of Findlay(I-75), Bowling Green State University(I-75), University of Toledo(I-75) and the University of Michigan.

For the second year in a row, Site Selection Magazine has ranked Auglaize County as one of the top twenty micropolitans in the United States. In order to qualify for this international distinction, a micropolitan area (under 50,000 people), must have new business creation or expansion that either had a one million dollar capital investment, addition of 50 or more jobs, or had an expansion of at least 20,000 square feet. In Auglaize County, 6 companies qualified. Those companies are Graham Packaging of Minster, Safeway Packaging and Crown Corporation of New Bremen, AAP St. Marys Corporation of St. Marys, and Miller’s Textiles and Midwest Elastomers of Wapakoneta.

 

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