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Central Ohio: The Heart of Distribution With its central location at the intersection of both north-south and east-west interstates and state highways, it seems like all roads lead to Columbus. Perhaps that's why so many distribution facilities are finding the capital city's appeal too great to resist.
In Columbus, however, even distribution goes high tech, with e-commerce firms setting up shop there. SubmitOrder.com has opted to put a new distribution complex in Groveport to keep up with the e-commerce service and third-party logistics demands brought on by the new Internet-based economy. The Dublin, Ohio-based logistics provider, which is a division of Digital Storage, has agreed to lease 437,000 sq. ft. (40,599 sq. m.) of space at the Groveport Commerce Center. SubmitOrder.com provides its clients with information technology, customer support and logistics help, and its clients include such names as Kodak.com and the Internet retail division of Zany Brainy, an educational toys retailer.
Columbus's economy is based on much more than just distribution, however. It also focuses on such industries as electronic commerce like SubmitOrder.com, manufacturing, research and development, and the services sector.
Service-oriented operations like call centers have also found Columbus a good location for setting up shop. SubmitOrder.com, for instance, plans to add a customer service center to its administrative offices in Dublin, where it already has one call center that employs approximately 100 workers.
Lee Johnson, the state development director, says, "With the addition of Interactive Teleservices headquarters to the Columbus area, the central Ohio region continues to emerge as a leading center for business growth." SS
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General Motors Corp. recently selected Groveport Commerce Center for its 504,000-sq.-ft. (46,823-sq.-m.) distribution center. The facility is one of three new AC Delco replacement auto parts facilities announced by GM last year, and it will serve independent distributors and retailers of AC Delco parts.
Along with distribution, manufacturing has become more advanced in the Columbus market as well. Olan Plastics, which produces insert molding and thermo-plastic injection molds and specializes in cost-effective conversions of metal parts to plastic, has recorded more than 20 industrial design patents and the company continues to prosper. Recently Olan Plastics opened a new 30,000-sq.-ft. (2,787-sq.-m.) custom injection molding manufacturing plant in Canal Winchester.