Superior Aluminum Products, a manufacturer of aluminum railings, fencing, columns and column wraps, recently held a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the company’s 50,000-square foot expansion at its Russia, Ohio, facility.
The new addition represents a 45 percent increase in the facility’s current size and will have space for manufacturing and administrative offices, along with engineering, design, research and development, and customer service. The expansion will add 17 new jobs to the Superior Aluminum family over the next three years with support from the Dayton Development Coalition. Family-owned Superior Aluminum has averaged more than 30 percent growth over the past three years, fueled by new products such as patented Snap-Tite PVC column wraps, mesh railing and glass railing. Even with that healthy growth, they’ve maintained a 97 percent on-time delivery rate.
In their remarks, members of the Superior Aluminum team emphasized why the company decided to stay in west central Ohio: the people. President Doug Borchers, the son of co-founder Ed Borchers, said at the ceremony, “I know what the labor pool is in Russia and Shelby County, and it is known that these people are hardworking, they’re small town, with Midwest farming community values and work ethic.”
The event was attended by current and former employees, past presidents, as well as local economic leaders including Taylor Armstrong (Legislative Aid to Ohio Representative Tim Barhorst), Bob Guillozet (Shelby County Commissioner), Jim Hill (Sidney-Shelby Economic Partnership), Julie Sullivan (Dayton Development Coalition). The expansion is expected to be completed and operational by April 2024.
