Schaeffler
Headquarters: Herzogenaurach, Germany · E-MotorsFit score 75/100
What they do
Schaeffler is a global motion-technology supplier manufacturing electric axles, e-motors and electric powertrain components for hybrid and battery-electric vehicles.
Expansion / growth signal observed
Schaeffler announced more than $230 million of investment in Ohio through 2032, anchored by a new greenfield plant in Dover producing electric beam axles and e-drivetrain systems (about 130,000 sq ft, targeted to open Q3 2025), alongside a roughly 90,000 sq ft Wooster expansion producing electric motors and components — 650 jobs in total across the program.
Signal type: New plant + expansion — $230M program, 650 jobs · Signal date: 2024-02-26
Fit score — how 75/100 is built
Scoring rationale: Signal strength 22/25: greenfield plant plus brownfield expansion in one program. North America 21/25: Ohio cluster (Dover + Wooster) chosen explicitly for proximity to OEM customers — the same logic that applies to Southeast Michigan. Scale 20/25: $230M and 650 jobs. Recency 12/25: announced February 2024 with the Dover opening targeted for Q3 2025 — a German supplier mid-build-out in the Great Lakes is a live GEM relationship, not a closed file.
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