(Hamilton)--The Butler County Commissioners have approved a $10 million allocation of American Rescue Plan Act Funding to Miami University. The money will be used to buy the Vora Tech building in Knightsbridge. That's where Miami and Butler Tech will work together to create a new advanced manufacturing workforce and innovation hub which will provide training and research for students who want to prepare for jobs in the manufacturing sector. Regional manufacturers are also locating at the facility, which is expected to launch in January of 2026. Miami says 16 companies have already committed to join the hub. They include:
- Alloy Growth Lab
- AMIP
- thyssenKrupp Bilstein of America
- CTL
- Emersion
- General Tool
- JEE Foods
- Juxtom
- MSP
- Nth Cycle
- Standard Aero
- TechSolve
- TRAK Machine Tools
- United Grinding North America
- Veolia
- Yaskawa
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