Why Auburn?

Why choose Auburn? Take your pick from our many advantages!

• Community-owned fiber optic infrastructure that supports delivery of telecommunications services (telephone, Internet and soon television) and facilitates the utilization of smart grid technology and the distribution of electricity
• Lowest electric rate in state
• Municipally-owned water and sewer system that has been supporting businesses and residents with low rates for decades
• Proximity to Internet 2, one of the country’s eight major fiber optic cable spines
• Central location in the Midwest that is within a day’s drive to more than 75 percent of the U.S. and parts of Canada
• Close proximity to two airports, rail lines and several metro highways
• Less than 200 miles from Indianapolis, Chicago and Detroit
• Extensive manufacturing and transportation/logistics networks
• Employer base that is strong in both large corporations as well as small businesses and startups

Major Auburn Employers

• Nucor
• Steel Dynamics
• DeKalb Memorial Hospital
• Cooper Standard Automotive
• Metal Technologies Inc
• Tower Automotive
• Rieke Packaging
• Guardian Automotive