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Ohio’s Enterprise Appalachia Region Already Delivers for Major Corporations

Many major corporations understand the advantages of Appalachia Ohio and already have facilities located here, including: General Electric, MeadWestvaco, Chevron-Phillips, Dow Chemical, Thermo Electron Corp., Colgate-Palmolive, Detroit Diesel, Mills Pride, Kenworth, Ormet, Cincinnati Milicron, Liebert Corporation, Alliance Data Systems, Kraton Polymers, Colfor Manufacturing, US Enrichment Corporation and Nova Chemical.

Learn more from the benefits these companies have experienced through locating their business in Appalachia Ohio.

Success Stories

Thermo Fisher Scientific in Marietta - company was recently designated as one of Best Plants in North America by Industry Week Magazine and they just announced expansion plans. Read more»

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Interviews with Ohio Executives

Mike Broderick, President & CEO, Turning Technologies, LLC (Youngstown, Ohio)
Find out what brought Ohio native Mike Broderick home.

Jerry Hutton, Dean of Energy and Transportation Technologies, Hocking College (Nelsonville, OH)
Learn what the future holds for Ohio's energy industry.