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Ohio universities expand programs to train students for green collar jobs
The Daily Reporter - December 30, 2008
Ohio business and political leaders are working to position the state as a leader in the renewable energy field, from creating energy sources such as ethanol to manufacturing parts for wind turbinies. (subscriber access only)
Ohio: The State of Perfect Balance
Forbes - December 22, 2008
Ohio's friendly business environment, low cost of living and recreational resources allow people to balance business success with personal fulfillment.
Toledo's Makeover: Glass City to Solar Valley
ABC World News with Charles Gibson - December 17, 2008
In Toledo, once the glass-making capital of the country, most of the city's output over the years has gone into making everything from windshields to windows for cars and buildings. (video)
Ohio expands national leadership position in the wind industry
Farm and Dairy - December 12, 2008
The state of Ohio is expanding its national leadership role in the wind industry through significant investments recently made through the Ohio Third Frontier Program.
Cleveland wants to be first to have offshore wind farm in Lake Erie
Cleveland Plain Dealer - December 8, 2008
Ohio is uniquely positioned to become a world leader in wind energy.
Bio in Ohio
Future Pharmaceuticals - December 5, 2008
Future Pharmaceuticals speaks with Anthony Dennis, president and CEO of BioOhio, on what the Buckeye State has to offer the realm of biosciences.
A Waterfront Revival in Columbus, Ohio
The New York Times - December 3, 2008
Columbus' Arena District, a $750 million mixed-use neighborhood of housing, offices, retailing and entertainment, has attracted some of the city's most prominent architecture, law, real estate development and advertising firms and is regarded as one of the Midwest's most successful urban redevelopment projects.
"Future Cars" Manufactured in Ohio
ABC News - Good Morning America - November 25, 2008
Meyers Motors features the NmG electric car on Good Morning America.
Ohio's job outlook
Cleveland Plain Dealer - November 23, 2008
Gov. Ted Strickland's favorite four-letter word is "jobs." To bring more of them to Ohio, Strickland wants to brighten a business climate that corporate leaders say is too costly, over-regulated and short on skilled workers in key occupations.
Ohio: Leading the Way
Business Facilities - November 20, 2008
Last year, 431 corporations based in the U.S. and around the world chose to invest more than $4.2 billion in Ohio for their business expansions, making Ohio the top U.S. market for new and expanded business facilities, according to the Ohio Business Development Coalition.
Ohio's Public Colleges Lure Businesses With the Promise of a Skilled Work Force
The Chronicle of Higher Education - November 14, 2008
When NetJets, a private aviation company, announced it would keep and expand its operational headquarters here, Richard T. Santulli, chairman and chief executive, didn't give credit to tax breaks or any of the other incentives states and cities typically use to woo or retain corporations. Instead, he said the critical factor was the state's higher education system.
A Splash of Green for the Rust Belt
The New York Times - November 2, 2008
Renewable energy has become a crucial source of good jobs for Ohio's economy.
Restoring Ohio's Heritage in Higher Education
University Business - November 1, 2008
When Gov. Ted Strickland took office in 2007, he found himself presiding over a state ranking 38th in the percentage of working-age adults with a two-year college degree or higher. The problem this presents is obvious. Businesses today must compete in the global economy, which means they need workers with the education and training to compete on a global level.
Ohio connects small business owners, entrepreneurs with business growth opportunities
Entrepreneur - October 27, 2008
Iris Cooper, director of the Ohio Department of Development's Entrepreneurship and Small Business Division consults Ohio business owners and puts them in touch with business growth opportunities and training programs.
Austintown company outfits stores with people counters
Youngstown Vindicator - October 17, 2008
The keynote speaker for the event Thursday was Ed Burghard, a marketing executive at Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati who is on loan to the state to run the Ohio Business Development Coalition. This nonprofit agency is working to improve the marketing of the state around the world.
Ohio Company Recognized as Wall Street Journal's Top Small Workplaces for 2008
The Wall Street Journal - October 13, 2008
Columbus, Ohio-based Resource Interactive has made The Wall Street Journal's annual list of Top Small Workplaces for 2008.
Tax Reform a Plus for Business Attraction
Team NEO - October 1, 2008
Ohio sweeping tax reform makes it the ideal location to do business from for companies that want to be globally competitive. No tax on sales to customers outside of Ohio.
State recognized for business developments
The Columbus Dispatch - September 22, 2008
Ohio has received Area Development magazine's 2008 Silver Shovel Award, the Ohio Business Development Coalition reported recently.
Don't Believe the Doomsayers. Ohio's Economy Is Doing Fine.
The Wall Street Journal - September 6, 2008
Ohio is going to be a hard fought-over state in this presidential election. And consequently, the economy of this bellwether state has become highly scrutinized.
For the best R&D ideas, look no further than Ohio
Cleveland Plain Dealer - August 21, 2008
Research and development at enterprises in the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati areas produced 10 of this year's 100 most significant innovations, R&D Magazine says in its September issue.
Leaders discuss auto downturn, need for change
Detroit Free Press - August 17, 2008
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland spoke Thursday at the Management Briefing Seminars, presented by the Center for Automotive Research, talking up the Buckeye State's absence of a tax on corporate profits or personal property.
Kinzel touts Ohio business climate
Sandusky Register - August 14, 2008
Ohio means business - and state officials want to spread that word to other top executives.
Governor Strickland at the Center for Automotive Research's Management Briefing Seminar
WWJ-AM Detroit - August 14, 2008
Governor Strickland shares his thoughts at the Center for Automotive Research's Management Briefing Seminar on August 14. (listen)
Buckeye State Named No. 1 for Alternative Energy Projects
Energy Policy TV - August 13, 2008
The state of Ohio has been named No. 1 in the nation for alternative energy projects, including wind, solar and hydrogen. Burghard talks about what that means for the Buckeye State (listen now).
Bio-Marketing: How Ohio is Successfully Positioning Itself as a Hub for the Growing Bioscience Industry
Ohio Matters - August 8, 2008
Executive Director of the Ohio Business Development Coalition shares how Ohio has created an ideal environment for establishing and growing a bioscience company.
A Battle Royale
Medical Product Outsourcing - August 1, 2008
Steady growth in the medical device sector prompts fierce competition between US states for business.
Ohio 4th Nationally in Bioscience Review
WCPN - July 31, 2008
Business Facilities Magazine released what’s being called one of the most detailed surveys ever to examine biotech growth, spending, and research. (listen)
Initiatives in biosciences pay off
The Columbus Dispatch - July 30, 2008
Ohio's Third Frontier tech-funding initiative and university research programs have combined to put the state among the tops in the country for bioscience, a new report says.
Business Facilities Ranks Ohio 4th Strongest in Biotechnology
Bizjournals, Inc. - July 30, 2008
Biotechnology has been good to Ohio, according to rankings from a national publication.
Business groups touting continued progress from state's tax reforms
Business First of Columbus - July 21, 2008
Two years into a sweeping five-year tax reform plan, one of the state's largest business organizations is touting Ohio's progress in improving its tax climate.
Governor's City Club of Cleveland Address
Ohio Office of the Governor - July 11, 2008
Lately I've been seeing some interesting descriptions of Ohio's economy.
Ridgefield businessman urges global promotion
The Columbian - June 25, 2008
Ohio's economic development office, in partnership with the Ohio Business Coalition, sponsored a booth at the Hanover fair to promote the state's business interests. The fair is one of several the Ohio contingent makes to strengthen the state's brand.
NSF gives Ohio $1 million for 'polymer portal'
Plastics News - June 11, 2008
Industry group PolymerOhio Inc. is teaming up with the Ohio Supercomputer Center to offer state-of-the art computing portals to the state's plastics industry. (subscriber access only)
Ohio looks to crops to boost polymer industry
Canton Repository - June 4, 2008
Ohio, the leading polymer producer in the country, is trying to maintain its dominance in the field by thinking ahead to an economy less dependent on oil - the predominant source of the polymers that make up countless products.
Ohio governor pushes biopolymers
Plastics News - June 4, 2008
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland's economic stimulus package includes $50 million to encourage the development of bioproducts, such as plastic resins from corn, in a bid to link two of Ohio's most important industries. (subscriber access only)
Ohio eyes corn, crops to boost polymer industry
BusinessWeek - June 3, 2008
A potential casualty of the skyrocketing price of oil is something that doesn't first come to mind: polymers, the materials that go into making everyday items like grocery bags, yogurt containers and baby bottles.
Recommendations of Ohio polymer task force
Examiner.com - June 3, 2008
A task force set up by the Ohio Legislature will soon formally release recommendations on how to create more polymers and plastics using agriculture products.
Ohio forms polymers workforce development initiative
Reliable Plant Magazine - June 1, 2008
Ohio is expanding its global reach in the polymer industry through a new program aimed at further developing the state's workforce training programs and investing in state-of-the-art computing portals that will increase productivity and accelerate product development for Ohio businesses.
Biofuels, Biopolymers key topics of National Biotech Conference
Checkbiotech.org - June 1, 2008
The nation's agricultural biotechnology experts will convene in Ohio June 3 to 5 to discuss the role this industry will play in the future of renewable fuels, energy and industrial products.
Ohio Forms Polymer Workforce Development Program
Industry Week - May 22, 2008
Representatives of the Ohio polymers industry received a $1 million federal grant to build a computer-based resource center that companies in the state can utilize for workforce training and product development, the Ohio Business Development Coalition said on May 21.
Perspectives: Iris Cooper
Business First of Columbus - May 16, 2008
After spending decades in several industry sectors, it's fitting the leader of the Ohio Department of Development's small-business division is helping those back where she was years ago.
Look to Ohio for Fuel Cell Innovation
Domestic Fuel - May 12, 2008
Ohio describes itself as a leader in the fuel cell industry and a prominent figure in clean energy innovations.
A Conversation with Lance Criscuolo
Business First of Columbus - May 9, 2008
As general manager of Zyvex Performance Materials LLC, Lance Criscuolo, 40, is responsible for the company's high-performance materials product development and production at the Columbus office of Zyvex Corp. of Richardson, Texas.
Under the Radar
Site Selection Magazine - May 1, 2008
Recently, NetJets, Inc. was confronted with several perceived impediments to growth at its hub at Port Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio. A strong partnership between state and local government, the private sector, and The Ohio State University provided NetJets with the resources it needed to flourish. In so doing, NetJets announced on March 12, 2008, that it had selected its Columbus hub over several other candidate locations for a $200 million investment, creating 810 jobs and retaining 2,022.
Nanotech conference set
The Cincinnati Enquirer - April 9, 2008
The big potential from manipulating materials at their molecular level will be the focus of a state-wide conference here at the Great Wolf Lodge starting today.
Polymers + agriculture = $$$
Farm and Dairy - April 3, 2008
A new task force in Ohio is looking beyond ethanol and biofuels to shape the state's next agricultural revolution.
Ohio's a high-tech hot spot, jobs show
The Columbus Dispatch - April 2, 2008
As the Ohio economy continues to shed jobs overall, employment in the state's high-tech sector grew in 2006, for the second consecutive year, according to a new report.
Supply Chain Management
Leaders Magazine - April 1, 2008
An interview with Andre Thornton, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ASW, one of the largest minority-owned and certified third-party logistics companies in the United States.
Columbus tops in tech potential
The Columbus Dispatch - March 12, 2008
Columbus has achieved a reputation it's been trying to gain for years: the No. 1 up-and-coming tech city in America, according to a list by Forbes.com.
Doug O'Brien Looks at Ohio's Agriculture and Polymer Industries
Buckeye Ag Radio Network - March 12, 2008
Doug O'Brien, chair of the Ohio Agriculature to Chemicals, Polymers and Advanced Materials Task Force shares about Ohio's role in the agriculture and polymer industries. (listen)
PROGRESS: We like green power if it means jobs
The Sandusky Register - March 8, 2008
The Ohio Business Development Coalition calls jobs relating to advanced energy generation "green collar" jobs.
Ohio scores with new plants; 'Site Selection' ranks state No. 1 for landing projects, expansions
The Columbus Dispatch - March 6, 2008
or the second year running, Ohio has been ranked tops in the nation by Site Selection magazine for landing industrial and corporate operations and expansions.
Ohio ranked tops for corporate expansion
Business First of Columbus - March 3, 2008
Ohio has won the top spot in an annual ranking of capital projects for the second year in a row.
Victory Lap! The 2007 Govenor's Cup
Site Selection Magazine - March 1, 2008
Ohio's second consecutive Governor's Cup is proof positive that manufacturing-intensive states can diversify their economies and retool their labor supplies enough to win Site Selection's annual corporate-facilities race.
State forms task force to accelerate use of Ohio ag materials in polymer products
The Daily Reporter - February 13, 2008
Already a national hotbed for the polymer industry, Ohio is poised to strengthen the position. (subscriber access only)
OBDC's Branding Strategy
Columbus C.E.O. - February 1, 2008
If you read the Wall Street Journal, you've probably seen the new advertisements...touting the benefits of living and working in Ohio. (subscriber access only)
Conference to address economic issues for region
The Toledo Free Press - January 25, 2008
Branding Ohio as the "State of Perfect Balance" is one of the primary messages for the audience attending the 2008 State of the Region Conference Jan. 30 at the Holiday Inn French Quarter in Perrysburg.
Ohio Accelerates Bioscience Business Growth, Attracts Global Companies
The Sun Herald - January 22, 2008
Ohio welcomed 47 new bioscience organizations, and more than $1.3 billion in capital investments in 2006, according to the 2007 Ohio Bioscience Growth Report released by BioOhio. (subscriber access only)
Ohio coalition starts newsletter
Akron Beacon Journal - January 19, 2008
The Ohio Business Development Coalition has launched a monthly e-mail newsletter called State of Perfect Balance.
Place Branding: A roundtable discussion featuring Ed Burghard, executive director, OBDC
Leaders Magazine - January 1, 2008
The shift in wealth creation from developed to developing markets is accelerating. Capital investors are choosing more often to build capacity and capability for servicing growing consumer demand in countries like China and India. As a consequence, developed market share of annual global capital investment is declining. This trend will likely continue for the foreseeable planning horizon. The European Union is roughly a decade ahead of the rest of world in the practical application of branding for accelerated economic development. In light of quantitative studies demonstrating a decline in the strength of "brand America," an increasing number of regional leaders, as represented by the group included here, have chosen to aggressively catch up and eventually leapfrog the world in branding mastery.