Business Facilities -November 2008

From logistics to plastics to electrical equipment, Ohio is surging into the front ranks. Here are the locations that will help your corporation become a leader as well. By Donna Clapp L ast 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 expansion, making Ohio the top U.S. market for new and expanded business facilities, according to the Ohio Business Development Coalition. “Ohio’s commitment through its Strategic Plan to be the best in the nation for economic development support is the latest step in a series of sweeping changes that continue to build on an already business-friendly climate,” says Ed Burghard, executive director of the OBDC. Ohio is a U.S. logistics leader offering among the most efficient business access to customers and suppliers in North America, located within 1,000 kilometers of 62% of all U.S. and Canadian manufactur40 NOVEMBER 2008 ing locations. Ohio is served by a world-class transportation system that includes eight interstate highways, five international airports and three major domestic airports. The state has the fourth-highest rail freight traffic in the U.S. and 700 miles of navigable waterways leading to the Gulf of Mexico and the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The national sort facility for DHL is located in Wilmington, OH, and all U.S. cargo operations including UPS and Federal Express have a significant presence in the state. According to the Ohio Department of Development (ODD), the state’s manufacturing facilities lead the nation in the production of plastics and rubber, fabricated metals, and electrical equipment and appliances. The polymer industry in Ohio ships $14.3 billion annually in prod- ucts and is the leading state in the production and sale of machinery for the plastics and rubber industry. Companies such as BASF, Bayer, Saint-Gobain, and Demag Plastics have operations in Ohio. Ohio also is a leading producer of steel, automobiles and trucks. Ohio produces $4.6 billion of steel and steel products a year. AK Steel, Timken and Worthington Industries all have their world headquarters in Ohio. In Ohio, you also will find many of the world’s leading automation companies, including ABB’s U.S. Corporate Research Center and Motoman, Fanuc, Hobart and Lincoln Electric robotics operations. In Ohio, you’ll have access to a plentiful, highly skilled workforce no matter where you locate in the state. Ohio’s labor pool of 5.6 million workers is among the largest in the A S P E C I A L A D V E RT I S I N G S E C T I O N O F B U S I N E S S FA C I L I T I E S

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Business Facilities -November 2008 Contents First Word Sanpshots Corporate Moves: Utah Kodak Develops a Megasite in Upstate New York Anatomy of a Deal: Studley Finds a New Space for Myspace Metro Spotlight: Johnson City, TN A Renaissance of Growth in Medical Plastics The Lone Star State Flexes Its Muscles Asia: A Portrait of Growth Sky's the Limit for High-tech in Arizona Corporate Moves: Pennsylvania Ohio Leads the Way Alabama's Tide Rolls to the Future IEDC 2008 Award Winners Advertiser Index Introducing Navigator Livexchange

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