Ohio's manufacturing knowledge will help your business adapt to changing manufacturing demands
Ohio’s manufacturing facilities lead the nation in the production of plastics and rubber, fabricated metals, and electrical equipment and appliances. Iron, rubber, cars and consumer electronics are giving way to advanced machinery manufacturing, so that Ohio's machinery workers are now literally making the machines that make everything else as product manufacture goes overseas. Legacy industries within Ohio's manufacturing sector are adjusting so that, for example, the state's historic rubber companies are engaging in advanced plastics applications, and chemicals firms are on the cutting edge of fuel cell and other alternative energy creation solutions. As manufacturing evolves to meet the new economic realities, Ohio's legacy as a strong manufacturing state will drive growth in the redefined global marketplace.
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.
With over 2,000 machinery equipment manufacturers employing more than 84,000 people, Ohio is also an ideal location for companies that sell products to them. Ohio is the number one state in value-added metalworking equipment.
In Ohio, you will also 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. 
Ohio's economy is built upon a historic legacy of manufacturing. From the processing of raw materials to the creation of finely tuned products, Ohioans have served as the world's experts in the manufacturing sector. While the global marketplace has changed the playing field, distributing manufacturing into second- and third-world economies, Ohio remains at the top of the nation in manufacturing competitiveness, ranked by an independent industry research group.