Reuters reports that Ohio's manufacturing sector is growing and starting to report profits as firms use old skills to court green clients. The Midwest has quickly moved to become a hub of green manufacturing and Ohio is a major component in that shift, with green companies increasingly moving their manufacturing outfits to the state.
Cardinal Fastener & Specialty Co, for example, is a prime example of a green company boosting the state's manufacturing; the company added a wind industry line to its production of hot forged bolts, resulting in its profit doubling in less than four years - and increased manufacturing output in the state.
Cardinal chief executive John http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/04/idUS158084999020110304?pageNumber=2 Grabner said his company is a "poster child for how to grow a manufacturing company from what it used to be to what it needs to be." Manufacturing accounts for 18 percent of Ohio's economy and is quickly becoming a leading in green technology manufacturing.
Ohio's unemployment has nearly doubled from 5.7 percent in January 2008. That is not a good start for Obama in a state with 20 electoral votes that could be vital for his re-election effort in 2012.
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