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Polymer Business Attraction Mission to Hungary Exceeds Expectations

Monday, 22 June 2009 19:27

According to Dr. Jeanette Grasselli Brown, co-chair of the NEOhio-Hungary Economic Development Program, the recent trade mission to Hungary generated surprisingly more leads than expected. “Our team members talked with 16 companies and innovators involved with the polymer industry and came away with 11 really good leads, of which at least 7 are seriously ready to move into the U.S. market through Northeast Ohio, either directly, with a partner through a joint-venture, or in some licensing arrangement.” She added, “We were genuinely impressed with the serious level of interest shown by the Hungarians – and now we have started the work to make it all happen.”

Buckeye State is Tops in Expansion List

Thursday, 11 June 2009 13:34

Ohio Business Here’s some good news for economy watchers. Ohio has topped the national list of states ranked by the number of major company expansion projects that took place in each state. More good news: The Institute for Supply Management reported June 1 that its index for May 2009 had reached a nine-month high, according to Site Selection magazine.

Ohio event features materials-related advances

Monday, 08 June 2009 19:00

More than 200 industry executives and state officials gathered June 2 at a networking event in Columbus. The event was hosted by the PolymerOhio Network trade group and featured updates from three Ohio-based specialty material firms — Ashland Performance Materials of Dublin, Zyvex Performance Materials of Columbus and Ovation Polymers of Medina.

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UDRI Rapid Prototyping

Wednesday, 03 June 2009 12:44

The University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) is making news with its rapid prototyping capabilities. UDRI researchers and staff are using their rapid prototyping technology facility for several actively developing innovations, which, when combined, provide quite an array of improvements for advanced materials. For example, new age-resistant stereolithography material chemistries, now under development, are behaving more like injection-molded thermoplastics. Related research, involving polymers containing nanomaterials, also tout improved mechanical properties when processed by selective laser sintering and other processes.

Find Success in America's #1 Polymer State

Monday, 08 June 2009 19:42

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The Ohio Department of Development Releases Strategic Plan

Monday, 08 June 2009 15:35

Ohio Ohio, Home of Innovation and Opportunity is a bold, practical, and forward-thinking plan to change the trajectory of Ohio’s economy by purposefully redesigning our business climate to increase the global competitiveness of Ohio’s employers.

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Managing Industry Driven Research

Monday, 01 June 2009 20:09

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Companies can tap the Ohio BioProducts Innovation Center (OBIC) resources to advance their bioproducts research to the commercialization stage. Companies will find a well-honed management program in place to smooth the process. OBIC's Portfolio Management Process is designed to engage private sector companies with academic and industry resources, and then help manage an identified cluster of research projects to speed the commercialization process.

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