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Jeep turns 85, and Toledo stopped the line to mark it
Stellantis shut down assembly, a rare move, so the workforce could celebrate.
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UToledo ranks in the world’s top 1% for cited materials science research
Ahead of 60% of global universities in materials science, and first in one measure of research impact.
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A $1.3 billion manufacturer is coming to northwest Ohio with 800-plus jobs
One of the largest single industrial investments the region has landed.
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UToledo recommits to being "the University for Toledo"
A national designation renewal built on tying research to the city’s economy.
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Toledo enters the military technology business
The Blade’s editorial board on what a defense manufacturing win means for the region.
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Toledo researchers built buoys that head off algal blooms
Tech & innovationToledoRossford
Kaptur on OPmobility: a vote of confidence in Toledo’s auto workforce
The congresswoman, who co-chairs the Congressional Auto Caucus, responds to the Rossford plant.
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OPmobility brings 500 jobs and a new paint line to Rossford
The French auto supplier picks Wood County for its next U.S. plant.
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The Rossford auto plant is targeting a 2027 opening
Local coverage of the OPmobility build and what it means for Wood County.
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JVIS buys Toledo Molding & Die, keeping 600 jobs in northwest Ohio
The Michigan supplier takes over the Tiffin and Bowling Green plants and lands its first Ohio operations.
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A new $800,000 fund starts backing UToledo engineering research
The Engineering Research Society named its first two grant recipients.
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Stellantis picks Toledo for a $400 million bet on the Jeep line
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Ohio calls 2026 a generational quarter, and Toledo is in it
The state’s Q1 recap puts northwest Ohio alongside its biggest wins.
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Whirlpool is putting a $60 million plant in Perrysburg
The company’s 11th U.S. factory and its sixth in Ohio, on the old solar site off Route 25.
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Perrysburg confirms the Whirlpool plant at 1775 Progress Drive
The city’s own announcement on the site, the timeline and the jobs.
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Whirlpool’s new factory takes over a failed solar site
The plant lands on State Route 25 south of Levis Commons.
Tech & innovationRossford
Another automotive supplier breaks ground in Rossford
The Blade on Wood County’s run of manufacturing wins.
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New Horizons Baking picks Toledo for 45 new jobs
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UToledo’s glass scientist takes a central role in the innovation hub
Dr. Donghui Zhao connects university materials research to the companies that melt glass for a living.
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Toledo puts $20 million behind shovel-ready sites
The city bets that prepared land is what actually wins deals.
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