Automotive
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Matt McCollister
Senior Vice President, Economic Development
Overview
At the Forefront of Automotive Tech
The Columbus Region is at the forefront of automotive technology and smart mobility. Region manufacturers produce 700,000 cars a year, while the regional economic output for the economic industry exceeds $2.5 billion annually.
Nearly 19,000 employees make up the highly-skilled manufacturing workforce, making the region’s automotive share of employment four times greater than the US average.
As their headquarters of North American automotive manufacturing, Honda utilizes the robust workforce to produce more than one-third of their North American light vehicles in two local plants.
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Columbus Details Tech Needed for Its Connected Vehicle Project | StateTechColumbus, Ohio, is driving its connected vehicle program into the future. Earlier this summer, the city and the U.S. Transportation Department released a highly detailed, 205-page roadmap for its Connected Vehicle Environment project, spelling out the connected vehicle infrastructure it plans to construct over the next two years.
August 13, 2018 -
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Japan looks to deepen business relationship with Ohio, U.S. | The Columbus DispatchHiroshige Seko, Japan’s minister of economy, trade and industry, was in Columbus Thursday to speak at an event sponsored by the Chicago office of the Japan External Trade Organization, the Japan-American Society of Central Ohio and two economic-development groups — Columbus 2020 and JobsOhio.
August 2, 2018 -
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Honda hosts youth leadership summit | Marysville Journal-TribuneStudents from around the country toured the Technical Development Center at Honda earlier this week. The tour was part of the National Urban League Youth Leadership Summit’s Honda Day. Participants toured a number of Honda operations in Ohio.
July 23, 2018
Notable Employers
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Honda
More than 1/3 of Honda's North America light vehicle manufacturing takes place in the Columbus Region.
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Stanley Electric U.S. Co
Automotive supplier Stanley Electric has experienced growth for decades in the Columbus Region.
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Mobis
The sixth largest automotive parts supplier, offering top quality products, technologies and services.
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Valeo
Designing innovative solutions for smart mobility, with a particular focus on intuitive driving and reducing CO₂ emissions.
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American Showa
A quality manufacturer of precision, high performance, high function components for transportation applications.
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TS Tech Co
A global supplier of automobile seats & interiors.
Quick Facts
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The City of Columbus won the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) $40 million Smart City Challenge in June 2016 after competing against 77 cities nationwide to implement a holistic vision for how technology can help all residents to move more easily and to access opportunity.
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Columbus was awarded a $10 million grant from Paul G. Allen Philanthropies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the de-carbonization of the electric supply and transportation sectors.
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A 4 percent private sector workforce unionization rate is far below other automotive manufacturing hubs.
