Automotive
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Deborah Scherer
Managing Director, Global Trade and Investment
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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Honda R&D Americas’ Ohio Center will add 175 new jobs | The Columbus DispatchHonda R&D Americas, Inc. and JobsOhio announced Thursday a grant partnerships supporting a growing, high-tech workforce at Honda R&D Americas’s Ohio Center.
December 6, 2018 -
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Honda researches self-driving technology in its own backyard | ForbesAt Automobility LA, a conference on automotive high-tech, Marysville was celebrated as one end of, “the longest stretch of continuously connected highway in world,” a state-sponsored project called the U.S. 33 Smart Mobility Corridor.
November 30, 2018 -
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Auto industry undergoing change; Columbus, Dublin, Athens participating | The Advertiser-TribuneThe automotive industry is trending toward fully electric vehicles, larger trucks and SUVs, and new technology — and local manufacturers like General Motors must adjust, an industry analyst said Monday.
November 27, 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.
