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Toledo innovation news
Toledo makes things the rest of the country uses and rarely gets the credit. This is where that gets written down: what local companies are building, shipping and hiring for.
Software & AIICON
ICON launches an on-demand marketplace for photographers
Toledo founder Will Lucas built a way to book a photographer as easily as you book a ride.
via AFROTECH · Jul 15
AutomotiveStellantis
Jeep turns 85, and Toledo stopped the line to mark it
Stellantis shut down assembly, a rare move, so the workforce could celebrate.
via WTVG 13abc · Jul 15
Advanced ManufacturingA $1.3 billion manufacturer is coming to northwest Ohio with 800-plus jobs
One of the largest single industrial investments the region has landed.
via The Toledo Blade · Jul 10
University ResearchUniversity of Toledo
UToledo recommits to being "the University for Toledo"
A national designation renewal built on tying research to the city’s economy.
via APLU · Jul 7
University ResearchUniversity of Toledo
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.
via UToledo News · Jul 7
Advanced ManufacturingToledo enters the military technology business
The Blade’s editorial board on what a defense manufacturing win means for the region.
via The Toledo Blade · Jun 29
- Automotive
OPmobility
OPmobility brings 500 jobs and a new paint line to Rossford
The French auto supplier picks Wood County for its next U.S. plant.
via Area Development · Jun 5
- Water & Great Lakes
University of Toledo
Toledo researchers built buoys that head off algal blooms
Floating units release algae-killing treatment into Lake Erie before a bloom can spread.
via UToledo News · Jun 2
AutomotiveOffice of Rep. Marcy Kaptur
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.
via U.S. House of Representatives · Jun 1
- Automotive
OPmobility
The Rossford auto plant is targeting a 2027 opening
Local coverage of the OPmobility build and what it means for Wood County.
via WTVG 13abc · Jun 1
AutomotiveJVIS
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.
via JobsOhio · May 15
University ResearchUniversity of Toledo
A new $800,000 fund starts backing UToledo engineering research
The Engineering Research Society named its first two grant recipients.
via UToledo News · May 7
AutomotiveStellantis
Stellantis picks Toledo for a $400 million bet on the Jeep line
The Toledo Assembly Complex gets a refreshed Wrangler and Gladiator, a new midsize truck, and about 900 jobs.
via JobsOhio · Apr 17
Advanced ManufacturingJobsOhio
Ohio calls 2026 a generational quarter, and Toledo is in it
The state’s Q1 recap puts northwest Ohio alongside its biggest wins.
via JobsOhio · Apr 15
Advanced ManufacturingWhirlpool Corporation
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.
via Whirlpool Corporation · Apr 10
Advanced ManufacturingCity of Perrysburg
Perrysburg confirms the Whirlpool plant at 1775 Progress Drive
The city’s own announcement on the site, the timeline and the jobs.
via City of Perrysburg · Apr 10
- Advanced Manufacturing
Whirlpool Corporation
Whirlpool’s new factory takes over a failed solar site
The plant lands on State Route 25 south of Levis Commons.
via WTVG 13abc · Apr 10
AutomotiveAnother automotive supplier breaks ground in Rossford
The Blade on Wood County’s run of manufacturing wins.
via The Toledo Blade · Apr 10
Advanced ManufacturingNew Horizons Baking Company
New Horizons Baking picks Toledo for 45 new jobs
The Ohio-headquartered restaurant supplier expands rather than leaves.
via JobsOhio · Mar 20
GlassUniversity of Toledo
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.
via UToledo News · Mar 6
Advanced ManufacturingCity of Toledo
Toledo puts $20 million behind shovel-ready sites
The city bets that prepared land is what actually wins deals.
via The Toledo Blade · Feb 18
GlassNorthwest Ohio Innovation Consortium
The Glass Innovation Hub is Ohio’s first, and it is on the O-I campus
$31.3 million to make glass furnaces cleaner, smarter and cheaper to run.
via NOIC · Jan 15
Water & Great LakesUniversity of Toledo
UToledo researchers finish two projects on Lake Erie algal blooms
Work completed under Ohio’s Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative.
via UToledo News · Jan 6
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