As Ohio heads to polls, incumbents point to Toledo as economic poster child: "It's a pleasure once again," said Joe's Choate, Director of General Motors auto parts plant in the city of sprawling 287.000 on the shores of Lake Erie.Close to death in 2009, when GM filed for bankruptcy, the plant fell to about 15 of the skeleton crew. In may, GM announced that it would invest $ 200 million in the plant, which is now pumping gear 5200 per day. More than 2000 workers employed making transmissions of traction for sale Chevrolet Cruze and high transmission rear wheel pickup trucks and SUVs. "We have put our people we laid off 250 people, has the GM sites," said Choate. "And now we just get a new social security number"-that is, from recruits.
Workers feeling better, too. "There is a hope that we see membership and handmade, that we might turn to a certain extent," said Ray Wood, President of United Auto workers local 14. "You go to Home Depot or Lowe 's, the perfect hot dog or the tires and they talk about the rebirth of this plant. Maybe because the GM workers last week got a profit sharing bonus of about 7000 dollars each.
The century Toledo fortune was attached to the car and glass. Covered by the normal headaches of rust-belt increased poverty, ageing, industrial base in danger, and the decline of deep-Toledo saw his Spur unemployment at 13.4% in January 2010. Since November 2007, and January 2010 in the region lost 42000 jobs, 12.7% of its total. However, over the past two years, the local automotive industry, anchor the transfer factory GM and Chrysler Jeep, more complicated again. Auto parts suppliers to add features and working. A deep heritage in the glass production has resulted in the solar business boomlet. In the second half of 2011, the unemployment rate decreased from 10.2% to 8.6%. Since the Nadir of Toledo added 17000 jobs.
Today Toledo voters go to the polls to vote in the presidential primary Republican Congressional primary and controversial. Parts of the two pillars of the Democratic Party, Marcy Kaptur, based in Toledo and Dennis Kucinich, based in Cleveland, were crushed together. Samuel Wurzelbacher, better known as "Joe the plumber" started to blink the eyes of Republican. And the matter now and in November that if the recovery in the middle of the vital in critical public enough to improve the prospects for the election.
It's a combination of the revival of old industry, investments in new technologies and attract foreign investment, which called upon the forces encapsulates the unsatisfactory recovery from 2009 onwards. Much of Toledo is a test case for certain policy Obama-especially the auto rescue plan. "If you are sitting in Toledo, this has affected you and your family in a positive way," said Michael Bell, a former football star at the University of Toledo and the Chief of the fire for a long time, who was elected as an independent Mayor in 2009 year. "But we have a way to go".
In the back of a rebound faster production and sale of automobiles helped fuel the local economy, and not just as a plant of GM in this age of lean manufacturing, storage, motor vehicles, parts and logistics enterprises rely on the use of finished cars. This week, the Toledo business magazine leads with news that COFFIN systems, a subsidiary of a German company that manufactures automotive components, is expanding its plant Bluffton, 113 new posts. GM and Chrysler recently paid the premium benefits to employees. "Many of our Member States are taking their bonuses and purchase washing, fridges, cars or assistance fees," said Roy Wood of the UAW.
Focus on energy and energy efficiency economy pays dividends in Toledo. Innovation in transmissions help to strengthen vehicle mileage, which is one reason why GM actively invests in local mills. Factory GM has also signed with the Toledo company Solscient energy, installation of solar panels on the roof power 1.8 Mw-about one tenth of the power plant. Unlikely as it may seem to Cloud City on Lake Erie, solar electricity is a major industrial clusters.
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