Driving NW Ohio’s ProgressAccelerating innovation in sustainable manufacturing, labor and regional collaboration

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Creating capacity. Building value.

NOIC By The Numbers

Founding Members

$284M

Total Economic Impact

1.6K+

Jobs Created in 7 Years

$25M

Increased State Tax Revenue

Initiatives

NOIC aims to drive innovation and sustainability in the Toledo Region glass and solar sectors, fostering collaboration, enhancing workforce training, and exploring eco-friendly glass manufacturing alternatives.

Decarbonization of the glass industry

Recycled glass stream utilization

Manufacturing process consistency optimization

Talent Development Platform

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NOIC Serves

Private Sector Manufacturing Partners

We support our private sector partners through technology development collaboration, workforce training systems transformation, public policy advocacy, and alignment with small business capabilities.

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NOIC Serves

Small Business & Entrepreneurs

We connect small businesses and entrepreneurs to training, mentoring, and education, private sector technology, and to critical capital.

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NOIC Serves

Public Sector Economic Developers

We provide a unified policy voice from our private sector manufacturing partners, driving a globally competitive edge for our private manufacturing partners — leading to good-paying manufacturing jobs and manufacturing capacity of low-carbon products.

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Educational Institutions

We provide our higher education partners connections to critical private manufacturing sector partners as well as small businesses and entrepreneurs in the region.

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“The formation of the NOIC has shown the ability of NW Ohio to put collaboration discussions into action. This lays the groundwork for additional partnerships and execution of future innovation initiatives in the region.”

Dean Monske
President & CEO Regional Growth Partnership
“An innovation hub is all about helping the community leverage resources to produce more talent and research development in the areas they are excellent in.”

Jon Husted
Ohio Lieutenant Governor
“We’ve had a long history of being at the leading edge of the glass industry, so this innovation hub gives us the opportunity to accelerate our global superiority when it comes to all things glass.”

Wendy Gramza
President & CEO Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce
“This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to get a return on investment in technology that will help our glass and solar-energy industries to survive and prosper.”

Jim Hoffman
Chairman, Regional Growth Partnership
“NOIC connects industries, local institutions of higher education, and workforce development organizations to elevate Northwest Ohio as a world-class innovation powerhouse in the field of glass science and sustainable manufacturing. O-I Glass, a founding partner of the consortium, looks forward to developing new talent and industrializing innovative technologies enabled by NOIC.”

Dr. Ludovic Valette
Vice President Owens Illinois

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Driving NW Ohio’s ProgressAccelerating innovation in sustainable manufacturing, labor and regional collaboration

NOIC By The Numbers

Initiatives

Decarbonization of the glass industry

Recycled glass stream utilization

Manufacturing process consistency optimization

Talent Development Platform

Private Sector Manufacturing Partners

Small Business & Entrepreneurs

Public Sector Economic Developers

Educational Institutions

Our Members

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