Our accomplishments would not have been possible without the support and assistance of the Ohio Department of Development, local trade promotion organizations, and Ohio companies.
Japan ranks as the number two trading partner with Ohio behind only Canada.
In addition to trade, there are 136 Japanese-affiliated manufacturing plants located in Ohio. This full-day event has been expanded in many important ways. As in the last event, it is designed to introduce American companies to Japanese-affiliated firms doing business in the United States, who are interested in increasing local procurement. This November's event has been expanded to showcase U.S. firms involved in metal products and processing, plastic parts and materials, and electric and electronic parts and materials. U.S. companies involved in these businesses are invited to come and meet with the Japanese companies, who will be exhibiting examples of the types of parts and materials they hope to procure.