Signs indicate manufacturing on rebound - Dr. Thomas Traynor quoted

10 November 2010. Business Review – Online. By: Joe Cogliano

Manufacturing still represents 100,000 employees in the 12-county region surrounding Dayton and contributes $4.7 billion in annual payroll, according to a recent report. This includes companies with local operations such as Honda of America (NYSE: HMC), AK Steel (NYSE: AKS), Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV), Avery Dennison Corp. (NYSE: AVY), Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), Eastman Kodak Co. (NYSE: EK), Trimble Navigation Ltd. (Nasdaq: TRMB) and GE Aviation, a division of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE). During the recession