Ohio Business articles from January 1990

Ohio Business archives from January 1990

Who will do the work? (address by Dr. David L. Birch, author of the book Job Creation in America) (Ohio News)
January 1, 1990... Who Will Do the Work? In the 1990s, the most important capital growth companies will have will be people. And the Cleveland area is "running out of people." That is the forecast of Dr. David L. Birch, author of the book Job Creation...

Snow lands at Rickenbacker. (Snow Aviation International Inc.) (company profile)
January 1, 1990... Snow Lands at Rickenbacker Snow Aviation International Inc. is gearing up to produce a new line of cargo transport planes at Rickenbacker Air Industrial Park near Columbus. Snow is currently working on two prototypes of its SA-200 STOL-C /...

David and Bob Scherba. (InflADable Image Industries) (People) (company profile)
January 1, 1990... When David and Bob Scherba were looking for a way to make some extra beer-drinking money, they had no idea they would, one day, be riding on the cold-air wave of success. Today, the Scherba brothers could buy a lot of beer if they wanted...

The beat goes up. (better year predicted for Ohio) (Agriculture)
January 1, 1990... The Beat Goes Up Though Ohio's farm outlook always seems to be a mixture of good news and bad news, 1989 turned out to be a better year than expected. Net farm income is up; expenses remained relatively stable. Prices improved. In 1990 a...

Glory days over? (computer industry) (Computers)
January 1, 1990... Glory Days Over? Tales of woe circulate in the computer industry as the 1980s come to a close. Marty Ressinger, computer industry analyst at Duff & Phelps, Chicago, says he sees 1990 as "more of the same--and that's not been pleasant, of...

Into a slower cycle. (Appliances)
January 1, 1990... Into A Slower Cycle The past three years have seen record-setting sales for the appliance industry. During that time, annual appliance shipments in the U.S. exceeded 49 million units. Will that happen again in 1990? Probably not....

Costs slow ... slightly. (Health Care)
January 1, 1990... Costs Slow...Slightly Ohio employers will apparently only win some minor skirmishes in their ongoing battle to control health-care costs during the coming year. At least that's the conclusion of several specialists who help companies...

Window of opportunity. (Banking)
January 1, 1990... Window of Opportunity You'll pardon Ohio's bankers if they seem pretty satisfied these days, even a little smug. But they have just completed another very satisfactory year. And when they look into 1990, they are hard pressed to identify...

A radical restructuring. (Retailing)
January 1, 1990... A Radical Restructuring A radical restructuring is sweeping through the retailing business, and numerous Ohio stores are caught up in the resulting tumult: * The Campeau Corp., which acquired Federated Department Stores Inc. of...

A buyer's market. (Autos)
January 1, 1990... A Buyer's Market This year could be a great time to buy a new car--but not necessarily a great time to build one. "It looks like a great deal for consumers, but a fight to the death for producers," says Adrian Dillon, assistant...

Little bounce. (Rubber and Plastics)
January 1, 1990... Little Bounce Among Ohio's polymer industries, some companies anticipate growth and some are slowing down, but no dramatic changes appear in the offing. That doesn't mean industry participants are moping around. Regarding the 1990...

Business as usual. (Steel)
January 1, 1990... Business as Usual Things are pretty much back to normal in the steel business. Unfortunately, that's bad news for steel producers. It means an end to near-capacity operations and the cost savings they allow. It means an end to market...

The jury is out. (Chemicals)
January 1, 1990... The Jury is Out Ohio remains one of the nation's top chemical producers, ranking fourth among the states in chemical-related employment, wages, and salaries, and fifth in exports, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Bureau...

Running out of steam. (Capital Goods)
January 1, 1990... Running Out of Steam Machine tool shipments are surging while orders are slipping. Those trends, which began emerging last year in statistics kept by the NMTBA, formerly the National Machine Tool Builders Assn., are strong evidence that...

Hot cities for the '90s. (in Ohio)
January 1, 1990... Hot Cities for the '90s Ohio's economic growth apparently will center around suburban cities in the 1990s. Most of the state's major cities face an uphill struggle. The future looks uncommonly bright in many of Ohio's smaller cities. An...

Grading by color. (Made in Ohio) (company profile)
January 1, 1990... Grading by Color An Ohio firm has developed a process to insure that products make the appearance grade. ColoTrol, an automatic process control system produced by Youngstown Systems Co. Inc., inspects food and other products for proper...

Telxon Corp. (High Tech) (company profile)
January 1, 1990... Akron-based Telxon Corp. has introduced a new application generator for hand-held microcomputers, and three 16-bit portable tele-transaction computer systems. The generator, called TAG II, will reduce programming time by 50 percent, and...

GE Plastics and Fitch RichardsonSmith. (High Tech) (company profile)
January 1, 1990... GE Plastics and Fitch RichardsonSmith (FRS) have formed Polymer Solutions Inc., a joint venture that will help businesses develop new products. Polymer Solutions is based in the Columbus suburb of Worthington, which is also home to FRS's U.S....