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‘ASK (OTHER GOVERNORS) WHY THEY WEREN’T SPENDING MORE TIME HERE’
CLEVELAND’S NEWEST BFF Gov. Kasich shows he’s serious about Cleveland, making city a routine stop By JAY MILLER jmiller@crain.com
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here is no Guinness Book of Governors’ Records, but any number of politicians and civic leaders are saying that Gov. John Kasich is a new kind of Ohio governor. He’s spending more time in Northeast Ohio than any governor in recent memory except for George Voinovich, who is a longtime resident of Cleveland’s Collinwood neighborhood, and he’s more willing to engage in the exchange of ideas. The Republican was here last Thursday, March 3, to hear the State of the City address of Cleveland See KASICH Page 8
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Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks at the groundbreaking of the Cleveland medical mart and convention center on Jan. 14. His expected appearance in Cleveland today will be his 10th since Jan. 7.
ArcelorMittal to expand Cleveland Works output Move by steelmaker is expected to add 200 jobs By DAN SHINGLER dshingler@crain.com
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Steel giant ArcelorMittal plans to expand production at its Cleveland Works through a series of moves that should create more than 200 jobs, generate work for the mill’s local suppliers and produce more finished steel for a manufacturing sector clamoring for raw materials. Rumors of a pending expansion
in output have been circling for a couple weeks. Some mill suppliers have been told to expect new orders, and ads have popped up in The Plain Dealer seeking steelworkers. Mark Granakis, president of United Steelworkers Local 979 and the man responsible for about 1,100 union workers at the plant, said he expects the 200 new steelworkers to join his rank and file by October. See STEEL Page 22
INSIDE SW Ohio trash hauler smells potential here Rumpke Consolidated Cos. makes its second acquisition in Northeast Ohio in 18 months, deals that helped the company grow its revenues nearly 14%. “Our goal is to grow in the Cleveland area and in Northeast Ohio,” company spokesman Jonathan Kissell said. Read Dan Shingler’s story on Page 5.
IT specialists seizing on demand in health care By CHUCK SODER csoder@crain.com
The Cleveland Clinic has begun mass-producing information technology companies to meet what Chris Coburn describes as a huge need in the health care field. Coburn Government pressure to get health care providers to reduce costs and to increase quality of care is creating “big opportunities” for IT companies that serve the health care business, said Mr. Coburn,
executive director of Cleveland Clinic Innovations, the hospital system’s technology commercialization arm. Some Northeast Ohio IT companies are seeing increased interest from health care providers already. However, demand still is growing, Mr. Coburn said, and to help meet that demand, the Clinic has spun out five health care IT companies over the past two years. See IT Page 14
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