(GLTAAC: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Small and midsize manufacturing companies in Ohio are modernizing to compete with overseas competition—and some are finding new niche markets they can dominate.

RBB Systems develops, manufactures, and delivers small batches of custom electronic assemblies and control panels in Wooster, Ohio, and CB Manufacturing in West Carrollton, Ohio, serves the industrial knife industry with superior customer service. These two companies recently completed business transformation projects aimed at saving Ohio jobs. Guidance and federal funding from the Great Lakes Trade Adjustment Assistance Center (GLTAAC) helped, but the leaders of these companies already knew what they needed to do.

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