Thursday, July 15, 2010

Happy 94th Birthday, Boeing

Boeing logo on the Aerospace Center building at Heath, Ohio
I learned it this morning on Twitter from @BoeingCorporate.  William Boeing incorporated his company on July 15, 1916.

We like Boeing.  So does Ohio.

Besides being the Port Authority's largest customer, we like the impact Boeing has on Ohio.


 
$4,780,316,038

The 10-digit dollar figure above is the actual amount Boeing spent in Ohio in 2009 with over 500 vendors.

That's over 1% of Ohio's Gross Domestic Product and it didn't go down with the Great Recession, either.

One company buying 1% of a state the size of Ohio's GDP?  Impressive.

Thanks, Boeing.

All Ohioans should do a toast to Boeing's birthday with hopes for more to come too.  The more the merrier.
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See the impact report online at Boeing.com.

1 comment:

  1. I'll toast Boeing just after 5:00 this evening, Rick. But only because you told me to.

    Kurt

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