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	Automating Glass Bottle Manufacture Michael J. Owens invented the first commercially successful, fully automatic bottle-making machine in 1903 in Toledo, then a world glass center.
	World's Biggest Forging Press Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA), Forging Division in Cleveland in 1954 began operating the world's largest fabrication tool.
	B. F. Goodrich Tires Dr. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich, a Civil War surgeon, in 1870 opened the first rubber factory in Akron.
	Goodyear Tires Franklin A. Seiberling in 1898 started the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Akron, which manufactured high-quality inexpensive tires.
	Firestone Tires Harvey S. Firestone founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in Akron, including a research center that developed pneumatic tractor tires.
	Paper and Cardboard Manufacture William H. Millspaugh founded the Sandusky Foundry & Machine Company and invented the suction rolls used in paper and paperboard manufacturing.
	Roller Bearings Henry Timken, an inventor from Canton, in 1895 invented a rotating support placed between moving parts to reduce friction.
	Ribbons of Steel John B. Tytus, Jr. invented the continuous wide strip mill in Middletown, making possible the fast and cheap production of high-quality steel sheets.
	"Cover the Earth" Started in Ohio Henry Sherwin, a VT native, and Ed Williams, of Kent, in the 1870s invented the first reliable ready-mix paint and resealable container to sell it in.
	First Machine Gun Dr. Richard Gatling  invented the Gatling Gun and in 1862 developed the machinery to manufacture it.  The gun was forerunner of the machine gun.
	First Cash Register James S. Ritty, of Dayton, in 1879 invented the cash register, simplifying business transactions for the world's storekeepers and consumers.
	Your Honest Weight? From Toledo Investors in Toledo opened the Toledo Scale Company, the world's leading manufacturer of automatic scales and precision weighing instruments.
	Process Control Pioneer Ervin G. Bailey in 1911 invented the Bailey boiler meter and founded a company to make them.
	Fire Safety Firsts Harry M. Rider  in the early 1900s invented the first spray sprinkler system and fire detection technology used today in almost every public building.
	SOS: Paper Grocery Bag Charles Stilwell got a patent for improvements in paper bag manufacturing machines, which led to the first machine-made folding paper bag.
	Pop-Top Cans Ermal Fraze, founder of the Dayton Reliable Tool & Mfg. Co. in the 1960s invented the pop-top beverage can, which opens with the pull of a tab.
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