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 | | The automotive industry, not surprisingly, is the biggest business cluster in northwest Ohio, but other substantially large industries may be less well known: petroleum refining and containers. |
 | | According to the study, the largest industry groups in an eight-county area including Lucas are automotive, with annual output worth $9.1 billion; petroleum refining, $3.5 billion; containers, $2.3 billion; transportation and warehousing, $1.4 billion; engineering and architecture, $677 million; and fabricated rubber products, $605 million. |
 | | Lucas County companies dominate most of the clusters, but Wood County is dominant in the fabricated rubber products category, and Sandusky County leads in container production, they said. |
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