Ohio manufacturing’s economic output has surpassed the sector’s previous highwater mark set in late 2019. According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Buckeye State’s manufacturing GDP yielded nearly $117 billion in Q2 of this year. That’s up from $94.7 billion in Q2 of last year — during the lockdown period of the pandemic — and from $112.4 billion in Q4 of 2019. 10/21/2021