We all remember 2009 and how across the United States in the most industrialized parts of our nation, we suffered heavy economic losses. Ohio was no exception with all the same characteristics of the recession in its local economies: big industry moving out of the cities, an ever-increasing skills gap in the workforce, and a large decline in manufacturing industry jobs. But in the last number of years, there have been signs of a recovery that can give us a breath of fresh air. There has been federal funding coming from the Obama administration that promotes 3-D manufacturing. In Youngstown, Ohio, millions of federal funding dollars combined with private investments created the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute that promotes high-tech 3-D manufacturing product innovation and investigation. One thing is clear, Ohio is on the road back to recovery. The big…