Xunming Deng and Liwei Xu left Nanchang, China, 25 years ago to begin graduate studies at the University of Chicago—Deng in physics and Xu, his wife, in chemistry. What they've accomplished since receiving their PhDs may be more exceptional: They've established a green-energy company in Toledo, Ohio, in the middle of America's struggling automotive manufacturing belt.
The glass is half full again in Toledo. The Ohio city once known as the glass-making capital of America is trying to forge a new identity as a solar energy, green jobs metropolis of the future.
Once the glass-making capital of the country, most of the city’s output over the years has gone into making everything from windshields to windows for cars and buildings.
Like his uncle, his grandfather and many of their neighbors, Arie Versendaal spent decades working at the Maytag factory here, turning coils of steel into washing machines.
This city became famous in the last century for being one of North America’s leading glass centers
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