Advanced Materials: Growing Companies

Advanced materials manufacturer Entrotech has built a strong and thriving business developing film-based materials that are used to create and improve products in a variety of industries.

1275 Kinnear Road
Columbus, OH 43212

435 Martin Luther King Drive East, Suite A
Cincinnati, OH 45229

Maverick Corp., which develops and produces high-temperature polymer materials for a wide range of applications, has steadily grown since it's formation in the Hamilton County Business Center incubator in Norwood in 1993.

513-469-9919
11379 Grooms Road
Blue Ash, OH 45242

Even in the high tech world of aerospace manufacturing, you still need to kick the tires occasionally. That's what Quickstep Composites is doing.

937-297-9541
3251 McCall St
Dayton, OH 45417

Usually, a glance in the rear-view mirror reveals what's in the past. AlphaMirror, a Kent-based liquid crystal spin-off, looks at its new, auto-dimming mirror technology, and sees the future.

1950 Route 59
Kent, OH 44240

Take a quick look around you. Chances are good that something you'll see has a part in it made by Ferro in Cleveland.

216-641-8580
1000 Lakeside Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44114

WebCore Technologies, based in Miamisburg, has established itself as the leading supplier of fiber-reinforced core materials in the composites market by providing a valuable solution.

866-423-2673
8821 Washington Church Road
Miamisburg, OH 45342

MAR Systems' "Faster, Cheaper, Greener" solution to removing heavy metals from drinking water has garnered this company the national spotlight.

440-505-0962
30625 Solon Road Unit G
Cleveland, OH 44139

CEO Michael Tomsic calls HyperTech "a poster child" for how the Ohio Third Frontier should work.

614-481-8050
539 Industrial Mile Road
Columbus, OH 43228

Nanotek Instruments is a pioneer in the world of nano-graphene platelets, a material that conducts electricity at 100 times the speed of silicon and has properties that could replace nanotubes in many applications.

937-331-9881
1240 McCook Ave.
Dayton, OH 45404

The Companies of North Coast represent a transformation from an old-school tooling company to a high-flyer in Ohio's advanced materials industry.

216-398-8550
4605 Spring Road
Cleveland, OH 44131

It can take as long as 24 hours to detect toxins in the body, meaning the people affected could be long gone by the time medical personnel figure it out. Thanks to the work of Crystal Diagnostics and its partners that may all change.

330-325-2511
4209 State Route 44
Rootstown, OH 44272

Dayton-based Composite Advantage is making its way in the world using composite materials to replace old standbys like steel, wood and concrete.

937-723-9031
401 Kiser St.
Dayton, 45404

Performance Polymer Solutions, Inc. is embroiled in a sticky business -- high-temperature reinforced polymer materials used for adhesive, resin and fiber molding products.

937-298-3713
2711 Lance Drive
Moraine, OH 45409

The market for nanomaterials wasn't completely clear when Art Fritts launched his fledging company in 2004. The value has become crystal clear since then.

937-296-5030
2000 Composite Drive
Kettering, OH 45420

American Trim began life as Lima Tool and Die, producing handles for kitchen ranges. Today, it's a leading supplier to the appliance and heavy truck industries.

419-996-4780
1005 W. Grand Ave.
Lima, OH 45801

Deploying new technology for growing the world's longest carbon nanotubes has created a world of possibilities for Cincinnati-based General Nano LLC in the aerospace/defense, biomedical, electronics and sensor industries.

513-309-5947
1776 Mentor Ave, Ste. 170
Cincinnati, OH 45212

Alphamicron was formed in 1997 to solve a nagging problem with the forward positioning of flight deck displays. The result was the world's first liquid crystal technology for curved surfaces.

330-676-0648
1950 Ohio 59
Kent, OH 44240

As Ohio manufacturers businesses and individuals look to power – and benefit from – the emerging Green Economy, rexorce Thermionics is developing a product to capture waste heat and solar thermal energy.

234-542-4379
405 S. High St.
Akron, OH 44311

A Wooster College professor had been developing an experimental nano-glass, but didn't know how to market it. Then, a chance encounter on an airplane got him the help he needed.

330-234-7999
740 Quinby Ave.
Wooster, OH 44691

St. Bernard-based Brighton Technologies Group has developed a dozen new technologies designed to make make manufacturing and engineering processes safer, cleaner and less costly.

513-469-1800
1006 Kieley Place
Cincinnati, OH 45217

GrafTech International built its early reputation by supplying arc lights to Cleveland in the early 1900s. Now, its graphite products are probably in your cell phone.

216-676-2000
12900 Snow Road
Parma, OH 44130

MesoCoat is advancing the next generation of coatings that will keep bridges, boats and other large steel structures free of corrosion for as long as 100 years.

216-453-0866
24112 Rockwell Drive
Euclid, OH 44117

Zyvex Performance Materials, based in Columbus, designs and builds molecules for improved mechanical and electrical properties in composites. These molecules are designed to take advantage of carbon nanotubes, the strongest materials known.

877-469-9839
1255 Kinnear Road, Suite 100
Columbus, OH 43212