Dayton/West Central Ohio: Growing Companies

Tight budgets have become a way of life for school districts.  One Dayton company is enjoying steady growth with a long list of school clients by helping them save money.

7950 S. Co. Rd 25A
Tipp City, OH 45371

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is not a new idea; but a Dayton company, Acclimate Supply Chain Solutions, is staying ahead of the curve by creating new software that gives its customers more bang for their buck with this time tested process.

937-531-6633
714 E. Monument Ave.
Dayton, OH 45402

YSI began in the late 1940s when two entrepreneurial-minded engineers joined a chemist and formed Yellow Springs Instruments.

800-765-4974
1700/1725 Brannum Lane
Yellow Springs, OH 45387

Al Wofford founded CDO Technologies 15 years ago based on a simple "can do" philosophy of business. In fact, if you look closely, Can DO is right there in the name.

937-258-0022
5200 Springfield St., Suite 320
Dayton, OH 45431

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

3-D imaging has come a long way since the days of those funky paper eyeglasses in the movies. Today it's being used to design sophisticated software with applications for everything from mapping to gaming.

937-461-5660
4454 Idea Center Blvd.
Dayton, OH 45430

Pyrograf Products is the world's third-largest producer of carbon fibers, with a wide range of applications for its products.

937-766-2020
154 W. Xenia Ave.
Cedarville, OH 45314

A trio of University of Dayton students knows just how hard it can be to find a great job opportunity. So they launched a new company, Brain Rack, that matches creative students with companies through the emerging crowd sourcing problem solving model.

937-219-6942
5267 Applecreek Drive
Dayton, OH 45429

Global Neighbor is an eco-conscious lawn and garden product company working to put the Green back into lawn care.

937-285-0990
2000 Composite Drive
Dayton, OH 45420

Zia Systems turned a company equipment theft into a business idea to remotely track and monitor large on site construction equipment.

937-521-3086
250 Veronia Drive
Springfield, OH 45505

If you've got a complex system -- a jet engine, for example -- the last thing you can afford is for it to fail at a crucial time. Frontier Technology says it has a way to predict those failures well before they can happen.

937-429-3302
4141 Col. Glenn Hwy, #140
Beavercreek, OH 45431

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

A Dayton software company is taking a new tack on an age-old problem for colleges: how to keep students on track for graduation.

937-531-6592
714 E. Monument Ave.
Dayton, OH 45402

Acadia Lead Management, founded in 1999 in Dayton, offers a mix of lead qualification and market intelligence.

1-888-605-3194
1563 E. Dorothy Lane Suite 3A
Dayton, OH 45429

You've seen it in countless movies-- the soldier carrying his injured comrade off the battle field over his shoulder. Turns out that is exactly the wrong thing to do.

937-212-9020
2139 Dunshire Ct.
Miamisburg, OH 45342

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

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

Innova once made the delivery boxes that kept your pizza warm. Today, it's developing systems designed to keep the heat off of American military personnel.

937-436-1064
130 Westpark
Dayton, OH 45459

Like many start ups, Dayton's Applied Optimization Inc. was a case of smart folks deciding to work for themselves.

937-431-5100
714 Monument Avenue, Suite 204
Dayton, OH 45402

Dayton-based STAN Solutions was launched in 2002 to answer three questions that have dogged militaries for centuries: Where am I? Where are my buddies? And where is the enemy?

937-531-6637
714 E. Monument Ave. , Suite 117
Dayton, OH 45402

In the middle of Preble County, surrounded by the small town of Eaton and the cornfields beyond, stands an anomaly: Silfex.

937-472-3311
950 S. Franklin St.
Eaton, OH 45320

Aerospace companies with a tie to Orville Wright are something special. Hartzell Propeller is the latter.

937-778-4200
One Propeller Place
Piqua, OH 45356

A former marketer, Jack Berlekamp formed Pallas Systems to take advantage of knowledge garnered as a contractor for the armed forces, where workers handled specialized electronic instruments out in the field.

937-523-0066
P.O. Box 27
Springfield, OH 45501

If you've ever come home from the hardware store with hundreds of little stamp-sized paint color swatches and tried to match them to your couch or carpet, you'll appreciate a new product that Miamisburg-based Color Savvy Systems Limited is introducing in 2010.

937-885-9000
3090 S. Tech Blvd
Miamisburg, OH 45342

Imagine the typical American teenager, and you may get a glimpse of the vision behind Iya Technologies.

937-439-0620
2090 Hewitt Avenue
Dayton, OH 45440