Growing Companies

Search engine optimization is big business these days and one that Idea Engine Inc. of Rocky River has tapped into with great success.

440-356-1903
1156 Linda St.
Rocky River, OH 44116

Ice on your car's windshield is a seasonal nuisance, removed with elbow grease and a plastic scraper. Ice on an airplane is much more serious.

440-951-4744
1625 Lost Nation Road
Willoughby, OH 44094

Tulong is taking what might otherwise go into the waste stream to make sustainable clothing.

877-488-5664
6443 Lewis Road
Loveland, OH 45140

No cure should aggravate a patient's health; yet during traditional radiation therapy for cancer patients, internal organs affected by cancer can shift, accidentally directing radiation to healthy tissue.

440-703-3210
2 Thermo Fisher Way
Oakwood Village, OH 44146

Replex Plastics is working to commercialize solar components that work in less than optimal solar conditions by using mirrors on photovoltaic cells.

800-886-8847
P.O. Box 967
Mount Vernon, OH 43050

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

A Piece of Cleveland, formed in spring of 2008, uses reclaimed building materials to fabricate fine wooden chairs, tables, cutting boards and wine racks.

216-361-9930
1440 E. 36th St.
Cleveland, OH 44114

Parker Hannifin is known worldwide for manufacturing valves, fittings, hoses and dozens of other products. The Cleveland-based company can now add another product to its catalog.

216-896-3000
6035 Parkland Blvd.
Cleveland, OH 44124

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

Melody Management is helping music artists to get seen, get heard and get paid. Sound like a pitch from a giant record label? Not so fast.

118 Graceland Blvd., Suite 308
Columbus, OH 43214

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

The Garland Company, based in Cleveland, is a leading manufacturer and distributor of high-performance roofing and flooring solutions for commercial, industrial, and public properties.

800-321-9336
3800 E. 91st St.
Cleveland, OH 44105

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

Disney, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Advance Auto Parts know what's hot; all have tapped Youngstown's SenSource to count "people traffic" through thermal imaging technology.

800-239-1226
3890 Oakwood Avenue
Youngstown, OH 44515