Growing Companies

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

Potential migraine treatments range from pain medications and Botox injections to full-blown surgery. As founder of the American Migraine Center, Bahman Guyuron should know.

877-646-1222
29001 Cedar Road, Suite 326
Cleveland, OH 44124

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

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

Ninety-five percent of American businesses have nine or fewer employees. But until recently it was almost impossible to find a single source of information about them.

614-807-5105
8760 Orion Place, Suite 200
Columbus, OH 43240

Independence-based Novolyte Technologies, plans to invest $750,000 at its headquarters in 2010.

216-867-1040
8001 E. Pleasant Valley Road
Independence, OH 44131

ron's Steve Washington based his business on a simple, but previously overlooked concept: offer financial services to people who want to invest, but have limited funds and might not know where to start.

216-861-6950
840 Terminal Tower, 50 Public Square
Cleveland, OH 44113

As the nation's fifth-largest investor owned electric system, Akron-based First Energy has long provided conventional power to 4.5 million customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Now, it has taken a 92-acre first step toward a new kind of energy plant.

800-633-4766
76 South Main Street
Akron, OH 44308

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

On Front Street in East Toledo, sandwiched between two abandoned buildings, LexaMed -- a medical and pharmaceutical company -- opened for business with eight employees in 2006. It hasn't looked back.

888-232-5227
705 Front Street
Toledo, OH 43605

Besse Medical Supply in West Chester has accomplished what many small, family-run startups dream of: becoming part of a Fortune 26 company while holding onto family tradition.

800-543-2111
9075 Centre Pointe Drive, Suite 140
West Chester, OH 45069

1-877-215-5255
4105 Leap Road
Hilliard, OH 43029

Dayton, OH

(513) 871-2787
20 East Central Parkway Suite 200
Cincinnati, OH 45202

Already one of the leading lift truck manufacturers in the world, Crown Equipment Corp. wants to be the industry leader in application of fuel cell technology.

419-629-2311
44 S. Washington St.
New Bremen, OH 45869