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Advanced Manufacturing

Ohio is known for making things, and we are second to none when it comes to making things better, more efficiently, and more cost effectively. Process improvement and lean manufacturing resources can be found in every corner of the state and for every area of expertise from advanced machining to welding and supplier development.

Advanced Manufacturing Features

Ohio's R & D frontier spawns jobs, innovation and visibility

Providing funds to explore a cutting edge food processing technique, establish a national 3D printing innovation hub and attract a Global Technical Center are just some of the ways Ohio Third Frontier’s Industrial Research Development Center Program supports public-private collaboration in order to spawn innovation and create jobs.

Q & A with Jason Langdon, Cincinnati Mini-Maker Faire

Louisville had a fire-breathing pony. New York had 3-D printers and makerbots galore. Cincinnati Maker Faire Founder Jason Langdon looks forward to seeing what the local science, DIY and art community has to offer in the city's first all-ages, all-genres celebration of maker culture this October in Washington Park.

Northeast Ohio riding the wave of a rising water-tech cluster

Once a national punchline, Northeast Ohio's waterways are now wellsprings of a burgeoning water technology industry that advocates believe will be paramount to the region's economic future.

On the rise: Ohio's smaller cities become hotbed for tech startups

With help from incubators, venture capitalists and nonprofits, Ohio's smaller cities -- including Dayton, Youngstown and Athens -- are fast becoming centers for new ideas and innovation outside of the big 3C cities.

Reshoring helps drive rise in Ohio manufacturing

After ten straight years of decline, Ohio manufacturing employment increased for the second straight year in 2012. Part of the reason is the emerging trend to bring production back to the U.S. from overseas facilities.
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Advanced Manufacturing Founders

Jeremy Flack of Flack Steel

Jeremy Flack of Flack Steel

City: Cleveland

Jeremy Flack is founder of Flack Steel, a steel service center in downtown Cleveland.

Rick Pollack of MakerGear

Rick Pollack of MakerGear

City: Cleveland

Rick Pollack is founder of MakerGear, a designer and manufacturer of 3D printers.

Brian Hock of Simple Hydration

Brian Hock of Simple Hydration

City: Cincinnati

Brian Hock is founder of Simple Hydration, the manufacturer of a new kind of water bottle.

Dan T. Moore of the Dan T. Moore Company

Dan T. Moore of the Dan T. Moore Company

City: Cleveland

Dan T. Moore is founder of the Dan T. Moore Co., parent company to 14 manufacturing companies.

Matt Anthony of The Launch Werks

Matt Anthony of The Launch Werks

City: Cincinnati

Matt Anthony is founder of The Launch Werks, a startup that helps inventors to create prototypes.

Kirk Zehnder of Earnest Machine

Kirk Zehnder of Earnest Machine

City: Cincinnati

Kirk Zehnder is founder of Earnest Machine, a wholesale industrial distributor of nuts and bolts.

Bob Schmidt of Orbital Research

Bob Schmidt of Orbital Research

City: Cleveland

Bob Schmidt is founder of Orbital Research, whose core technologies are aerodynamic controls and microdevices for the aerospace, defense, transportation, medical, and wind turbine industries.

Bob Schmidt

Bob Schmidt

City: Cleveland

Bob Schmidt is the founder of Orbital Research, whose core technologies are aerodynamic controls and microdevices for the aerospace, defense, transportation, medical, and wind turbine industries.

Advanced Manufacturing Companies

1.
Flack Steel

Flack Steel

City: Cleveland
Industry: Advanced Manufacturing,Entrepreneurship,Manufacturing Innovation
2.
Composite Technical Services

Composite Technical Services

City: Dayton
Industry: Advanced Manufacturing,Entrepreneurship,Manufacturing Innovation
3.
M-7 Technologies

M-7 Technologies

City: Youngstown
Industry: Advanced Manufacturing,Entrepreneurial Programs,Entrepreneurship,Manufacturing Innovation
4.
Morris Technologies

Morris Technologies

City: Akron
Industry: Advanced Manufacturing,Entrepreneurship
5.
RP+M

RP+M

City: Avon Lake
Industry: Entrepreneurship,Advanced Manufacturing
6.
Ashland Inc.

Ashland Inc.

City: Cincinnati
Industry: Advanced Manufacturing,Entrepreneurship
7.
Comet Solutions

Comet Solutions

City: Cincinnati
Industry: Advanced Manufacturing,Entrepreneurial Programs,Entrepreneurship,Software
8.
M7 Technologies

M7 Technologies

City: Youngstown
Industry: Entrepreneurship,Advanced Manufacturing,Entrepreneurial Programs,Technology
9.
Zyvex Technologies

Zyvex Technologies

City: Columbus
Industry: Advanced Manufacturing,Technology,Entrepreneurship,Entrepreneurial Programs
10.
Applied Optimization

Applied Optimization

City: Dayton
Industry: Aerospace,Advanced Manufacturing,Entrepreneurship,Technology