Manufacturing companies in Ohio: 37 makers, sorted by industry

Norwood started in 1926 as a tool and die shop and has made only medical components since the early 2000s. Germany's Heraeus Group bought it in 2021. DG Medical grew out of DimcoGray, a maker of plastic knobs and handles, and brings more than 30 years of molding to medical work. DEM Medical holds ISO 13485 and does design, molding, electronics and assembly under one roof. Enable Injections was founded in 2010 by Mike Hooven, who earlier started AtriCure. Its enFuse system is a fully mechanical, hands-free injector that sits on the body.

Ohio Steel started in 1958 with one employee and a 25,000-square-foot shop. It now has more than 300,000 square feet and AISC certification for buildings and bridges. KSM is woman-owned, AS9100 certified and typically runs 25 to 1,000 pieces. All-Type Welding works to MIL-STD-1595A and MIL-STD-2219A and can turn prototypes in anywhere from the same day to five days. Avon Lake Sheet Metal began in a one-car garage and is now run by the second generation, with a 4,000-watt Trumpf fiber laser in a 32,000-square-foot plant.

Quality CNC makes valve parts, orthopedic implants and aerospace components and holds AS9100D and ISO 9001, is ITAR registered and has ISO 13485 pending. Mainstream Precision does 5-axis abrasive waterjet, CNC machining and Swiss turning, from one-off prototypes to high volume. Diversified Machine Components works to ASME Section III and 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, the rules for nuclear safety parts, and added aerospace work when it bought VOKS Machine in 2005. Exact Machine, family-owned since 1975, even builds the outrigger assemblies used in NHTSA rollover tests.

Lake Shore Electric was founded in Cleveland in 1922 and does its own sheet metal, copper and stainless fabrication through final testing, with more than 50 years of UL-listed products. Radix has made high-temperature wire since 1944, from 125°C up to 1,010°C, including fire-rated cable. Delta Systems was founded in 1972 and keeps electronics, injection molding, tooling and assembly in its own plant.

RBB focuses on recurring high-mix work and holds AS9100 and ITAR, so it takes defense, medical and imaging jobs. Journey Electronics, family-owned since 1983, handles runs of 50 to 1,000-plus pieces. Captor was started in 1965 by engineers and veterans with military communications experience and now designs TEMPEST and HEMP/EMP filters in a 35,000-square-foot plant.

Paarlo has run three shifts in an 80,000-square-foot plant since 1981, making parts for the toy, medical, automotive and safety industries. Polymer Packaging began in 1973 making bakery packaging and now runs plants in North Canton and Allendale. IEG Plastics, founded in 2004, supplies automotive and consumer goods makers, with design, mold building and molding under one roof.

Hayden Valley has been family-owned since 1966 and does roasting, chocolate and yogurt coating, blending and packing in a 150,000-square-foot plant. Country Pure makes private-label and co-packed juices and frozen treats. Yost started as a food broker in 1991 and holds an SQF Excellent rating. Lake Erie Frozen Foods turns out about 20,000 pounds per shift across some 100 items. Snap Gourmet was started in 2020 to create an oasis in a Cleveland food desert, and co-manufactures from a USDA-inspected plant.

F&P America opened in 1993 to support Honda's North American plants and employs about 900 people. Its Japanese parent started in 1947 making metal toys. Neaton's Eaton campus has more than 565,000 square feet of production space. KTH has more than 2,000 people across four plants. Whiteside began in 1954 in a two-car garage, started with $800 the founder earned refereeing high school basketball, and now makes professional garage equipment in more than 100,000 square feet.

Archbold uses alder and maple with English dovetail drawers, and Amish craftsmen apply the finishes. GRK was formed in 1988 to take over the Manual Arts Furniture Company, which began in 1915 as the exclusive piano bench maker for Baldwin Piano of Cincinnati. Ohio Woodworking was founded in 1930 by William Frank, a German immigrant cabinetmaker, and is in its third generation, building bank fixtures, salon displays and university furniture. Penwood works with builders and designers on complex built-ins and hand-rubs its stains.

Atrium has been in business since 1996 and covers merchandising, product development, manufacturing and distribution. We Bleed Ohio prints in small batches at its Berea facility and takes orders from a single shirt up to full team runs.