High Tech: Growing Companies

Cincinnati, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

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Cincinnati, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

1768 E. 25th Street, Suite 303
Cleveland, OH 44114

HF Food Technologies has brought a new fat substitute to the marketplace. Today, Nutrigras is being sold through distributors and a number of restaurants are using the product.

800-211-5851
4415 Euclid Ave., Suite 360
Cleveland, OH 44103

Some of the nastiest environmental problems have the smallest remedies. That's where CL Solutions comes in.

877-257-6588
3130 Highland Ave., Third Floor
Cincinnati, OH 45219

In the early '90s companies in need of material-exposure experiments in space came to Bob Schmidt, the founder of Orbital Research Inc.

216-649-0399
4415 Euclid Ave. Suite 500
Cleveland, OH 44103

Algisys specializes in cost-effective growth and harvesting of algae for the production of nutritional oils and high protein biomass.

440-749-0510
6610 Hidden Woods Trail
Cleveland, 44143

ZIN Technologies traces its roots back to 1957, when it provided aerospace design and fabrication services to a forerunner of NASA. In 1961, ZIN received its first NASA contracts -- and has never looked back.

440-625-2200
6745 Engle Road, Airport Executive Park
Cleveland, OH 44130

Get the winter blues? Have trouble waking up in the morning or falling asleep at night? Lowbluelights.com has just the product for you.

216-397-1657
7890 Summerset Drive
Walton Hills, OH 44146

Chris Melkonian, the CEO and founder of Midwest MicroDevices, says if you don't know too much about micro-electro mechanical systems, or MEMs, that's OK. He thinks you will soon enough.

419-241-6963
329 N. 14th St.
Toledo, OH 43604

ARCOS originated as a custom software company in 1993 in Mitch McLeod's basement. Little did he know that a one-off software request would eventually propel the Columbus-based firm into 23 states.

614-396-5500
445 Hutchinson Ave., Suite 700
Columbus, OH 43235

In a competitive industry where it's hard to keep your footing, MilAIR has developed and manufactured cooling units for military use since 2006.

513-576-0123
501 TechneCenter Drive, Suite B
Milford, OH 45150

M.O.M. Tools' founders have designed the high-tech version of a better mouse trap with a "Dual-Head" punch for metal fabrication that aims to increase efficiency and profitability in high volume, precision manufacturing.

216-295-9442
3645 Warrensville Center Road, Suite 211
Cleveland, OH 44120

SignTrak has developed user friendly software that cuts down on headaches and errors in the alcohol beverage industry's sign selling process.

800-513-9194
2943 Riverside Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45226

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

Athens-based Sunpower soon could see its super-efficient engine technology blast into the heavens though a partnership with NASA.

740-594-2221
182 Mill St.
Athens, OH 45701

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

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

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

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

Innotech Products Ltd., of Cincinnati, is known to scores of soldiers and survivalists as the Heater Meals company, but recently has begun offering a self-heating beverage kit.

1-800-503-4483
311 Northland Blvd.
Cincinnati, OH 45246

While recent economic woes have forced a number of established businesses to shutter, one long-lived Ohio manufacturer is thriving through innovation.

800-848-4930
15441 Scioto-Darby Road
Mt. Sterling, OH 43143

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

CKS Solution, Inc. in southwest Ohio's Batavia Township, is a fast-growing, innovative manufacturing startup founded in February 2008. Since its founding, CKS has more than doubled its U.S. workforce from 26 earlier this year to 57 today.

513-947-1277
4101 Founders Blvd.
Batavia, OH 45103

Butler County-based Kaivac has found a way for janitors and other personnel to not just clean but sanitize the most grungy items without directly touching them -- all with use of "green" chemicals.

1-800-287-1136
401 S. Third St.
Hamilton, OH

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

Cold Jet, based in Loveland, specializes in dry ice blasting systems as a way to accomplish heavy-duty cleaning in an environmentally responsible manner.

1-800-337-9423
455 Wards Corner Road
Loveland, OH 45140

Verishot, of Independence, has developed a golf course monitoring system that records your holes in one -- even if nobody else is around to see them.

877-274-0300
5755 Granger Road, Suite 500
Independence, OH 44131

Amelia -based First-Response Robotics produces agile, mobile robots that are special not only because they detect chemical and biological hazards, but because they can transmit their data and video live.

513-752-6653
4010 Bach-Buxton.Road
Amelia, OH 45102

Velocys, based in Plain City, is an advanced technology company commercializing processing systems to solve some of the energy and chemical industries' most daunting challenges.

614-733-3300
7950 Corporate Blvd.
Plain City, OH 43064