cleveland/northeast ohio: Growing Companies

Quasar Energy Group is banking on the promise of alternative energies and an abundance of farm, food processing and other biomass that can be converted to electricity, gas and heat.

216-986-9999
7624 Riverview Road
Cleveland, OH 44141

ACME Express wants to take $35 million a year out of Ohio healthcare costs. So far, it's received a lot of help to pave the way.

216-391-7400
3821 Prospect Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44115

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

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

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

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

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

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

Words like "milking" and "feedlot" might be most commonly associated with a cow pasture. But for Highland Heights-based Phycal, something else comes to mind: Algae.

440-460-2477
51 Alpha Park
Highland Heights, OH 44143

Electricity in places like Appalachia and the deserts of the Middle East can be somewhat scarce. But with a little help from Cleveland-based Technology Management Inc., those places could be led from the dark.

216-541-1000
9718 Lake Shore Blvd.
Cleveland, OH 44108