Advanced Materials

Advanced materials are metals, alloys, ceramics, glass, polymers and other hybrid materials that outperform conventional materials because of their toughness, hardness, durability and elasticity. Commercializing innovations in advanced materials is a key in the transition of Ohio's economy.

Advanced Materials Features

Video: Kent Displays

Fund for Our Economic Future Thursday, September 08, 2011

Founded in 1993, Kent Displays has charged hard into Ohio's new economy as a world leader in the research, development and manufacture of no power LCDs for diverse applications like electronic skins, writing tablets, smartcards and eReaders. Find out how the company is blazing new trails by watching this video.

Video: Aeroclay

NorTech Thursday, June 16, 2011

Solon-based Aeroclay, is working to commercialize its advanced material made of clay, milk and water -- what some refer to as "a dirty milkshake." hiVelocity wrote about Aeroclay in February -- now, here's a video that shows a little more about the company, which also this year won a NorTech Innovation Award.

Ohio's aerospace industry evolves into quiet giant

Gene Monteith Thursday, March 10, 2011

The Wright Brothers may have gotten things started, but over the last century thousands of players have quietly built an aerospace and aviation economy that may surprise you in its reach.

Q&A: Dayton Development Coalition's Colleen Ryan on Ohio's aerospace hub

Gene Monteith Thursday, March 10, 2011

In 2009, Dayton was named the state's Aerospace Hub, a designation designed to prompt additional investments in the region's -- and the state's -- aerospace industry. Colleen Ryan, the Dayton Development Coalition's VP of aerospace and defense, discusses the traits that have made the Dayton region a center of attention for flight, research and commercialization of new aviation and aerospace technologies.

Southeast Ohio: Our state's second Polymer Valley

Dave Malaska Thursday, February 10, 2011

While northeast Ohio's "Polymer Valley" is home to 45 percent of Ohio's polymer production sites, a cluster of companies has built its own power base in the state's southeastern corner.

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