Advanced and Alternative Energy: Growing Companies

Replex Plastics is working to commercialize solar components that work in less than optimal solar conditions by using mirrors on photovoltaic cells.

800-886-8847
P.O. Box 967
Mount Vernon, OH 43050

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

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

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

Already one of the leading lift truck manufacturers in the world, Crown Equipment Corp. wants to be the industry leader in application of fuel cell technology.

419-629-2311
44 S. Washington St.
New Bremen, OH 45869

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

Catacel is making waves supplying crucial materials for hydrogen fuel cells, heat-exchange systems and industrial hydrogen production.

330-527-0731
7998 Gotham Road
Garrettsville, OH 44231

Lewis Center-based NexTech, formed in 1994, does business in 35 countries and offers more than 100 products, mostly related to ceramic materials used in solid oxide fuel cells.

614-842-6606
404 Enterprise Dr.
Lewis Center, OH 43035

Xunlight Corporation, a solar technology spin-off from the University of Toledo, is shining. The burgeoning company, based in Toledo, engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of photovoltaic modules that convert sunlight into electricity.

419-469-8600
3145 Nebraska Ave.
Toledo, OH 43607

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