A Schulman

Fairlawn

330-666-3751

A Schulman adds chemicals to basic plastics such as polypropylene, polyethylene, and PVC to give them color and desired characteristics like flexibility or the ability to retard flame.

Advantegrity LLC

Lakewood

216-228-1498

Executive search

AeroClay, Inc.

Solon

440-248-1039

Advanced Materials

Ametek

Wapakoneta

419-739-3224

Compounder

Applied Sciences Inc

Cedarville

937-766-2020

Commercial, physical and biological research Carbon and graphite fibers

Ashland Specialty Chemical Co

Dublin

614-790-3686

Core & mold coatings

AvMat LLC

Akron

330-253-5912

Helps inventors, entrepreneurs, start-up companies & early stage manufacturing & advanced materials companies in product commercialization, market introduction, sales growth  & early stage financing

Battelle

Columbus

614-424-7782

Research & development

Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Cleveland

216-363-4567

Legal services

Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Columbus

614-223-9300

Legal services

Bioformix, LLC

Blue Ash

513-448-0305

Develops environment friendly adhesives & plastic alternatives such as monomers, resins &  polymers

BioLOC

Columbus

614-340-3345

Designs & Produces Microfluidic Devices

Capital Resin Corp.

Columbus

614-445-7177

Toll manufacturer of resins and chemical intermediates

CentroTrade Minerals & Metals, Inc.

Akron

757-679-2300

Synthetic Rubber

City of Dublin Economic Development

Dublin

614-410-4618

Economic Development

CIFT

Toledo

419-535-6000

Manufacturing consulting, also Center for Innovative Food Technology

EMC Squared

 Columbus

614-459-3200

Provides Engineering & Environmental Solutions

EMTEC

Dayton

937-259-1302

Materials consulting

FullScope

Sylvania

567-455-6267 

Enterprise Resource Planning Software Solutions for Manufacturers & Distributors. Includes process industries such as chemicals, food & beverage, primary metals, pulp/paper, etc.

Goodyear

Akron

330-796-8299

Tire & rubber products

Greater Akron Chamber

Akron

330-376-5550

Economic development

Innis Maggiore Group

Canton

330-492-5500

Marketing communications & advertising

Johnsonite Inc., a Tarkett Company

Chagrin Falls 

440-708-9270

Flooring & Associated Products

Kent State University

Kent

330-672-2692

University

Kurz-Kasch

Kettering

937-296-5080

Manufacturer of highly engineered electromagnetic & engineered composite components

LSP Technologies Inc

Dublin

614-718-3000

laser technology and laser peening

Macromeric Compounds A Division of Saco Polymers Inc.

Aurora

330-995-1600

Producer of speciality thermoplastic & thermoset compounds & additives

MAGNET

Cleveland

216-367-2900

Manufacturing consulting services

MarTech Services

Westerville

614-890-8109

Technology consulting

METSS Corporation

Westerville

614-797-2200

Technology development, recycling

Momentive Performance Materials

Strongsville

440-878-5633

Produces silicones & silicone derivatives. Company operates in two segments, Silicones & Quartz

NanoBlox

Dayton

614-395-3492

Uses a proprietary technique to produce nanodiamonds with an average size of 5 nanometers (nm). As a comparision of size, a DNA strand is 1.4 nm in diameter. Nanoblox uses purificaton techniques to offer different grades of nanodiamonds that can be used for applications ranging from stronger & lighter armor to drug delivery

NanoSperse LLC

Akron

330-670-6489

Design & manufacturing company dedicated to improving durability, reliability & functionality of defense, aerospace & industrial composties

National Composite Center

Kettering

937-297-9452

Product development in composite materials

Natural Fiber Composites Corporation

Columbus

614-459-3200

Raw Material Producer

New Horizon Partners Inc

Solon

440-248-0814

Strategic marketing, planning and business development consulting

NorTech

Cleveland

216-363-6883

Economic Development

NuVention Solutions Inc.

Avon Lake

330-714-4117 

Specializes in the creation of market opportunities for new and novel technologies. Currently committed to the commercialization of a new platform technology that converts livestock solid waste into a Bio Oil that can be used in a number of value added asphalt and fertilizer coating products.

Office of The Governor

Government Agency

Ohio Fuel Cell Coalition

Cleveland

216-363-6883

United group of industry, academic, & government leaders working collectively to strengthen Ohio's fuel cell industry & to accelerate the transformation of the region to global leadership in fuel cell technology

Ohio Polymer Strategy Council

Westerville

614-776-5720

Trade group

Ohio State University

Columbus

614-292-1582

University

Ovation Polymer Technology & Engineered Materials (OPTEM)

Medina

330-723-5686

Specialty Engineered Polymers and Contract Compounding of Thermoplastics

PCX Energy Services LLC

Independence

440-823-1300

Energy & Sustainability & Solutions

Phoenix Technologies International LLC

Bowling Green

419-353-7738

Plastic pellets; recycling of PET and PETE

Plante & Moran PLLC

Cleveland

216-523-1010

Accounting services

Plastech Consulting Inc

North Canton

899-0818

Technical consulting

Plastic Technologies Inc

Holland

419-867-5400

Research & development: plastics; Plastic Packaging

Poly Green Technologies, LLC

Mansfield

419-775-5961

Supplier of bio-based polyols made from the waste products of the biodiesel process. These biopolyols are biodegradable materials that can be used in a wide variety of applications, including packaging, cushioning, insulation, etc.

Polyflow

Akron

330-253-5912

Converts mixed dirty polymer waste into fuels & aromatic chemicals used to make virgin polymers, solvent, high octane gasoline blendstock & diesel fuel

Polymer Concepts

Mentor

440-953-9605

Processor 

PolyOne Corporation

Avon Lake

440-930-1000

Research & development laboratory: PVC resins & compounds

PREMIX

North Kingsville

440-224-2181

Thermoset composite company develops,manufactures & markets molding compounds & custom-molded parts

Priamus Systems Technologies, LLC

Brunswick

877-774-2687

Sensors for injection molding

RAPRA Ltd

Akron

330-762-7441

Independent Rubber & Plastic Consultants

Replex Plastics

Mount Vernon

740-397-5535

Camera domes

Rowmark Inc

Findlay

419-425-8974

Manufacture engravable plastic sheet & plastic badge holders

Shawnee State University

Portsmouth

740-351-3176

University

Sherwin-Williams Company

Cleveland

216-566-2000

Industrial aerosols, paints, coatings, lubricants, rust preventatives, mold release agents, stencil inks, & cleaning agents

Sinclair Community College

Dayton

937-512-2311

University

SNS Nano Fiber Technology, LLC

Hudson

330-655-0030

A proprietary producer of large scale nano fiber material with accompanying development for specific uses & standard products

Syscom Advanced Materials Inc.

Columbus

614-487-3626

Electrically conductive polymer/metal hybrid yarn

Team Neo

Cleveland

330-666-9258

Economic Development

TechColumbus

Columbus

614-675-3693

Newsletter & Technology Advisory Services

Techneglas

Perrysburg

419-873-2000

Glass Resins

Trimbach Technologies, Ltd.

Dayton

937-259-0014

Research and Development in Biotechnology

Twenty First Century Energy LLC

Fairborn

937-343-0163

Develops, manufactures & sells alternative wind energy systems designed for efficiency in low-speed wind conditions

University of Akron

Akron

330-972-7500

University

University of Dayton Research Institute

Dayton

937-229-3515

University

Varo Engineers, Inc.

Dublin

614-459-0424

Engineering services

Venture Plastics Inc

Newton Falls

330-872-5774

Custom injection molding, assembling, bonding, sonic welding, hot stampings & bagging

WinSell

Akron

330-836-7421

Specialty colorants and compounds for various plastic processes including blown film, injection molding, extrusion, rotational molding, compounding and compression molding

Zahler Enterprises, LLC

Columbus

614-870-7872

ProPad - floor mats for food and hospitality industry

Zyvex Performance Materials

Columbus

614-481-2222

Create the highest performing,nano-enhanced composite materials