As we close another year, it is with immense pride and gratitude that I reflect on our remarkable journey. In a world of constant change and challenge, our commitment to workforce, manufacturing excellence, and leadership has been the cornerstone of our success.
Employees are a company's greatest asset, and their growth and development are crucial to continued success. This year, we expanded our apprenticeship offerings, creating pathways for employees to gain hands-on experience and advanced training. Apprenticeship is not just about training; it is about building a future-ready workforce equipped with the skills and knowledge to lead manufacturing into tomorrow.
Our stakeholders' pursuit of success fueled our dedication to manufacturing excellence programs that provide guidance on not only technology, but also operational efficiency, sustainable practice, and product innovation. Ensuring businesses have the right tools in place to pursue manufacturing excellence will pave the way for future growth.
As leadership in manufacturing transitions, we continue to provide
Leadership is the cornerstone of one's ability to inspire, innovate, and excel. This year, we have focused on nurturing leadership qualities across all levels of our stakeholder companies. Well prepared leaders can face the future with confidence and agility.
As we look to the future, we remain steadfast in our commitment to excellence in all that we do. Our strategic priorities will be developed even further as we work on a new strategic plan for the coming year. Stay tuned!
Are clear: to continue investing in our workforce, to drive operational and manufacturing excellence, and to build a sustainable and resilient organization.
Thank you for your ongoing commitment and partnership. Together, we will shape a brighter, more prosperous future.
Sincerely,
Ken Patsey
President and Executive Director
The number of apprentices in our registered program, doubled from 18 to 36. Seven apprentices successfully completed their program.
Engaged 137 supervisors from 40 different companies in Supervising for Success training, leading to the exploration or implementation of innovative workplace culture practices.
Recruited 21 people to go through Leadership Institute – 38% of whom are women/people of color.
Engaged 137 supervisors from 40 different companies in Supervising for Success training, leading to the exploration or implementation of innovative workplace culture practices.
Six local manufacturers began actively building Strategic Roadmaps
Since its inception in 1996, the core components of the Cleveland Industrial Retention Initiative (CIRI) have been outreach, assessment, and service delivery. Outreach by the Cleveland Industrial Retention Initiative (CIRI) in 2023 included:
Read the full 2022 CIRI Economic Impact Report.
A.J. Rose Manufacturing Co
Absolute Machine Tools
Acchroma, Inc.
ActionCOACH Team NEO
Adams Automatic, Inc.
Advance Paint Technology, Ltd.
Advanced Controls, Inc.
Advanced Polymer Coatings
Advanced Secondaries, Inc.
Advanced Welding Solutions, LLC
Aetna Plastics Fabrication, a Harrington Company
Aetna Plating Company Inc.
AgriNomix LLC
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Akron Tool & Die
Alliance Industrial Solutions
Allied Tool & Die Inc.
Alloy Engineering Company
AMECO USA
Anchor Ceramic Blade Technologies
Anchor Die Technologies, Inc.
Anchor Manufacturing Group, Inc.
Anchor Metal Processing, Inc
Anchor Tool & Die
Apex Paper Box Co
APICS, Akron Chapter
Applied Metals Technology
ArcAlloy Custom Metal Fab & Welding
Architectural Products Development, Inc.
Art Galvanizing Works
ASG, div. of Jergens, Inc.
ASK Chemicals LP
Auto Bolt Co.
Automation Plastics Corporation
Automation Tool & Die
A-Wall
Axiom Manufacturing Systems
Bank of America
Barnes Wendling
Beacon Marshall Companies DBA EM Construction
Beckett Thermal
Bee Valve
Berea Hardwoods
Wayne Bergman
Bridgette Berthelot
Bettcher Industries, Inc.
Black Tip, LLC
Boutique IT Solutions (BITS)
Bowden Manufacturing
BoxIt
BWX Technologies, Inc.
Cabletek
Carleton McKenna
Catalyst Consulting Group, Inc.
Cavitch Familo & Durkin Co. LPA
Centurion Security Screen, Inc.
CF Bank
Chemical Solvents, Inc.
ChemMasters
City Plating
City Thermoelectrics LLC
Ciuni & Panichi, Inc.
Cleveland Industrial Innovation Center
Cleveland Machinery Sales, Inc.
Cleveland Menu Printing
Cleveland Steel Tool Co.
Cleveland Wire Cloth & Manufacturing
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
CMIT Solutions of Cleveland Downtown & East
Control Electric Company, Inc.
Conveyer & Caster Corp.
Cook-Leitch & Associates, Inc.
Judith Crocker
Croghan Colonial Bank
Crossroads Advisers/Succession Plus
Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District
CW Industrial Partners
D.A. Surgical
Dan T. Moore Company
David Wolfe Design, Inc.
Day Piston Co.
Day-Glo Color Corp
DEM Manufacturing
Dennison Creative
Dependable Stamping Company
Die-Cut Products Co.
Die-Matic Corporation
Digital Leaf Media Consulting, LLC
Dise & Company
Diversified Fall Protection
Dollar Bank
Dreison: DCM Manufacturing, Inc.
Dreison: Maradyne Corporation
Du West Tool & Die, Inc
Duffy+Duffy Cost Segregation Services
DuPont
Duray Plating Company
e2b Teknologies
Eagle Elastomer
Eberhard
Efficient Machine Products Corp.
Elco Corporation
Electric Cord Sets
Elevate Sales Solutions--powered by Sales Xceleration
Ely Enterprises, Inc.
Embedded Planet
Empire Die Casting Company
Enerco Group Inc.
Energy Management Specialists, Inc.
EOX Vantage
Equipment Manufacturers International
Erie Industrial Equipment, Inc.
ErieBank
Essential Sealing Products
Essential Sealing Products
Euro-USA Midwest
Evergreen Industrial Batteries LLC
EZ Snap Covers
Factur
Farmers National Bank
Fastsigns Downtown Cleveland
Federal Gear
Felber PR & Marketing
Feldenkris CFO Services, LLC
FiberWorx
Fike Developing and Excavating, Inc.
First Commonwealth Bank
Flow Polymers, LLC
Flywire
Fulcrum ConsultingWorks, Inc.
Fully Promoted
Garick
Gates Group Advisors, LLC
Gebauer Company
Gem Tool
General Metal Heat Treating, Inc.
Giesecke + Devrient
GimMeAHand
Glavin ID
Global Business Consultants
Globe Pipe Hanger Products, Inc.
Good Engineering and Marine Service, LLC
Gotta Groove Records
Grafix
Granite Steel & Processing, Inc.
Grategy
Great Lakes Brewing Canning Facility
Great Lakes Brewing Company
Great Lakes Towing Company
Halvorsen Co.
Heat Seal/Ampak
HGR Industrial Surplus
Hinkley Lighting, Inc.
HKB Enterprises
HKM Direct Market Communications
Horizons HR Services
Jeb Howard
HP Manufacturing
Hubbell Machine Tooling, Inc.
Huntington Bank - Business Banking West
Huntington National Bank
Huntington Private Bank
IER Fujikura Inc
Impact Armor Technologies LLC
Inglewood Associates LLC
Inova Staffing
Involta
Jamestown Container Companies
Jedi D365 Consulting, LLC
Jergens, Inc.
Jiffy Products International
JIS, div. of Jergens, Inc.
Jones Drones Cleveland
Joseph T. Snyder Industries, Inc.
JTM Products, Inc.
Kaufman, Drozdowski & Grendell, LLC
Kay Chemical Company
Kerek Industries, LLC
KeyBank - Commercial Bank
Keystone Threaded Products
Kitzel Inc.
Kuhn Fabricating Inc
KYOCERA SGS Precision Tools, Inc.
La Bamba Foods
Lakeside Supply Company
Lakewood Automation
Land
Landi Industries
Lane Steel Co., Inc.
Laszeray Technology, LLC
Lewis Unlimited Inc.
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc.
Lowe Chemical
Lucas Precision
Lytkowski & Co. Inc
Mach3, An Alloy Engineering Company
Magis Advisory Group
Maloney + Novotny LLC
Marcum LLP
Margin Authority, LLC
Martindale Electric Co.
Material Movement Solutions LLC
Meaden & Moore
Melin Tool Company
J Mentrek
Menyhart Plumbing & Heating Supply
Meyer Products (Aebi-Schmidt)
Mgt. Advisors, LLC
Midwest Box Company/Walford Industrial Park
Midwest Compressor Co., Inc.
Midwest Transatlantic Lines, Inc.
Monroe Tool & Manufacturing Co.
Montville Plastics & Rubber, LLC
Moreland Connect
MPC Silent Wall
Msports Inc
National Commercial Warehouse
National Office Services, Inc
National Safety Apparel, Inc
NESCO, Inc.
Neverman Insurance Agency
North Coast Container LLC
Numerequip, Inc.
Oatey Company
Ohio Awning & Manufacturing Company
Ohio Laser Cleaning and Rust Removal
Ohio Travel Bag
On Technology Partners
Operations Feedback Systems
Optio Tempore LLC
Orlando Baking Company
Oswald Companies
OWETEC Services Company
PACE Converting Equipment Co, Inc.
Partners Environmental Consulting, Inc.
PartnerShip
Paul Fike Builders, Inc.
Pearne & Gordon LLP
Pease, CPAs
Peoples Bank
Phoenix Metal Sales & Fabrication, LLC
Pilot Plastics
Pioneer Products
Plasman Cleveland
PMI Industries
PNC Commercial Banking
Polaris Automation, Inc.
Pompili Precast Concrete
Premier Development Partners, LLC
Presrite Corporation - Bessemer
Presrite Corporation - HQ
Prevail Transaction Partners
Productivity Solutions
Producto Dieco
Products Chemical Company LLC
Quality IP
Rainbow Rubber Extrusions
Ratliff & Taylor
Re:Build CDi
Rea & Associates
Red Seal Electric Company, Inc.
REDIBILT LLC
Redmond Waltz
Reed Powder Coating
RGI Creative, Inc.
Riddell
Ridge Tool/Emerson Manufacturing Company
Rise Together
RML Tool & Die
Robo Workforce LLC
Rockport Ready Mix
Roetzel & Andress
Royal Chemical Company
Royal Wire Products, Inc.
RSM US LLP
Sandler Training Powered by MP Solutions
ScaleCo Capital
Schauer Group, Inc.
Schooley Mitchell
Sea Air Space Machining & Molding
Seaway Bolt & Specials Corp
Seeley Savidge Ebert Gourash
Semco Carbon
Sherwin-Williams Company
Sikich, LLP
Simplex-IT
Singleton Corporation
Skyhawk Resources, LLC
Skylift, Inc.
Solon Specialty Wire dba Liberty Steel
Soundwich Inc.
Spooner Incorporated
St. Johns Ship Building
Standard Machine LLC
Stata Productions
Edward Steele
Steve Trapp Associates, Inc.
Stripmatic
Swagelok
Swift Filters, Inc.
SyncShow
Synthomer
Talan Products, Inc.
Tango Echo Bravo Manufacturing, Inc.
Tap Packaging Solutions and The Chilcote Company
Team Wendy, LLC
Tempest, Inc.
Terves Engineered Response
Tesar Industrial Contractors
The Bonnot Company
The Domingo Group LLC
The Garland Company, Inc.
The Gent Machine Company
The J.L. Taylor Company, Inc.
The Pipe Line Development Company
The Technology House, Ltd.
Thogus Products Co.
Timco Rubber Products, Inc.
Tooling Solutions LLC
Tortilleria La Bamba LLC
Total Distribution, Inc.
TPI Efficiency Consulting
TransitioNext Advisors
Tremco, Inc.
Tribco, Inc.
Triggs Technologies
Triton Duro Werks/Zip Tool & Die Co.
Troy Innovative Instruments
Trust Manufacturing
UCI Controls Inc.
UnifyWork
UNIQUE Paving Materials Corp.
Universal Grinding Corporation
Universal Oil Inc.
University of Cincinnati Partnership Development Team
Urban League of Greater Cleveland
Utmost Potential, LLC
V2 Technology
Venture Plastics, Inc.
Veryable
VisComm
Voss Industries, Inc.
Warwick Products Co.
Bruce Waterhouse
Waterlox Coatings Corporation
Werner G. Smith, Inc.
Westfield Bank
Weston Hurd LLP
Westside Supply Company, Inc.
Wickens Herzer Panza
Wire Laboratories Co.
Wire Products Company
WLS Fabricating Company
WLS Stamping Company
John Wojton
Work Horse Integrations
Workman Industrial Services Inc.
Xadite Perceptions LLC
YES Electric Inc.
Zaclon, LLC
Zinner & Co., LLP
Zito Insurance Agency Inc.
Zoetic Global
Patricia and Charles Mintz Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland
Ken Patsey
Schron Family Foundation
Edward Steele
Adam Artman
Karen Chambers
Mark Dawson
Marilyn Kysela
Aaron Morrow
Mari-Elen Sammon
Anne Schaum
Cleveland Steel Tool Co.
KeyBank - Public Square
Martindale Electric Co.
Royal Wire Products, Inc.
Talan Products, Inc.
Tap Packaging Solutions and The Chilcote Company
WLS Stamping Company
The Catherine L & Edward A Lozick Foundation
City of Cleveland – Department of Economic Development
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
The Cleveland Foundation
Cleveland Metropolitan School District
The George Gund Foundation
KeyBank Foundation
The Lozick Family Foundation
Ohio Means Jobs
O'Neill Brothers Foundation
Swagelok Foundation
U.S. Department of Labor
U.S. Economic Development Administration
Grainger Supply
NTMA
Oswald Companies
PartnerShip
Roundstone
Spooner Incorporated
Spooner Safety Services
TPI Efficiency Consulting
Zito Insurance Agency Inc.
CHAIR
* James Domingo, The Domingo Group LLC
VICE CHAIR
* Pete Accorti, Talan Products, Inc.
SECRETARY TREASURER
* Jon Shoop, Marcum LLP
Renee Avampato, Magis Advisory Group
Bridgette Berthelot, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Gwen Burg, Swagelok
Dan Collins, Wire Products Company
Mark Dawson, Cleveland Steel Tool Co.
Jason Drake, Dan T. Moore Company
Mark Kovach, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
Marilyn Kysela, Huntington Private Bank
Jay O'Neill, Lane Steel Co., Inc.
Jack Schron, Jr, Jergens, Inc.
Tom Schumann, Kitzel Inc.
* Robert Shenton, Plante Moran
Edward Steele, Bettcher Industries, Inc.
* Jason Tuma, Sikich, LLP
* Leslie Yerkes, Catalyst Consulting Group, Inc.
* Denotes Executive Committee member
CHAIR
Jon Shoop, Marcum LLP
Lauren Clark, PNC
Jessica Hartman, RSM US LLP
CHAIR
James Domingo, The Domingo Group LLC
Tim Rosengarten, Voss Industries, Inc.
Jack Schron, Jr, Jergens, Inc.
CHAIR
Pete Accorti, Talan Products, Inc.
Stephen Caviness, Team NEO
Larry Fulton, LEFCO Worthington
Phoebe Lee, VDP Safety & Uniforms Ltd.
James Marra, Blue Point Capital Partners, LLC
Tom Schumann, Kitzel Inc.
Eric Schwarz,
Kiley Smith, CF Bank
CHAIR
Edward Steele, Bettcher Industries, Inc.
Linas Biliunas, Martindale Electric Co.
David Chilcote, Tap Packaging Solutions and The Chilcote Company
Dan Collins, Wire Products Company
Steve Craig, UCI Controls Inc.
Sara Daugherty, Brite Energy Innovators
Mark Dawson, Cleveland Steel Tool Co.
Jay Foran,
Andrew Gyekenyesi, Parallax Research (Ohio Aerospace Institute)
Nathaniel Hines, DuPont
Shilpa Kedar, Cleveland State University
Jeff Martin, National Safety Apparel, Inc
Dave Robinson, Royal Chemical Company
Buck Rodgers, Laszeray Technology, LLC
John Sbatella, Norman Noble, Inc.
Joe Work, MAGNET
CHAIR
Leslie Buzalka, Glavin Industries, Inc.
James Domingo, The Domingo Group LLC
Rob Felber, Felber PR & Marketing
Todd Lancaster, Oswald Companies
Jim Lichtenberg, Schooley Mitchell
Thomas Murphy, Advanced Controls, Inc.
Jason Tuma, Sikich, LLP
CHAIR
Leslie Yerkes, Catalyst Consulting Group, Inc.
Kalyn Berton, Jergens, Inc.
Ryan Bixler, Bettcher Industries, Inc.
Gary Bullard, DuPont Valley View & Stow Works
Karen Chambers, Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc.
Lindsay DesJardins, StewMac
CHAIR
Robert Shenton, Plante Moran
Renee Avampato, Magis Advisory Group
Fernando Bertero, Fully Promoted
Bridgette Berthelot, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Mark Dawson, Cleveland Steel Tool Co.
Mark Kovach, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
Jay O'Neill, Lane Steel Co., Inc.
Jim Penttila, EOX Vantage
Tom Schumann, Kitzel Inc.
Kiley Smith, CF Bank
CHAIR
Marilyn Kysela, Huntington Private Bank
Gloria Baker, Community Works
Michelle Belviso,
Olivia Bridges, GrafTech International
Gwen Burg, Swagelok
Lindsay DesJardins, StewMac
Goren Dillard, Urban League of Greater Cleveland
Jason Drake, Dan T. Moore Company
Mike Glavin, Greater Cleveland Partnership
Robert Guy, WLS Stamping Company
Laura Knaak, Inova Staffing
Kelsey Lee, ADP
Maureen Pansky, Oatey Company - IP
Tom Schumann, Kitzel Inc.
Adam Snyder, Talan Products, Inc.
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