Submit Your RFP
 
Home » Planning Tools » Manufacturing
Advertisements:
InterContinental Hotel Cleveland Ohio
Kalahari Resorts Sandusky Ohio

Manufacturing Industry Facts for Successful Conventions and Meetings in Cleveland

Manufacturing Industry

Northeast Ohio has been revitalized and reborn, emerging as an efficient and diverse business region that supplies valuable, sophisticated manufactured goods throughout the world. Greater Cleveland is home to the largest concentration of polymer research and product development companies in the nation.

The economic make-up of Northeast Ohio is unique given the diversity and strength of industries operating here. Seldom do other regions experience the number of driver industries that are present in the region. Even more rare is the strength of the interrelationships among these industries--metalworking, plastic products and chemicals, motor vehicles and equipment, insurance, biomedical, instruments and controls.

Within 500 Miles of Cleveland Market[1]

  • 42% of U.S. Households
  • 42% of U.S. Population
  • 44% of U.S. EBI
  • 43% of U.S. Total Employment
  • 48% of U.S. Manufacturing Employment
  • 51% of the Top 500 U.S. Corporate Headquarters

Manufacturing Facts

  • Cleveland is known as the headquarters of the manufacturing industry. It is also the 9th largest industrial market in the nation.[2]
  • Northeast Ohio is the world's leading polymer research and manufacturing center, known as "Polymer Valley," with more than 1,300[3] companies engaged in the manufacture of coatings, plastics, resins, molds and extrusions.
  • More than 300 industrial research laboratories make Greater Cleveland one of the top technological and industrial research areas in the world.
  • Some 6,000 manufacturing concerns, representing more than 75 percent of all Standard Industries Classifications (SICs) are located in Greater Cleveland.
  • 21 manufacturing companies in Cleveland are Fortune 500 companies.[4]
  • Cleveland plays an important role in the history of the iron ore industry on the Great Lakes. The Cleveland Iron Mining Company made the first shipment of iron ore (152 tons) in the country.
  • Some of Cleveland's famous manufacturing tycoons and industrialists include John D. Rockefeller (founder of Standard Oil Co.), Henry Sherwin (co-Founder of Sherwin Williams) and Charles E. Thompson (principal founder of the present TRW).

Cleveland's Manufacturing Community

Cleveland Advanced Manufacturing Program (CAMP, Inc.)

  • A non-profit, professional organization that delivers expert, hands-on technical, business and training services to manufacturers and other partners.
  • As an Ohio Edison Technology Center, sponsored by the Ohio Department of Development, CAMP supports technology development by and for Ohio companies.
  • With Cleveland State University, CAMP operates the Advanced Manufacturing Center that combines highly advanced technology with the latest in academic research.
  • CAMP, Inc. is one of only six national technology transfer centers sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Precision Metalforming Association

  • The Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) is the full-service trade association representing the $41 billion metalforming industry of North America, the industry that creates precision metal products using stamping, fabricating and other value-added processes. Its nearly 1,200 member companies include metal stampers, fabricators, spinners, slide formers and roll formers, as well as suppliers of equipment, materials and services to the industry. Members are located in some 30 countries, but the majority is found in North America in 41 U.S. states as well as Canada and Mexico.[5]

The Sherwin Williams Company

  • Operates more than 2,600 paint stores and 52 plants worldwide.[6]
  • The first paint company ever to be ISO900 certified as a paint manufacturer.

Steel Tube Institute of North America

  • Hosts student competition in conjunction with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture including the Design and Engineering Challenge in which more than 200 students from the U.S. and Canada participate.
  • Their goal is to improve manufacturing techniques and inform customers about their product's utility and versatility.

Steris Corp.

  • The Food Safety Division of Steris worked on a joint venture with Kansas State University and STORK RMS-Proctecon Corporation to stop food contamination in pasteurized meat products by establishing a clean-room environment and post process pasteurization technology.

Swagelok

  • Manufactures fluid systems components for industries ranging from research, instrumentation and bioprocessing and pharmaceuticals to power generating, oil and gas production, petrochemical processing and semiconductor manufacturing.

WIRE-Net

  • 225 manufacturing companies are members of WIRE-Net[7]
  • Many of the 700 west-side manufacturing companies are involved with WIRE-Net.

Top Manufacturing Companies Headquartered in Northeast Ohio

Cleveland-Based Associations

Successful Cleveland Meetings

  • Meetings and Events Network
  • Association for Manufacturing Excellence
  • National Association of S Gage Railroaders

  • National Paint and Coatings Association
    • Assistance provided by the Convention & Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland.

       
  • Great Lakes Industrial Show
    • Assistance provided by the Convention & Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland.

  • Society of Manufacturing Engineers
    • During this three-day seminar participants became certified in coil slitting and leveling. The seminar was hosted by the Holiday Inn Cleveland/Independence.

  • The Material Handling Industry of America - NA 2006
    • NA 2006 focused on the productivity solutions provided by material handling and logistics. The four-day event was the most comprehensive showcase of material handling and logistics equipment, systems and technologies in the United States in 2006. The show was designed to offer productivity solutions and information by showcasing the products and services of over 400 material handling and logistics providers.
      Assistance provided by the Convention & Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland.

  • GE Consumer & Industrial Lighting - Fundamentals of Commercial & Industrial Lighting
    • Designed for newcomers to the lighting industry, this conference provides basic product and application training for commercial and industrial lighting. This program contains lectures and full-scale lighting demonstrations that create an interesting, fast-paced, comprehensive lighting conference. Topics include: lighting terminology; lighting measurements and color; an overview of major light source families and systems; and application modules for retail, office, industrial and outdoor lighting.

  • Association for Iron and Steel Technology - AISTech 2006
    • Assistance provided by the Convention & Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland.

 

[1] http://www.cose.org/pdf/FactSheets/Cleveland%20Market.pdf
[2] http://www.cnt.org/repository/MetroInitiativeCleveland.pdf
[3] http://www.polymerohio.org/Portals/0/Documents/PolymerOhio_Regional_Charts.pdf
[4] http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/full_list
[5] http://www.metalforming.com/about/default.htm
[6] http://www2.sherwin-williams.com/recruitment/corporate_facts/corporate.asp
[7] http://www.wire-net.org/aboutwn.htm#today

Not sure where to start?  Fill out an online RFP to receive meeting planning assistance or look at our variety of meeting rooms and unique venues.  Or review our meeting planner's checklist.  Already have a meeting planned?  Let our award-winning convention services department help you with the details.
Privacy Policy |  Contact Us |  Ctix Discount Tickets