Forward Motion Inc

Employee Size

2-10

Organization Type

Privately Held

Headquarters

Avon, OH

Forward Motion Inc. is a Northeast Ohio electromechanical design-and-build firm with decades of experience helping manufacturers solve difficult production challenges. The Avon-based company develops custom machinery and automation systems for facilities that need a solution shaped around their process, rather than an off-the-shelf machine. Its UL 508A-certified panel shop adds in-house control-panel expertise to that work.

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