Since 1990, Westerville’s JBW Systems, Inc. has focused on a single specialty: portable pneumatic mixing systems that agitate coatings and other materials directly in drums and tanks. Its lightweight JBW Mixing System draws material from the bottom for thorough sediment disbursement, while the Fugitive Emission Reduction Cover helps contain emissions and provides fire protection during mixing. The company’s founder brought paint-industry experience dating to 1965 to the design of the system.
Clean Air Act #101-549 of 1990
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Fawcett Co., IncFounded in 1954 after chemical engineer Millard “Mel” Fawcett invented its signature rotary mixing impeller, Fawcett Co. designs and builds industrial mixing equipment in Richfield, Ohio. Its American-made MixedFLOW™ impellers remain a hallmark of the company, which serves applications from laboratory batches to processing vessels up to 1,000 gallons. Fawcett also custom-engineers mixers and repairs air-mixer powerheads, including equipment from other brands.RICHFIELD, OH
EvenMixFounded by Phil Rankin in 2012, Cleveland-based EvenMix designs and builds industrial mixers for IBC totes, drums, and tanks. Its patented variable-pitch folding blade, developed with input from a NASA engineer, creates vertical and horizontal circulation so liquids mix in three dimensions rather than simply stirring. EvenMix performs all manufacturing in the United States, with all but two of the more than 100 components in its drives sourced domestically, primarily from the Midwest.CLEVELAND, OH
ARS Recycling SystemsARS Recycling Systems grew out of an Ohio contractor’s response to a New Jersey bridge-painting problem more than 30 years ago, when it developed a way to reuse steel grit instead of sending truckloads of hazardous blasting waste to disposal. Today, the Lowellville manufacturer builds portable abrasive blasting systems for contractors working on bridges, marine structures, and tanks, while supporting customers with technical service from startup onward.LOWELLVILLE, OH
AirVerterAirVerter, a division of Smith Eastern Corporation, makes HVLP industrial paint spray guns and portable pollution-control equipment that capture overspray and fumes at the source. Begun in 1964 and working in Jessup, Maryland since 1996, the veteran-owned small business developed its PAPCE and CAPS systems for out-of-booth touch-up work and serves military and aerospace users. Its innovations include nine issued patents, with products made in the USA and used in applications ranging from aviation painting to shipboard coatings.JESSUP, MD