Komar Industries is a Groveport manufacturer founded in 1977, best known for developing auger technology around a straightforward idea: waste equipment should be reliable. Today, the company combines that engineering heritage with a nationwide service network to help industrial and municipal operators manage demanding waste streams with less disruption.
KomlineSince Thomas Komline and Wally Sanderson founded it in 1946, Komline has grown from a wastewater-filtration company into a global manufacturer of equipment for environmental and industrial processes. The company operates eight U.S. manufacturing locations and supplies municipal utilities, electric power utilities, and industrial customers worldwide, with service teams supporting equipment well beyond its original installation.SPRINGFIELD, OH
American Compactor, IncSince its founding in Mansfield, Ohio, in 1989, American Compactor, Inc. has built its identity around American-made industrial waste compaction. The company develops and manufactures compressed-air systems for organizations that need to reduce the volume and cost of waste disposal, including aerospace and military facilities. Its equipment is available to federal agencies through a General Services Administration contract.MANSFIELD, OH
Somat CompanyFrom its Lancaster, Pennsylvania base, Somat Company engineers and manufactures foodservice waste-management systems that reduce and dewater organic waste. The company traces its roots to Kurt Wandel’s 1940s pulping inventions and was established as Somat Corporation in 1962; today it serves high-volume operations around the world as part of the ITW Food Equipment Group. Somat equipment is used across every surface ship in the U.S. Naval Fleet, an unusual measure of its reach and operating experience.LANCASTER, PA
Reddy Equipment, IncFounded by Jim Reddy in 1986, Reddy Equipment, Inc. supplies, installs, fabricates and services commercial and industrial waste equipment across Ohio and neighboring states. The family-owned company operates facilities in Canton and Columbus, with 24/7 emergency service and a 10,000-square-foot fabrication and welding operation. Today, President George Wengryniuk and his sons Eric and Kyle continue the business, backed by more than a century of combined waste-equipment service knowledge.SOLON, OH