What began in a Rich family garage has grown into Midlake Products & Manufacturing, a family-owned Ohio manufacturer of custom hinges and precision sheet-metal fabrications. The family has owned and operated the company since 1987, developing it into an 85,000-square-foot Louisville headquarters with in-house finishing and assembly. Following its acquisition of PJ’s Fabrication, Midlake now combines light-gauge sheet-metal work with heavy weldments and plate fabrication across more than 150,000 square feet of manufacturing space.
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Midlake Products & Manufacturing Company IncThe Rich family has owned and operated Midlake Products & Manufacturing since 1987, growing the business from a garage operation into an 85,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Louisville, Ohio. Known for its long history with custom hinges, Midlake now serves OEMs and industrial manufacturers through production metal fabrication, with the Canton operation extending its reach into heavier work. Its two facilities together provide more than 150,000 square feet of manufacturing space.LOUISVILLE, OH
Lima Sheet MetalFamily-owned and operated since 1974, Lima Sheet Metal remains a three-generation Emerick family business rooted in Lima, Ohio. The shop is known for carrying Michael Ray Emerick’s hands-on tradition into work for industrial, commercial, and municipal customers across the state, with custom fabrication and machining handled under one roof.LIMA, OH
Paragon Metal FabricatorsFounded in 1989 by three Muehlenkamp brothers, Paragon Metal Fabricators is a family-owned Northern Kentucky shop making custom sheet-metal and structural fabrications for customers across the tri-state area. Now in its second generation, the company combines more than 40 years of experience with a 42,000-square-foot core facility and a new 126,000-square-foot Falmouth operation, giving it room to handle both prototypes and full production runs. Its in-house capabilities extend from precision cutting through finishing and assembly, keeping projects under one roof from design to delivery.CINCINNATI, OH
Mika Metal FabricatingMika Metal Fabricating traces its roots to a Willoughby-area shop founded in 1939 and is now veteran-owned and operated under new leadership that took over in 2020. Its 80,000-square-foot Ohio facility produces custom sheet-metal parts and assemblies for manufacturers that depend on precise, consistent delivery. The company holds ISO 9001:2015 certification and keeps fabrication in-house.WILLOUGHBY, OH