R2J Technologies, LLC develops custom embedded motion-control and power-conversion solutions, helping OEMs move from off-the-shelf systems to application-specific products. Based in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, the company combines product development and contract manufacturing support with expertise spanning real-time control, embedded systems, and power conversion from 50 W to 100 kW. Its work is geared toward helping clients bring products to market faster.
Forward Motion IncForward 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.AVON, OH
Copper Glow TechnologiesFounded by former traveling design engineer Kealy Smith, Copper Glow Technologies is a small southern Pennsylvania firm that designs, fabricates, programs, and installs custom industrial automation. Its team keeps the full project lifecycle in-house, from MDR conveyor systems and custom machinery to UL508A control panels, serving facilities across the Mid-Atlantic. Copper Glow also develops its own machines, including the all-electric Vers-E-Stax tote stacker and destacker, and is a Siemens Authorized Integrator.
Western Reserve Controls, Inc. (WRC Akron)Since 1991, Western Reserve Controls has designed and manufactured custom embedded-control, I/O and network-communications electronics for OEMs, taking products from concept and prototype through production in Akron. Its distinctive strength is combining engineering, firmware and hardware development with in-house electronics manufacturing and long-term support, including legacy-product sustaining work. WRC’s U.S.-made products come from an 11,000-square-foot Akron facility serving aerospace and industrial automation customers.AKRON, OH
JWF TechnologiesJWF Technologies combines fluid-power distribution with custom engineering, supplying motion-control components and developing application-specific systems for industrial customers. With more than four decades in the fluid power industry, the company is North America’s largest Stabilus gas-spring distributor and supports projects ranging from individual components to contract-manufactured subassemblies. Its Cincinnati headquarters includes a testing facility, and its ISO 9001:2015-certified quality system covers the testing and verification of custom solutions.HAMILTON, OH