For more than 50 years, family-owned Vi-Cas Mfg Company in Cincinnati has made vacuum cups and related components for production equipment, from handling contact lenses to supporting aircraft assembly. Its catalog includes more than 23,300 parts, while its team also duplicates or modifies customer-supplied samples and drawings for custom applications, typically turning around a duplicate in three weeks. Vi-Cas sells direct, offers free samples for fit and function testing, and handles both prototype and high-volume orders.
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Deltec, IncSince 1973, Deltec, Inc. has made custom component parts in the greater Cincinnati area, with a particular focus on stainless steel fabricated parts that bring several manufacturing disciplines together. Its in-house engineering and production teams take projects from prototyping through finished parts, supporting more than 10,000 active part numbers for over 100 companies. Deltec is still doing business with its original customer, a telling sign of the repeat relationships behind its work.BATAVIA, OH
FastForming.com, LLCBorn from aerospace engineer Del Reedy’s 1974 thermoforming company, FastForming.com, LLC is a family business that makes custom thermoformed and vacuum-formed plastic parts in Ohio. Founded in 1999 by Del’s son James, the company builds its own specialized forming equipment and proprietary tooling, allowing prototypes in days and production at scales ranging from parts up to 5 by 9 feet to high-volume runs. FastForming’s thermoformed-parts manufacturing system is certified to ISO 9001:2015.RITTMAN, OH
Jade Products, IncFamily-owned Jade Products has been making parts in Northeast Ohio since 1991, with a shop in Mentor built around personal service and flexible custom work. The company turns customer blueprints or samples into made-to-specification parts for clients across industries, handling projects from prototypes through production.MENTOR, OH
Clippard Instrument Laboratory, IncSince 1941, Cincinnati-based Clippard Instrument Laboratory has manufactured miniature pneumatic valves and precision pressure and flow-control components. The third-generation family-owned company combines a catalog of more than 7,000 Minimatic® components with custom pneumatic and fluid-system engineering, including Cordis electronic controls and ultra-low-leak solutions. Clippard operates Class 7 clean rooms and maintains ISO 9001:2015 certification for its manufacturing and assembly work.CINCINNATI, OH