Resources for Manufacturers

Looking for Industry 4.0 education, experience, tools, and networks? The Smart Manufacturing Cluster is a great way to stay engaged with new ideas, groups, and programs!

On Nov. 9-11, 2021, Northeast Ohio will proudly host the Manufacturing & Technology Show, a new national conference from IndustryWeek themed around the Blueprint. Join thousands to celebrate manufacturing and learn more about how to advance manufacturing.

The startup ecosystem has many incubators and accelerators ready to help turn physical product ideas into businesses, and seed funding is available for select companies. Contact MAGNET’s Iterator to find the incubator in your community and the best partner to develop your product.

Thinking of selling your business? Want an accelerated business growth course for your business? Looking to help raise funds? Check out the Growth and Transition program at Manufacturing Works and Scalerator NEO through the Burton D. Morgan and Richard J. Fasenmyer Foundations.

• Case Western Reserve University Institute for Smart, Secure and Connected Systems (ISSACS)

• Case Western Reserve University Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship

• Cleveland State University Entrepreneurial Manufacturer Digitization Support (EMDiS)

• Cleveland State University T.E.C.H. Hub

• Cuyahoga Community College Manufacturing Technology Center

• IoT Collaborative

• Campana Center for Ideation and Invention at Lorain County Community College

• University of Akron College of Engineering and Polymer Science

• Case Western Reserve University’s Sears think[box]

• Cuyahoga Community College Advanced Technology Training Center

• Stark State University Advanced Technology Center

• EY-Nottingham Spirk Innovation Hub (opening 2021)

• MAGNET’s Manufacturing Innovation, Technology and Job Center (opening Fall 2022)

Are you a lighthouse of technology ready to show others what you do and how they, too, can adopt Industry 4.0 technologies? Or do you want to become one? Contact MAGNET for more information.

Need support for new product development, automation, machine design, operations, sales, marketing, employee engagement? MAGNET has internal experts and dozens of external partners who can help you.

Interested in engaging with policies that affect manufacturing? OMA is the manufacturing lobbying group for our state supported by many chambers of commerce that also have powerful lobbying groups.

Join cohorts of other manufacturers facing business challenges together. EDGE offers a suite of innovation- and business-focused peer groups aimed at accelerating your business. It’s a unique Northeast Ohio complement to groups like YPO, Vistage, and EO.