The Kent-based company has been in the top spot on the Crain's Employee-Owned Companies list since we first published it in 2019. But its lead has grown substantially since then.
Nearly half of the companies on the Crain's Employee-Owned Companies list are manufacturers, and that's probably not a coincidence, according to Chris Cooper, director of the Ohio Employee Ownership Center at Kent State University. The full digital list includes 47 Northeast Ohio-based companies that have Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) and are at least 50% employee-owned.