In 2021, Levi Hollow Tools announced plans to increase the company’s manufacturing capability to facilitate continued online sales growth and bring on three additional employees. Supported by a $25,000 JobsOhio Inclusion Grant, the company was able to purchase the equipment it needed to accelerate growth.
Jul 28, 2021
Levi Hollow Tools, in collaboration with JobsOhio, Ohio Southeast Economic Development (OhioSE) and Adams County Economic Development, announced plans to invest $44,941 to increase the company’s manufacturing capacity to facilitate continued online sales growth, adding three full-time employees and two additional pieces of CNC equipment. JobsOhio is providing assistance in the form of a $25,000 Inclusion Grant for machinery and equipment costs.
The family-owned and operated specialty woodworking tool manufacturing company was started in 2009 by Richard Rhodes with the introduction of the TrueTrac Universal Circular Saw Guide System for handheld circular saws and routers, sold worldwide. In 2016 Levi Hollow Tools began shifting sales efforts away from traditional channels, including trade shows, to online (E-commerce) sales that today represent over 90% of company revenue.