Corporations in Northern Kentucky continue to grow business infrastructure

By Abby Laub

Per capita, the Northern Kentucky, including Greater Cincinnati, region is home to more Fortune 500 headquarters than New York, Chicago or Los Angeles. The metro area including seven Northern Kentucky counties is home to nine regulars on the list on the north side of the Ohio River. Five additional near or sometimes members in Kentucky account for $10 billion in annual revenues.

Regardless of the numbers they achieve or what list they’re on, headquarters in Northern Kentucky are also known for their commitment to bettering their local communities, and have staying power over many generations.

An example is the company that produces goetta, a well-loved German breakfast sausage that is wildly popular in the region. Glier’s Meats has operated in Covington since 1946 and is a testament to Northern Kentucky’s economic vitality, Germanic roots and passion for all things local.

Other corporate giants who are deeply invested in the local community include Covington-based developer Corporex and CTI Clinical Trial & Consulting. These and many more innovative companies not only choose to run their businesses in Northern Kentucky but are passionate about improving the quality of life for their employees and other residents, alike. They are launching charitable foundations and attracting great new talent by showing off the region and offering competitive salaries.

In spring 2018, Gov. Matt Bevin joined local officials and executives from Maxim Crane Works LP, the nation’s largest crane rental and lifting services provider, to open a $4.71 million office that consolidates the company’s operations into Kentucky and is creating 100 full-time jobs.

Maxim has operated in Kentucky for 80 years, and Bevin called the newest investment a “further commitment to the commonwealth.” The new 17,000-s.f. office brings Maxim’s operations and leadership functions together in Campbell County, where the company has maintained a regional headquarters since 1937. Maxim bases about 400 cranes in Wilder for quick deployment to customers across the eastern United States.

Many of Northern Kentucky’s other headquarters are based in the logistics, manufacturing and food sectors thanks to its location in the heart of the Eastern U.S., including proximity to a top international airport that Amazon Prime Air chose for its first hub.

Indy Honeycomb is based in Covington and creates innovative honeycomb products used in important products like aircraft engines and power generation turbines.

The Mazak Corp. in Florence is the global leader in the manufacturing of advanced technology machine-tool solutions including Multi-Tasking, HYBRID Multi-Tasking, 5-axis, milling, turning, CNC controls and automation.

And Kenton County is the producer of Airheads, the candy produced by Perfetti Van Melle. The Netherlands-based confectioner has its U.S. headquarters in Erlanger.

The region’s headquarters are sprinkled throughout rural and suburban areas as well as downtown Cincinnati and just across the river on the Southbank.

Road ID, a company that creates identification products to help first responders identify people in case of an emergency, recently relocated its headquarters to a renovated historic building in Covington thanks to economic development incentives. Boosting preservation of Northern Kentucky’s urban core, the new office is in a renovated building near the Duveneck Square development.

Road ID Owner Edward Wimmer said his company was drawn to the “energy and excitement that is alive in Covington.” Road ID invested $2 million in renovations to repair and restore the historic downtown property equating to a total investment of $4 million.

• Abrapower Inc.

• Acramold Inc.

• Advanced Insulation Concepts Inc.

• Advertiser Printers Inc.

• Affordable Asset Management

• Agape Design Mfg.

• AGI (Architectural Group International)

• Alpha Omega Industries, LLC

• Altra Machinery Movers

• American Sound & Electronics

• American Technical Services Inc

• Analytical Solutions And Providers (ASAP)

• Andritz KMPT USA Inc.

• Anthe Machine Works Inc.

• A One Pallet Distributing Inc.

• A O Smith Corp

• Applied Machine & Motion Control

• Aristech Acrylics LLC

• Ariva Distribution Inc.

• Armor USA Inc.

• Art of the States TM

• Ashland Inc.

• ATech Training Inc.

• Atkins & Pearce Inc.

• Auto Vehicle Parts Co. (Auveco)

• AWDX Logistics

• Balluff Inc.

• Beckman Coulter Inc.

• Benda-Lutz Corporation

• Berry Braiding Inc

• Blair Technology Group

• BLDG Refuge, LLC

• Blue Chip Express

• Blue Grass Metals Co.

• Blue Grass Quality Meats

• BlueStar

• Blum LMT, Inc., USA

• BM2 Freight Services Inc.

• Bob Sumerel Tire Co. Inc.

• Bonfiglioli USA

• Boone Steel

• Bosch – formerly
ZF Steering Systems

• Bottom Line Systems, Inc.

• Bowlin Group LLC

• Braxton Brewing Company

• Burdine & Anderson Inc.

• C&J Logistics Company, Inc.

• Camco Chemicals

• Carlisle & Bray Enterprises, LLC

• Car-Part.com

• Castellini Co

• CCL Labels

• C Cook Enterprises

• Celanese Corporation

• C-Forward Information Technologies

• Cincinnati Ventilating Co. Inc.

• Clarion Corporation of America

• Club Chef LLC

• Cobb Inc.

• Columbia Sussex Corp.

• Compass Engineering Group

• Computer Systems

Management, Inc.

• Concept Machine & Design, Inc.

• Continental Building Products

• Corken Steel Products Inc.

• Crane Composites Inc.

• Crosset Company, LLC

• CTI Clinical Trials

• CTS Packaging Inc.

• Data Intensity – Midwest Office

• Davis Creek Meats & Seafood LLC

• D C Morrison Co.

• Desma USA Inc.

• Diversified Structural Composites

• Dixie Chili Inc.

• D M R Interactive

• Donna Salyers’ Fabulous-Furs

• Doth Brands

• DURO Bag Manufacturing Co.

• The Drees Companies

• Dx Logistics LLC

• Dynatec Machine Inc.

• EagleBurgmann KE Inc.

• Emerge IT Solutions, LLC.

• ENOSIX

• ESCO Corp.

• Fabritec International Corporation

• Fastemp Glass Co.

• Ferrous 85 Co.

• Fischer Special Manufacturing

• Flint Group North America Corporation

• Flottman Printing Company Inc.

• Flottweg Separation

Technology Inc.

• F N Sheppard & Co. Inc.

• Forge Lumber

• Galerie

• Gateway Conveyor & Design, Inc

• General Cable Corporation

• Gleeson Trucking, Inc.

• Glier’s Goetta

• Global Business Solutions, Inc.

• Graphic Dimensions Inc.

• Greif

• Griffin Industries Inc.

• Hanser Music Group

• Harper Oil Products, Inc.

• Hasco Tag Company

• HealthWarehouse.com

• Hennegan Co.

• Heringer Meats

• Hi-Gear Co Inc.

• Holland Roofing

• Horan

• Hosea Project Movers

• Hub & Weber

• I. B. Goodman Manufacturing Co., Inc.

• Impak Acquisitions, LLC

• Indy Honeycomb

• Inland Marine Service, Inc.

• Innomark Communications, LLC

• Insurance Services of Northern Kentucky

• International Mold Steel Inc.

• Iofina Chemical Inc.

• ISOCNET

• ITT Koni America LLC

• i-wireless, LLC

• Jero Inc.

• Jewel-Craft Inc.

• John R. Green Company

• Johnson Controls Inc.

• Kanefusa USA, INC.

• Kellogg Snacks

• Krauss-Maffei Corp

• KRC Machine Tool Services

• Larger Than Life, Incorporated

• LeanCor LLC

• Legion Logistics, LLC

• Lighthouse Transportation Services

• Linamar

• Lingo Manufacturing Co. Inc.

• Linkology

• Load Banks Direct, LLC

• Lohmann Technologies Corp.

• MACH III Clutch Inc.

• Matrix Liquid Manufacturing

• Mauer USA LLC

• Maxim Crane Works LP

• Mazak Corporation

• McGinnis Inc.

• M C Steel and Crane Service

• Meggitt

• Merchants Cold Storage

• Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC

• Michels Construction

• Midwest Frozen Beverage Inc.

• MILA International Inc.

• Morrow Audio

• Mubea Tailor Rolled Blanks LLC

• Multi-Craft

• New Riff Distilling

• Nexigen

• Niagra LaSalle Corporation

• Nor-Com

• Northern Kentucky Machine Inc.

• OIA Global

• OMEGA Processing Solutions LLC

• Pace Airfreight

• PARKWAY

• Patriot Signage Inc.

• Perfetti Van Melle USA Inc.

• PL Marketing

• Plymouth Steel Corporation

• Pomeroy

• Post Glover Resistors

• Promevo

• Polyconcept North America

• PPD Global Central Labs

• PPS Group

• Prolocity Technology Solutions LLC

• Purestream Inc.

• Red Hawk Technologies

• Renaissance Investment Management

• Rem-Brands, Inc.

• Remke Markets Inc.

• R.I.W. Ornamental Metal Inc.

• RR Donnelley- Nielsen

Plantsen Co.

• RWI Transportation LLC

• Road ID

• Rolf Monument Co. Inc.

• Rotek Incorporated

• Service Industry Research Systems Inc.

• Shinwa USA Corp

• Shire LLC

• Signature Hardware

• Skilcraft LLC

• Southern Air

• SpecTape Inc.

• Stagnaro Distributing, Inc.

• Steinert US LLC

• Stewart Iron Works Co.

• Studio Vertu

• Steinhauser Inc.

• Steinkamp Molding LP

• Sterling Cut Glass Co. Inc.

• Stett Transportation

• Sunworld International Airlines Inc.

• SWECO SpecSoft Inc.

• Systems Insight Inc.

• Tenryu America Inc.

• Tente Casters Inc.

• TGW International

• Thelen Associates Inc.

• The Think Shop

• The United States

Playing Card Company

• The Eisen Agency

• Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

• Tier 1 Performance Solutions LLC

• TKM United States Inc.

• T L Ashford & Associates Inc.

• Toyota Boshoku America

• Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (TEMA)

• Transfreight LLC

• TRIVACO

• Trend Offset Printing Services

• Tressa Inc.

• Trinkle Machine & Tool Corp

• Tri-State Plastics, Inc.

• Turbine Engine Components Technologies Corp.

• Union Springs, LLC

• Verst Group Logistics Inc.

• Von Lehman & Company Inc.

• Wagstaff Inc.

• W B Jones Spring Co. Inc.

• Welding Alloys USA Inc.

• Westside Pallet

• Wendling Printing Co.

• Western States Envelope and Label

• WILD Flavors, Inc.

• Willis Music Co.

• Wiseway Supply

• Zavoodi

• Zenith Motors

• Zumbiel Packaging

Source: Northern Kentucky Tri-ED and Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. This list may not be exhaustive.