Northern Kentucky is home to ‘who’s who’ of corporations

By Greg Paeth

For plenty of business people, nothing says Big Time quite like “Fortune 500.”

The annual list of the 500 largest publicly traded companies by the revered business monthly has become the ultimate “Who’s Who” of American business. The Greater Cincinnati metro region, which includes seven Northern Kentucky counties, is home to eight companies that are regulars on the list on the Ohio side of the river and five more biggies in Kentucky including No. 516 Ashland Global Holdings of Covington, with annual revenues of $4.9 billion. General Cable of Highland Heights most recently ranked No. 603 with annual revenues of almost $4 billion.

Regardless of their standing on “the” list, Northern Kentucky is home to dozens of formidable headquarters and corporations that keep the economic engine humming and continually attract more talent and opportunities.

Many Northern Kentucky businesses have proven their staying power and impact on the local economies they serve. For example, Glier’s Meats, tucked off of Pike Street since 1946 in Covington, produces a signature product called goetta. A German breakfast sausage that isn’t widely known elsewhere in the country, goetta is a cult classic in the region.

Newly in Covington from Blue Ash, Ohio, is CTI Clinical Trial & Consulting. It leases space in the RiverCenter tower, owned by real estate development giant, Corporex, which also calls the 18-story landmark home.

Many of the headquarters based in Northern Kentucky are in the logistics, manufacturing and food sectors.

Indy Honeycomb, for instance, 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 a 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.

Maxim Crane Works in Wilder is the country’s largest crane rental and “lifting services” company. It announced plans in June to spend $4.7 million on a new office building for a company that has its primary office near Pittsburgh.

Kenton County, the state’s third largest county, boasts about its production of Airheads, the candy produced by Perfetti Van Melle. The Netherlands-based confectioner has its U.S. headquarters in Erlanger.

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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