Recently added articles from Smart Business Cleveland:
Building for tomorrow
Sep 01, 2009; ... Adelbert 'Chip' Marous, president and co-founder, Marous Brothers Construction Adelbert "Chip" Marous remembers the feeling of having to succeed or fall flat on his face. It was 1980 and Marous and his brother, Scott, had just founded their own company, and the two young ...
The next generation
Sep 01, 2009; ... Lonnie Coleman, founder, owner and president, Coleman Spohn Corp. No matter the industry you're in, no matter your management style, advancing technology is one of the unavoidable truths of 21st century business. It's a fact that Lonnie Coleman has met directly. The president of ...
FirstEnergy Corp.: It's electric
Sep 01, 2009; ... Last fall, Tony Alexander started to take notice of the banking and credit issues that arose around the country, and he knew he needed to keep an eye on his organization. "Then, as the economic impact began to be felt more and more by our customers in terms of auto sales, steel and the ...
2009 Evolution of Manufacturing: 'Briter' days ahead
Feb 01, 2009; ... When you're done reading this story, Ed Aghajanian would probably like to know what you're going to do with this magazine. Sure, the paper it's printed on is recyclable, but have you also considered that there may be another use for it? At EZ Brite Brands Inc., the Westlake manufacturer of more ...
2009 Evolution of Manufacturing: Winds of change
Feb 01, 2009; ... In 2010, T. Boone Pickens will receive his first order of wind turbines - a step he hopes will set a new era of energy efficiency into motion. Pickens, the iconic founder and chairman of BP Capital Management and the star of his own commercials touting the "Pickens Plan" and the benefits ...