The building sits on 11 acres of land where nearly 90 employees make helicopter parts and more
Roger Sustar has experienced some good and bad in the short time since his Fredon Corp. staff relocated to 8990 Tyler Blvd. Shortly after beginning the transition from Enterprise Drive, his new headquarters suffered a cracked floor from trying to move in a 42,000-pound horizontal milling machine on a 50,000 pound tow motor. Just weeks after he began incorporating offices into the new building, rain seeped inside as Superstorm Sandy hit Northeast Ohio. All of that accompanied Sustar's wife declaring him "freaking nuts" for taking on — and paying for — such an expansive project. He didn't exactly disagree with her, but the entrepreneur would have it no other way. "This is unbelievable," he said. "This is a huge endeavor … we're having one …
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Nearly half of the 24 teams who competed Saturday were sponsored by Mentor manufacturers.
Kenny Neely had little to say Saturday about RoboBots, the event he had just participated in at Lakeland Community College. Instead, the Mentor High School senior shifted his focus to a May 12 grudge match in which his team of robot creators will strive for a better showing. An early exit from a tournament like the 24-team RoboBots can do that to you. "We'll start working again, rebuilding, looking at our flaws and how we can get better," Neely said of his team's "Wildcard" robot that bowed out of the competition early because of various electrical issues. RoboBots organizers are well aware of the competitive fuel the event sparked within area schools. In just its second year, RoboBots has grown from 10 teams mostly from Lake County, to …
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Jim Gray
9:47 am on Saturday, November 10, 2012
This is good stuff. Roger & his crew show how to get things done! more ›