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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Local manufacturers are concerned that their workforce is aging and a younger generation is not there to replace them
Ohio Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor met with business owners from the Mentor Area Chamber of Commerce for a Q & A Thursday afternoon at Brunner Sanden Deitrick Funeral Home. Many of the business owners who attended were concerned about the manufacturing workforce. Specifically, they worried that the entire younger generation was being dissuaded from pursuing a career in manufacturing. Roger Sustar of Fredon Corp. and Chuck Gehrisch of Roll-Kraft both echoed the same concerns. They said they had well-paid employees with stable jobs but they still perceived manufacturing as an industry with a negative stigma. Christine Blake, the CEO of Cardinal Community Credit Union, said those prejudices are often reinforced by parents who insist their child go to …
Jim Gray
9:47 am on Saturday, November 10, 2012
This is good stuff. Roger & his crew show how to get things done! more ›