

Cleveland’s thriving business community is comprised of all types of industry, with manufacturing leading the pack and the services industry, which includes retailers, healthcare, transportation and others, growing in prominence as well. The city has remained an industrial success for most of the years since its establishment and still remains a primary economic factor to this day.
The area is home to nearly a dozen Fortune 500 companies – industrial and non-industrial – which includes such heavyweights as National City Corporation, Sherwin-Williams Company, American Greetings Corporation, Medical Mutual of Ohio and Applied Industries Technology.
The metropolitan city has been deemed “Polymer Valley” for its substantial concentration of polymer companies, but it also boasts a host of other industries. Such industries include the science and engineering fields, biotechnology firms and research firms. In fact, local institutions of higher learning – including Case – provide top training in the biomedical or bioscience technology fields.
There are many benefits to doing business in the Cleveland area, including a number of local and state incentive programs, useful career training programs through the Ohio Industrial Training Program and Career Service Centers at a number of local colleges and universities, the opportunities for expansion and development and matchless transportation options. Cleveland is teeming with a number of motor freight carrier companies and is served by three railroads, nearby airports and miles upon miles of highway networks – not to mention its location on Lake Erie, which offers the Port of Cleveland – the third largest port on the Great Lakes.