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BIZSMARTS
COLUMBUS
BUSINESS FIRST
April 22, 2016
Vol. 32, No. 34, $4.99
303 West
Nationwide Blvd.
Columbus, OH 43215
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CRANE MATERIALS
INTERNATIONAL
SENSIT
TECHNOLOGIES
SCREEN MACHINE
INDUSTRIES LLC
Based: Atlanta
Based:
Valparaiso, Indiana
Based: Etna
Develops technologies
for the construction
industry, including
floodwalls and
barriers.
Designs gas-leak
detection instruments.
Manufactures
machinery to crush,
screen and stockpile
aggregates and soils.
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CentiMark Corp.
(Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania)
$508 MILLION (2015
REVENUE)
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ROOFING
Home
renovation
and roofing
company
operating only
in Central Ohio
Crane Plastics,
the company
so well-known
in Columbus
for decades,
was shed by the
family in 2015.
MR. ROOF
Sister
company to
Able Roofing.
Locations
in Ohio,
Michigan,
Kentucky,
Tennessee and
North Carolina
CONTRACTORS
INC.
Exterior
and interior
renovation and
remediation
company
operating in
12 cities.
RESPONSIV
DISASTER
RECOVERY
Mitigation and
restoration
company
COVER STORY
THRIVING
FAMILY TREE
Robert Sellers Crane Sr. (1889-1967): After losing his lighting fixture business to the
Great Depression, started a manufacturing company in 1947 called Taytec Corp., the
genesis of Crane Plastics.
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Robert S. Crane Jr. (1922-1992) and Jameson Crane: Under the tenure of Robert
Crane Sr.s sons Bob and Jim, the company became a specialist in extruding rigid vinyl, a
difficult feat at the time, and grew into an important employer in the Columbus area.
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Senior Managing Director
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bus Foundation.
Crane and her family have maintained
a 40-year relationship with the nonprot
philanthropic adviser at the individual level and through the Crane Family
Foundation.
Millions of dollars have been given to
various causes, especially the rejuvenation of Columbus south side and to Ohio
State University, the alma mater of many
Crane family members.
Its really hard to exaggerate the
value to Columbus of such a multi-generational success story of such high character, Kridler said. Theyve been able
to show that conscience and prot can
beautifully coexist.
Perhaps most impressive, Lyons said,
is Crane Groups willingness to evolve,
from Robert S. Cranes light xture company in the 1920s to Crane Plastics and
now to a portfolio of brands.
I think what people dont recognize is... Tannys innovation to be able
to continue to evolve and transform
and expand her company, Lyons said.
Theyre probably one of our greatest home-grown startup companies of
today. I would suggest that Crane Group
is one of our original startup companies.
I think it will be here for (generations).
Evan Weese