Posts Tagged ‘small-scale manufacturing’

Griffen Hollow Studio specializes in manufacturing eco-friendly products

Once Alex Traxler began working out of a friend’s studio at the Columbus Idea Foundry, his desire to be creative professionally took over and he got a space of his own there. Shortly after, Traxler’s fiancé bought him a wooden necktie, and the novelty really got his creative juices flowing. He...

April 8th, 2013 | Business Profiles | Read More

Traxler Tees expanding, hiring for third time in two years

When Zachary Traxler started his T-shirt company, he was determined to source only the materials needed to fulfill wholesale orders from Ohio-based businesses. Turns out that unorthodox vision had legs. For proof, look no further than the fact that Traxler Tees is expanding and hiring for a third time...

January 4th, 2013 | Business Profiles | Read More

ReFab Studio helps businesses make their design ideas reality

Essentially, ReFab Studio is a business whose mission is helping other businesses. Founded by Dylan Paul and Levi Crumley in 2010, ReFab does a little bit of everything, from tool design and fabrication to creating custom storefront fixtures. “We sort of specialize in the napkin sketch,”...

March 28th, 2012 | Business Profiles | Read More

Stanridge Bicycles continues to grow, prosper after three years in business

Three years ago, Adam Eldridge started Stanridge Bicycles out of his basement. In March, the custom bicycle manufacturing company became his sole source of income and he now works out of a warehouse on the Whittier Peninsula near Columbus’s Brewery District. Plus, he’s added two partners,...

September 9th, 2011 | Business Profiles | Read More

Small Manufacturers Gaining Ground

For many, the term “manufacturing” is synonymous with noisy factories and assembly lines a dozen workers deep, not to mention faceless corporations headquartered outside the United States. However, a more streamlined form of manufacturing is gaining momentum domestically− at the smaller...

April 19th, 2011 | Trendspotting | Read More

At Work: Columbus Idea Foundry’s New Community Space

If you told Alex Bandar two years ago that the community resource he created −where anyone with a good idea could see it through− would expand into a 10,000-square-foot space, he would never have believed you. Bandar went to school in New York and earned a Bachelor of Science in materials science...

January 17th, 2011 | At Work | Read More