Premium Balloon Accessories of Sharon Center has purchased one of its competitors, The A. J. Ganz Co. of Los Angeles. Both companies are leaders in the balloon accessory industry.
Northcoast Signworks has moved to a new location inside the original Richfield Fire Department building in downtown Richfield.
GBS Sticker World of Stow has unveiled a new product called Cling On’s. Cling On’s is a material that will stick to almost anything without adhesive.
Hasenstab & McCarthy Architects of Akron has been awarded a $4.3 million contract by the Ohio Department of Mental Health to renovate and reconfigure four patient units at the Massillon Psychiatric Center.
Ken-Tool of Akron received two awards from the Forging Industry Association for its workplace safety record.
Industrial Distribution magazine has named Akron-based Tri-Power MPT as one of its 1999 50 Outstanding Small Distributors. Tri-Power MPT sells power transmission products, motion control systems, sensors for machine automation and worker/machine safety products.
Akron entrepreneur Jim Drey has created an Internet-based source for home improvement advice, Everythinghandyman.net.
Robert A. McWhirter has founded the accounting and consulting firm McWhirter & Associates in Akron.
Hudson residents Jeff Bissell and Jack Angelotta have founded Third Force Inc. Third Force, an affiliate of Resource Associates Corp., will provide workshops and custom-developed processes to Northeast Ohio companies.