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JULY 2010, VOLUME LXIV, NUMBER 7
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 Ohio Crankshaft Company - Newburgh Heights, Ohio (Photo courtesy of Ohio Crankshaft Company) Forging Ahead By Dave Larkin The Ohio Crankshaft Company’s workforce and facility, located in the villages of Cuyahoga Heights and Newburgh Heights, have a long history of machining critical components for internal combustion engines and reciprocating pumps. Incorporated in 1920, the company specializes in the manufacturing of heavy-duty, 2,000- to 6,000 horsepower crankshafts and camshafts, such as those utilized in diesel locomotives, according to Les Havlik, president of the Forged and Machined Products Group of Park-Ohio Holdings Corporation. Park-Ohio Holdings Corporation, which owns Ohio Crankshaft Company, recently completed a major renovation to update the company’s building at 3800 Harvard Avenue. Constructed in the 1930s, the facility is recognized as a historical landmark by ASM International, a science and engineering society headquartered in Materials Park, Ohio; the ASM Historical Landmarks Designation was established in 1969 to identify sites that have played vital roles in the discovery and development of metalworking. The $2.5 million project at Ohio Crankshaft included extensive work on the facing of the 400,000-square-foot facility, including the installation of new brick fascia and replacement of windows. According to Rick Neiden, vice president of Ray Fogg Building Methods, the building’s front elevation was fixed by taking down the brick veneer, repairing the deteriorated lintels, and then putting the brick back up while installing new windows. System upgrades including the replacement of more than 2,000 outdated sprinkler heads to modernize the building’s fire protection capabilities. The project team also installed new, more efficient ventilation systems with a capacity of one million cubic feet per minute for high velocity exhaust of the interior to make it comfortable during the summer months. To read the rest of this article, download the July 2010 issue of Properties Magazine now. [July 2010; download PDF; 11.9 mb]
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