<A Href="http://www.themanufacturingmart.com/">Build on Strength: Cleveland’s Manufacturing Mart</A>

 

The Mart will operate as a “permanent tradeshow” for Ohio manufacturers, displaying wares like Darrah’s for potential buyers. But, in addition to display space, staff will offer marketing, public relations, lead generation, supply-chain and logistical assistance. They will serve inventors as well, helping connect them with manufacturers and design services that can help bring their product to market.

 

All of this is aimed at connecting local manufacturers to domestic firms that demand their products. Ohio Manufacturers still have a lot to offer, but the world has changed around them, says Frick. Where many of the state’s manufacturing firms once relied on a couple large clients—many of them automakers—now they must be adaptive and business savvy in order to survive in an increasingly competitive Global marketplace.

 

“There’s over 20,000 manufacturers in Ohio,” said Frick. “There’s no reason that something that’s made in China shouldn’t be made here.”

 

http://rustwire.com/2011/01/29/building-on-strengths-clevelands-manufacturing-mart/

 

 

 

 

Manufacturing Mart Opens in Downtown Cleveland; Now Signing Up Exhibitors

 

One of the world's leading Feng Shui Masters, Pun Yin, will conduct the blessing ceremony at the December 1 grand opening of Capital of Know-How's first Manufacturing Mart™ at The Galleria at Erieview Tower in downtown Cleveland.  During the 4 -7 PM invitation-only event, Pun Yin will consecrate The Manufacturing Mart's ground floor space for success, just as she has done for Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, The Trump Organization, Calvin Klein, HSBC, and Business Week. When it opens, The Manufacturing Mart will offer a permanent trade show venue, with marketing support, for manufacturers and inventors who want to bring their products to market, and a center for buying, selling, and networking among the 120,000 engineers and buyers of manufacturing engineering services working within a day's drive of Cleveland.

 

According to Mary Kaye Denning, Capital of Know-How president, "With the global economy and U.S. manufacturing showing signs of recovery, the timing is right for a new kind of economic development venue. Ideas commercialized and manufactured here build our economy. The Manufacturing Mart is more than an exhibit space. We are providing a platform to re-ignite this spirit of enterprise and innovation. Our experienced leadership team will help people bring their ideas to market and companies put their manufacturing capabilities to use by re-shoring and re-purposing their operations, and teaming with others to build new local-global supplier networks."

 

The Manufacturing Mart is accepting reservations for exhibit space. For as little as $1,500 per month, packages include permanent and rotating product display options; on-site professional sales and marketing support; VIP invitations to new product and Kitted Innovation presentations; opportunities to headline Garage Inventor Live™ productions; private use of the space for events; and shared professional marketing, prototyping, design, engineering, and training services.

 

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/manufacturing-mart-opens-in-downtown-cleveland-now-signing-up-exhibitors-106448998.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is an excellent reuse for the Galleria mall.  Its also close to the Convention Center. 

I don't recall seeing anything in the PD about this.  I don't even remember seeing a rumor on UO that something like this might be stirring.  Crazy we didn't get a chance to poo-poo the idea before they announced it..

Honestly the niche I see this serving is for smaller companies that may need help in creating a trade show exhibit. 

Otherwise I can't see the draw of random manufacturing companies displaying their wares.  Hey those are some nice screws.

This is an excellent reuse for the Galleria mall. Its also close to the Convention Center.

 

Agreed.  Not sure how this project snuck under the radar, but it sure is cool.

 

Otherwise I can't see the draw of random manufacturing companies displaying their wares. Hey those are some nice screws.

 

Probably because most of wares will be things like equipment, devices or processes to make the production process more efficient. At least that's the value I would get out of it if I was a manufacturer.

I think this is an excellent idea.  if it's a proven formula for the medical industry, than why not manufacturing as well?  And did I read right that the individual behind this is 26? amazing

I think this is an excellent idea.  if it's a proven formula for the medical industry, than why not manufacturing as well?  And did I read right that the individual behind this is 26? amazing

 

Medical?

 

I think you mean Furniture.  The High Point show rooms are amazing.

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The Manufacturing Mart Launches 'The Export Experiment' -- New Product Competition Designed to Grow Business for American Component Manufacturers

The Manufacturing Mart

 

CLEVELAND, Feb. 4, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- The Manufacturing Mart issues an open call to American innovators and entrepreneurs to enter its new product competition, "The Export Experiment." The contest answers President Obama's State of the Union challenge to pursue business innovation and job growth as "our generation's Sputnik moment." 

 

A panel of manufacturing and capital experts will judge the entries on commercial value, ease of market entry, and complexities associated with export. Deadline for submissions is April 30, 2011; the application is online at http://www.themanufacturingmart.com/exportexperiment.

 

Capital of Know-How™, the parent company of The Manufacturing Mart™, will recognize each of the top three prize winners with an innovation grant valued at $5,000.  Read Official Rules online.

 

Since opening its doors on December 1, 2010 in the Galleria at Erieview in downtown Cleveland, The Manufacturing Mart has been approached daily by successful scientists, engineers, surgeons, lawyers, fitness instructors and former NASA employees looking for manufacturing resources and relationships that will enable them to turn their new ideas into commercial successes, developed and manufactured in the U.S. By connecting the ideas with highly skilled, flexible domestic manufacturers, The Manufacturing Mart makes it feasible for independent inventors to manufacture their ideas in the same factories that built the American dream.

 

"We believe inventors lose their energy and optimistic outlook without the help of process and manufacturing experts who can turn big dreams into business growth reality. Doing business in the industrial zone between Cleveland and Pittsburgh allows me as a mechanical engineer to work in America's manufacturing playground. From here, I can confidently source virtually every product known to man," says Lindsey Frick, a partner at The Manufacturing Mart.

 

The Manufacturing Mart's goal is to transform the independent inventor into the designer for America's component manufacturers through smart partnerships and engineering. With new products, especially those designed for the export market, American job shop manufacturers will create jobs and help reduce deficits in foreign trade and the federal budget.

 

About The Manufacturing Mart

 

The Manufacturing Mart, headquartered in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, is a marketplace for all manufacturing services -- design, production, and capital. Unlike any other industrial tradeshow, The Manufacturing Mart distinguishes manufacturing and inventing as evolving lifestyle services.

 

Neither the component manufacturer nor the inventor has all the resources to bring ideas to market. The Manufacturing Mart, a much-needed intermediary, helps investors greatly reduce the risk of venturing, save time and money, and improve the chance of success. America benefits when professionally matched and managed efforts turn out the next-and-new products for export.

 

Photo of Lindsey Frick:

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Contact:

Mary Kaye Denning

Voice: + 1 (216) 470 - 3969

Email: [email protected]

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SOURCE The Manufacturing Mart

Sorry that I keep moving this around. For some reason I thought this was a proposed project, but after posting the above item, I realized this thing is operational.

Hello Fellow Ohioans and Manufacturing Enthusiasts!

 

Here at The Manufacturing Mart, we are finally catching up after our launch in December and I wanted to get back to this forum to give you guys the "low down" on our development.

 

1.  After reading some of the comments, I think it needs to be made clear that we are a private, for-profit start-up company.  We are not associated with the other non-profit manufacturing advocacy groups or incubators around the area, although we do try to co-promote with them and the universities.  We are a grassroots Mart looking to grow storefront by storefront in the Galleria, which as you know, is a beautiful building that has all the amenities for us to act as a permanent trade show and events venue.  We love this location, we are in the heart of the financial district and we can confirm that there is still a lot of traffic in the Galleria.

 

2.  The reason this was not a proposed project is because we are not city/government funded.  We are excited to have the Medical Mart being constructed next door because it will be a good compliment to the clients we have visiting and vice versa.  However, we did not see a reason to wait to be funded and then spend tax money on updates to this building or constructing a new one.  We are all about upcycling this gorgeous space with the money we earn from our services at this point.

 

3.  How have we been under the radar in the PD or local news?  I don't have an answer for that one.  We are embraced by other national publications with a few references in Crains Cleveland.  With your help, maybe a few letters to their editors would get them on board. 

 

4.  What the heck is The Manufacturing Mart?  Yes, our name says Mart, so it may seem like our business model is similar to companies owned by MMPI.  However, Manufacturing Mart is really the marketing arm behind our company Capital of Know-How (CoKH).  We are striving to make the area from Cleveland to Pittsburgh the capital of "the world's know-how" because in and around this area you can make anything that man has ever thought of or will think of.  I left Cleveland for 3 months to help my grandmother in Florida and that is when I realized how many times I was calling back to this area to get products made.  I like to call Cleveland my "manufacturing playground".  My partner Mary Kaye Denning, who is originally from New York, did exhaustive research to find which area to build her vision and all signs kept pointing to Cleveland.  We are extremely lucky to have such a world-class, hard-working person such as herself on the Believeland wagon! 

 

Our mission is to make machines run 24/7 - 365.  In order to do that, we not only are developing this space so that job shops have a place to exhibit for new customers, but we also help them with marketing, public relations, engineering, new product development, websites and referrals.  These are all important services that assist in getting the manufacturer an order from a new customer!  I wouldn't call us consultants though because we do everything in-house and anything contracted like patent writing is transparent.  In addition to helping manufacturers, we work with inventors to develop their ideas from sketch to shelf because we know that when the product is ready to go to market, our manufacturers will then have a new order to make. 

 

There are a few other projects we are working on that will help rebuild American manufacturing such as workforce development and educating the consumer to "read the ingredients" for American components.  But our real focus is on the software we are building that essentially will become the "NASDAQ for Manufacturing Services".  This software will need a fleet of people and outside funding, so any suggestions are welcomed.  I can't release more about the patented software but I can tell you as a Cleveland native, engineer and inventor...we need this here. 

 

If anyone has further questions or would like to set up a time to speak, I can be reached at [email protected].  You can help support us by spreading the word about our services, venue and mission!  #MFGmart , Manufacturing Mart (linkedin and facebook)

 

Thank you and rock on,

 

Lindsey Frick

Mechanical engineer and industrial designer

www.TheManufacturingMart.com

Thanks for the update, Lindsey. And welcome aboard! Please keep us up to date on your progress. There are a lot people here who are interested in what you are doing and will certainly support your efforts. Good luck!

Lindsey,

 

Good luck!

Hey UrbanOhio,

 

It's been a little over one year and we have been moving very quickly.  In as short as I can explain it, here is the progress we've made:

    1. We've added over 1 million dollars combined to our permanent exhibitors' top line sales.  This growth has transformed into more than 8 new jobs!

 

    2. We started a club, Club MFG-NA (Club Manufacturing - North America) that gives manufacturers access to enterprise-sized tools so they can grow.

          a.  We partnered with Barnes Distribution to offer manufacturers with under 100 employees the same purchasing power of the 'Big Guys' for their Class 'C' supplies (the nuts/bolts/cleaning supplies/etc. to keep a shop running which are usually under $100 per item).  Barnes Distribution is throughout the USA and Canada, headquartered in Cleveland.

          b.  We partnered with New Wave Plastics, in the Stockyards, to offer manufacturers a free waste-stream audit.  Our goal is to help each manufacturer reach a zero-waste-to-landfill stream.  New Wave Plastics specializes in not only post-industrial plastics, but also cardboard/papers/metal/plastic plated/PCBs.  With our partnership alone, we've helped keep over 2 million lbs of post-industrial waste out of landfills!!!  Feels good  :)

 

    3.  We've worked on numerous product development and marketing projects for inventors, manufacturers and product companies. We helped successfully license a product to a fortune 500 company.

 

    4.  In our 'spare' time, we've been diligently working to build our patented software to which (when it works) could potentially bring more than 6,000 jobs to Cleveland.  We are not software engineers, so we continue to build the product as much as we can while we apply for funding.

 

  5.  We started a quarterly magazine that we print and have distributed throughout the US when ordered.  It's called 'Capital of Know-How' and inside, we highlight manufacturers, inventors, machinists/workforce, exports, innovation and products that are 65% or more made in the USA.  It can be viewed on our website www.ManufacturingMart.com

 

  6.  Most recently, we've been fortunate to find an awesome writer who helps us build a blog, www.JustWannaTalk.com .  In this blog you can freely talk about how you are 6 degrees from manufacturing and how you see it affect your daily life, what industry used to be and anything about industry that grinds your gears.

 

BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT AS OF THIS MOMENT IS OUR INTERNATIONAL MANUFACTURING CONFERENCE AND EXPO THIS FEBRUARY 14-15,2012 IN THE GALLERIA.  WWW.MFGTRADESHOW.COM

 

This show is going to be like the World Fairs Cleveland hosted in the 1930's.  Did you know the fairs brought 4 million people to Cleveland!!!  They built the municipal stadium and a few temporary bridges for the fairs alone.  Also, its been said that companies like VitaMix and the first commercial ice cream cone machine came from the connections made at the fairs. (but don't quote me on that one)

 

This show is happening in just under TWO WEEKS! In my opinion, this conference and tradeshow are like product development and economic development on steroids.  Under one roof, the exhibiting job shops, Tier 1 & 2 suppliers, and all types of manufacturers will work together with exhibiting inventors, product development experts, NASA engineers with technologies ready to license, marketing professionals, patent attorneys and innovative material scientists to create 'A MANUFACTURING REVOLUTION'. 

 

We also have a Workforce area filled with staffing agencies, workforce development programs, schools and training facilities to field a  'RESUME DROP OFF' during the two days.  These organizations and companies are working together to fill the incredibly high amount of job openings our manufacturing community currently has. 

 

But wait, there's more.  We have an amazing lineup of speakers from around North America for the conference, which is in the mornings before the exhibits open.  They are covering issues like 'reshoring & restoring' and 'build local, export global'.  These are world-class speakers that we are giving no more than 30 minutes to tell us what's going on in industry and share with us their predictions for The Future Of Manufacturing! 

 

So, if you know a manufacturer, inventor, buyer, entrepreneur or funder....please tell them to register for the show!!! 

 

Details:

  International Manufacturing Conference:  Tues & Wed 6am-10:30am

      - includes breakfast  (2 day = $90, 1 day = $50)

 

    World Trade EXPO:  Tues & Wed 11am-5pm

        - over 100 exhibitors, special guests and more for free! (please try to pre-register)

 

    Inventor Clinics:  Tues & Wed 11am-5pm

          -  CIPLA will be hosting inventor clinics for first come at 15 min. before each hour starting at 10:45 with the last one starting at 3:45

          - We are also launching the second annual 'Export Experiment' new product competition on Wednesday for inventors.

 

    Resume Drop Off:  Tues & Wed 11am-5pm

          - If you want a career in manufacturing or want to learn about careers in manufacturing, drop off your resume anytime during those hours or send to [email protected]

 

    Rock N' Roll Network Party - "I LOVE MANUFACTURING": Tues 5:30-8:30

            - Includes a 5 star buffet, rock n' roll band, and 2 drink tickets = $125

 

****Purchase the full package for only $180 (includes the 2 days of conference and the Rock N' Roll Network Party)

 

**Valet parking available on E. 12th entrance for $20

 

Exhibit for two days for only $550!

For more info: www.MFGtradeshow.com

 

Thanks everyone, your support is so important to us!

I love what you're doing.  Great work!

Quick ignorant question --is there a free attendance portion anywhere?

Yes, to walk the floor and see all of the exhibitors is free from 11pm - 5pm on Tues and Wed, but please try to register ahead of time so I can budget for some swag  :)

https://themanufacturingmart.wufoo.com/forms/manufacturing-expo-2012-attendee-registration/

Thanks for the updates, Lindsey. Keep 'em coming!