46 | Business World Magazine |
November 2013
James Dyson once said manufacturing involves much more than just putting parts to-
gether – “It’s coming up with ideas, testing principles and perfecting the engineering,
as well as the assembly.” In Ohio, operational perfection and principled profession-
alism add to the engineering expertise of an enterprise whose solutions in precision
machining support a wide assembly of industries.
Fredon Corporation of Mentor, Ohio, is a
respected resource for complete manufactur-
ing solutions involving precision machining.
Operating from a 70,000 square-foot, cli-
mate-controlled facility, Fredon has amassed
more than 30 CNC turning and milling
machinery (of 3, 4, & 5 axis capability),
the most state-of-the-art design tools, and
a cadre of exceedingly-experienced machin-
ists who are not only accustomed to work-
ing with the range of basic metals, but also
highly complex castings, forgings and high-
temperature Super-Alloys. Fredon addition-
ally specializes in manufacturing not-so-easy
machined materials; products comprised
of plastic, fiberglass, polycarbonates, PVC
and more. Beyond the machining of parts,
Fredon also offers grinding solutions involv-
