Local manufacturers have easier access to a company that wants to help them grow.
Cleveland-based Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network, known as , has opened a storefront location in downtown Akron. It鈥檚 the company鈥檚 first satellite office.
MAGNET offers engineering and consulting to startups and established businesses in 18 Northeast Ohio counties.
Darlyn McDermott manages MAGNET鈥檚 southern region. She said the health of Ohio鈥檚 manufacturing is strong. Her goal is to help entrepreneurs and businesses in the area continue to grow.
鈥淲e all have a fabric here. Yes, it has manufacturing in common, but it also has a work ethic in common. It also has a kindness in common. It also has a very noble, to me, civility in common," she said. "Yeah, we鈥檙e not perfect. We have all of our blights and issues. But when you go around the country, by comparison, it鈥檚 a really great place to make a living. And it鈥檚 a really nice place to live.鈥�
McDermott said she hopes to strengthen MAGNET鈥檚 reach in Canton within the next six months.
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