Business briefs: Phillips Tube Group, Richland Area Chamber, Key Realty
New mill expands Phillips Tube Group capacity
SHELBY — Phillips Tube Group (PTG) has announced completion of a custom-designed tube mill at its Shelby plant. This investment affirms the company’s focus on growth while advancing tube quality, efficiency and uncompromised safety.
The new mill includes the latest technology in carbon and stainless tube-making. Product ranges in size from 12.7 mm to 50.8 mm diameter tube, complementing PTG’s wide range of sizes and capabilities.
This also boosts the company's product portfolio as a leading provider of welded steel tube in the HVAC, energy, logistics and automotive/EV markets, while strengthening its ability to serve the largest consuming regions of North America for welded steel tubing.
Richland Area Chamber presents Business Owners Sharing Solutions event
The Richland Area Chamber & Economic Development has announced its upcoming event, BOSS (Business Owners Sharing Solutions), designed to equip and connect business owners and managers. The event will feature a panel of speakers who are experts in their respective fields, discussing vital topics relevant to small business owners and managers.
For the upcoming BOSS event, the focus will be on "AI Advancements — From AI to Deep Fakes." As technology evolves at an exponential rate, the event aims to address the question of whether businesses are adequately prepared to keep pace. The discussion will span from harnessing AI to tackling challenges such as "deep fakes" and other security risks.
The BOSS event will take place 7:30-9:30 a.m. on Nov. 17 at Deer Ridge Golf Club, 900 Comfort Plaza Drive, Bellville. Admission is $50 for nonmembers, $30 for Engage & Connect members and free for Build & Grow, Boost & Excel, Shape & Thrive, and Catalytic Leader members
To register, visit richlandareachamber.com. For additional information, contact Lisa Duckworth at lduckworth@richlandareachamber.com or 419-522-3211.
Key Realty expands to Ontario
Key Realty has added a new branch office in Ontario with Adam Gongwer as one of three founding members.
Gongwer, who has served as a Lexington Village councilman since 2014, retired early from the Ontario Police Department, which included 10 years as a school resource officer.
“Key Realty wanted to open a branch office in the Mansfield area, and I decided to take my five years of experience with Haring Realty, including three years of being a marketing manager, and help a new brokerage enter the region,” Gongwer said. “Melissa Viers and Amanda Sheets have also joined in the effort. Melissa and I both have our associate broker license which helps navigate local issues that could arise in the real estate market.”
Gongwer noted some significant changes are coming to agents, including buyer representation and commission. After decades of the seller paying the entire commission on the transaction, the buyer will now share in compensation of the real estate agents involved in the transaction. The MLS will also see some changes on how they advertise that new commission structure.
Key Realty has offices throughout Ohio and Michigan with more than 1,300 active agents.
Electric cooperatives partner to host Cooperative Youth Day at the Ohio Statehouse
COLUMBUS — Students from several area schools participated in Cooperative Youth Day at the Ohio Statehouse on Oct. 25 as part of a program originally launched in 2019.
The one-day trip was cosponsored by three Ohio electric cooperatives — Lorain-Medina Rural Electric in Wellington, Firelands Electric in New London, and North Central Electric in Attica — and provided 26 high school students the opportunity to tour the Ohio Statehouse and meet area legislators from both the House of Representatives and Senate.
The goal of Youth Day is to encourage understanding and participation in the legislative process, and for attendees to witness firsthand how the cooperative model fits in.
Mansfield News Journal
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