The Weatherhead Centurions are companies with 100 percent or more sales growth (or equal to the 100th company’s growth percentage if less than 100 percent) from 2007 through 2011 and net sales of $100 million or more in 2011.
1. Shearer’s Foods Inc.
City: Massillon
Year founded: 1974
Sales growth: 219.98%
Employees: 1,000+
www.shearers.com
Shearer’s Foods manufactures/distributes Shearer’s award-winning snacks and produces salted snacks for private label and co-pack customers.
2. Great Lakes Petroleum Co.
City: Warrensville Hts.
Year founded: 1997
Sales growth: 216.02%
Employees: 50–249
www.greatlakespetroleum.com
Great Lakes Petroleum is a distributor of motor fuels and lubricants operating in Ohio, Pennsylvania, the Carolinas, Georgia and Virginia.
3. Safeguard Properties LLC
City: Valley View
Year founded: 1990
Sales growth: 183.89%
Employees: 250–999
www.safeguardproperties.com
Safeguard Properties is the nation’s largest privately held field services company providing services to the mortgage loan industry.
4. Hyland Software Inc.
City: Westlake
Year founded: 1991
Sales growth: 130.58%
Employees: 1,000+
www.hyland.com
Hyland develops the OnBase ECM solution that solves business needs reliant on documents, content and people.
5. Dealer Tire LLC
City: Cleveland
Year founded: 2001
Sales growth: 96.3%
Employees: 250–999
www.dealertire.com
Dealer Tire designs, implements and manages tire programs exclusively for automobile OEMs and their dealers.
6. Tradex International Inc.
City: Cleveland
Year founded: 1986
Sales growth: 61.2%
Employees: 16–49
www.tradexgloves.com
Tradex International is a leading supplier of disposable gloves and apparel.
7. Family Heritage Life Insurance Company of America
City: Broadview Heights
Year founded: 1989
Sales growth: 53.1%
Employees: 50–249
www.familyheritagelife.com
Family Heritage is a marketer of supplemental health insurance products to include cancer, intensive care, heart, accident, hospital indemnity and life insurance.
8. The Federal Metal Co.
City: Bedford
Year founded:
Sales growth: 41.27%
Employees: 50–249
www.federalmetal.com
The Federal Metal Co. is a manufacturer of brass and bronze ingots since 1913.
9. The Garland Co. Inc.
City: Cleveland
Year founded: 1895
Sales growth: 38.53%
Employees: 250–999
www.garlandco.com
Garland is a manufacturer of roofing, waterproofing, flooring and structural maintenance systems for commercial, industrial and institutional buildings.
10. SIFCO Industries Inc.
City: Cleveland
Year founded: 1913
Sales growth: 23.03%
Employees: 250–999
www.sifco.com
SIFCO is a technology-enabled company; it is both an innovator and user of process technologies.
