- Precision Nursing Services opens an adult day care.
- Kenan Advantage Group acquires Michigan trucking company.
- Society Brands acquires two California brands.
- Putman Properties wins Costar Power Broker Award
Jackson Twp. − Crash Tech Reconstruction Services aims to expand its reach across the United States this year.
The company, founded in 2011 by Jackson Township resident Eric Brown, primarily provides accident investigation services to civil and criminal defense attorneys and insurance companies. His staff of six scanned the vehicle to create his 3D model, flew a drone to photograph the crash scene from above, and downloaded a “black box” inside the vehicle to determine speed, steering and brakes. data can be collected.
“Then we put everything together, we create courtroom exhibits, we give everything to lawyers, and lawyers take it all to trial. Then we go into court and provide all the testimony as expert witnesses. '' Brown said.
In addition to its administrative headquarters in Jackson Township, Crash Tech has field offices in Chillicothe and Houston. The company started using three Entegra Coach campers, which are about the size of Amazon's delivery vans, to avoid working in an office during the pandemic.
Brown said the company plans to add larger vehicles, more like tour buses, this year to serve Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas from its north Florida location. Then he wants to station one of his vans or mobile field offices in the Pacific Northwest.
“I think once we add a fourth vehicle, if we cut the U.S. in quarters, we'll have pretty good regions of each, but we may need to expand further at that point,” he said.
Until now, Brown has been too busy to schedule an expansion. Crashtech has already had 200 incidents this year, which is about the same number of incidents the company had in all of 2023.
Brown believes this demand is in part due to lawyers recognizing the value Crash Tech provides in the wake of increasingly favorable verdicts, which is why the company is expanding. It is said that there is. He said his staff travels as far west as Montana and operates “almost all over the United States now,” with the exception of the remaining states.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the number of traffic fatalities in 2020 increased by 7.3% from the previous year, and the number of traffic fatalities in 2021 increased by 10.1% to 42,939 people, compared to the previous peak of 40,000 in 2005. This was the highest number since more than 3,000 people. Traffic fatalities decreased by 0.3% in 2022 and were on the decline in the first three quarters of 2023, but were still higher than pre-pandemic fatalities.
Mr. Brown is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who retired after 11 years with the Canton Police Department and then devoted himself full-time to crash tech. To maintain his law enforcement credentials, he joined the Stark County Sheriff's Reserve Division, where he serves as a sergeant and is part of a multi-jurisdictional accident investigation team.
He has also taught a crash investigation course at the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy.
“Being on the reserve and volunteering your time to go out to accident scenes and train police officers and everything, I feel like it's kind of giving back,” Brown said.
He only employs law enforcement officers and is in the process of hiring others as part of his expansion. When additional expertise is needed, we may also turn to partners in the biomechanics, tire, and medical industries.
Brown said his ultimate goal this year is to have a multibillion-dollar impact on the industry, “whether it's getting more money for plaintiffs or figuring out exactly who is actually at fault. By doing so, we are also helping insurance companies maintain their funding.”
Opening an adult daycare with accurate nursing services
Accurate Nursing Services Inc. in Jackson Township currently provides adult day services for the developmentally disabled. Home care and non-medical transportation services are also available.
The company and the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the expanded service on February 26 at 4150 Belden Village St. NW, Suite 103.
Accurate Nursing Services was founded in 2011 and has been providing staffing, CPR training, and other medical services in Starke and surrounding counties.
Kenan Advantage Group acquires Michigan trucking company
Kenan Advantage Group, a transportation and logistics company based in Jackson Township near the Akron-Canton Airport, has entered the dry bulk sector with the acquisition of Northern Dry Bulk.
The company, based in Clare, Michigan, specializes in the storage and transportation of plastic resins for automotive, packaging and other markets in the United States and Canada. Kenan Advantage Group announced the acquisition earlier this month, but details were not disclosed.
“The acquisition of Northern Dry Bulk establishes a definitive entry point into the dry bulk transportation business for us and is perfectly aligned with our strategic growth initiatives to expand into new end markets.” John Rakoczi, executive vice president of specialty products, said in a prepared statement. . “This transaction also meets the needs of many of our current liquid bulk customers, who also manufacture and sell dry bulk materials.”
According to the announcement, Kenan will retain Northern Dry Bulk's professional drivers, technicians and operational support members. The acquisition also includes 36 tractor trucks, 91 trailers, two terminals with two maintenance bays, warehouse space and transload capabilities.
Tom Kunce, owner and president of Northern Dry Bulk, said the company started with one truck in 1994 and has grown into the respected trucking company it is today.
“By partnering with KAG, our current and future customers will benefit from our shared knowledge, geographic footprint and assets in a market with significant growth opportunities,” he said. said in a statement.
Society Brands acquires two California brands
Society Brands, a Canton-based e-commerce brand acquisition and support company, has acquired two Orange County, Calif.-based brands: Clarifion and Cleanomic.
Clarifion manufactures compact air purification and air ionization devices. Cleanomic provides alternatives to single-use plastic products and household products.
The acquisition brings Society Brand's portfolio of brands to 11 with total annual revenue of $100 million. Details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Michael Sirpilla, co-founder and CEO of Society Brands, described Clarifion and Cleanomic as “powerful brands with a loyal consumer following.”
“Not only are these brands a great fit for our portfolio, but we will also be adding more than 30 talented team members as a result of this transaction,” he said in a prepared statement. “Together, as a unified group, we are confident that we can take both brands to the next level.”
Putman Properties receives Costar Power Broker Award
Spencer Hartung and Saylor Putman of Putman Properties received one of CoStar Group's Power Broker Awards for the Northeast Ohio region.
Representing tenants and landlords respectively, they completed top industrial lease transactions in Q3 2023. CoStar, a leading provider of commercial real estate data, says it determines its top deals each quarter based on price and square footage. News release from Putman Properties.
The Koster Award listing does not include the transaction price, but shows 40,610 square feet for lease in Stark County.
Mr. Hartung, who has been with Putman Properties since 2016, and Mr. Putman, who has been with the property management company since 2018, are both vice presidents and senior sales representatives.
Contact Kelly at 330-580-8323 or kelly.byer@cantonrep.com.X: @kbyerREP
