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Galion is proud to have been the home of Galion road graders and road rollers, manufactured here for nearly a century. The dial tone was invented here as well as the development and production of digital telephone switching and the Ericophone. Many other early patented products include the steel burial vault, overcoat, dump bodies and trash compactor dump bodies.

Today, Galion produces a variety of products including telecommunications equipment, hydraulic cylinders, patterns, uniforms, church directories, heavy machinery, refuse containers, picture frames, screw machine pieces, snow plows, steel burial vaults and much more.

Businesses located in Galion
Top Industrial Employers (11/04)

Company Product Employees
Telecommunications equipment 237
Hydraulic Technologies, Inc. Hydraulic cylinders 219
Covert Manufacturing, Inc. Patternmaking, Machining 200
Lifetouch Church Directories and Portraits Church directories 176
Carter Machine Co.
Hydranamics, Inc.
Hydraulic cylinders 86
Galion, Inc. Screw machined and extruded products, automotive stamping, CNC 82
Crawford Machine, Inc Hose assembly, brake products 70
Urban Industries Aluminum panels, plastic bags 60
Elbeco, Inc. Uniforms 55
Central State Enterprises Screw machine products, auto/appliance 50
Just Plastics Housewares, sporting goods 50
A & G Manufacturing Co. Machining & fabrication 44