President Anthony Nighswander, Elaine Herrick (Secretary of State Regional Liaison) Ben Nighswander
Anthony Nighswander, founder of President of APT Manufacturing of Hicksville, Ohio, received an award from Secretary of State John Husted on Wednesday, January 25 for their outstanding role in the economics of Ohio and their excellent achievements in business and employment.
Presenting the award was Elaine Herrick, Secretary of State Regional Liaison, for Secretary of State Jon Husted. Below is a copy of the wording of this prestigious award:
“It is my privilege to recognize and commend APT Manufacturing Solutions as a featured busines for the month of January as part of the Secretary of Stat’es ‘Ohio Business Profile’ initisiatve.
“This Certificate of Commendation is tendered on behalf of the people of the State of Ohio as a small token of their gratitude and sincere admireation for the exemplary work of APT Manufacturing Solutions and its outstanding employees.
“APT Manufacturing Solutions is an important member of Ohio’s business community and has achieved great success by focusing on quality and the people they serve. This recognition and the accomplishments of APT Manufacturing Solutions is an inspiration to others for what they can achieve with a smiliar attitude, commitment and hard work.
“As Ohio’s 53rd Secretary of State, it is my honor and unique distinction to commend APT Manufacturing Solutions. May your good and honorable work continue and stand as a measure for those who follow, inspiring them to believe in and work for the betterment of the lives of the people and communities throughout the state of Ohio.”
“—Jon Husted,
Ohio Secretary of State
January 1, 2018”
APT was started in 1996 as a small company by Anthony Nighswander. The company, in its 22nd year, has had three different locations and has achieved excellent growth in employment through manufacturing in the areas of robotics, automation and machining. The international company has gone from 50 to 135 employees in the last five years. They also have 75,000 square foot of space with automation and machining filling the facility. They specialize in Fanuc robots that are programmed there for production.
APT has many large clients in the food industry saving the corporations manpower and time with less waste. Mr. Nighswander stated that the robots themselves do not cause people to lose jobs so much as changing what they do. People have to maintain the robots, program them and change how the automated assembly lines work, helping them to produce more product at higher quality.
APT Manufacturing has been a leader in working with schools to promote education in this industry including robotics programming. There is so much more to this, but it would require a separate article!
Anthony stated that the tax plan put through by Congress at the end of the year and signed by President Donald Trump has been a very good asset to business and will help tremendously with growth of exports from the United States. He said it was not surprising that Apple, Google and other technology companies are bringing manufacturing home now because of this. In the long term will bring many jobs and not just in large Silicon Valley areas.
He also commented of schools such as Vantage Career Center and Four County. He specifically pointed out Vantage as having an excellent robotics program and couldn’t say enough about them for all of their hard work and student training.
This award from the state of Ohio is a substantial statement showing the leadership involved in making businesses grow and helping small community areas maintain and increase employment in the technology sector.
Congratulations to APT Manufacturing, and Anthony Nighswander, for bringing good jobs to Northwest Ohio.
