Cincinnati Inc. has always had an excellent reputation for being a great place to work. Some of the people in our facility are multi-generation CI employees. What creates that kind of loyalty and, at the same time, brings new applicants to our door? We asked Donna Szarwark, Vice President of Human Resources, what it takes to build a culture of engagement that makes CI an employer of choice.

Step foot in the Cincinnati Incorporated facility in Harrison, Ohio and you’ll see a whole lot of manufacturing goodness. A multitude of machines out on the floor, plenty of hard-working people doing what they do best and lots of showroom, office and classroom space.

CINCINNATI has been around since the 1890s, and we’ve been working hard in southwest Ohio for the duration. As the decades have passed, it’s become a rarity to find an American manufacturing company still producing on U.S. soil.

A few months ago, Larry Allen, Spray Finisher Here at Cincinnati Incorporated, noticed our spray texturing process was not as consistent and quick as it could be. As a result, he decided to refine the process to make it less time consuming and costly. He did all this with no direction from management; this was just pure initiative. Today, we’re going to tell you how he did it.

We see similarities between Hendrick Motorsports’ culture and the culture at CINCINNATI, which is why we decided to become a partner for a team record 10 years. 

Post-sale service and support has always been a priority at CINCINNATI. It’s a big reason we’ve been around for so long. But 15 years ago, we began the transition from reactive to proactive post-sale service. The first step: control upgrades on our press brakes.

Meet Help Lightning, a valued CI partner in remote field service. When you hear the words “merged reality field service,” it doesn’t sound terribly magical. But when you see what merged reality field service actually looks like, that’s when the magic happens. This is technology you have to see to believe.

There are roughly 60,000 active CINCINNATI machines in the wild. Many were built this century. But some? Some are nearly a century old.