Company Timeline

Ohio Valley was founded by Mike Fanello with the assistance of his parents, Mick and Rose Fanello. The company started out with a focus on acquiring heavy gauge blanking and metal stampings that require heavy-tonnage presses.

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Ohio Valley had its first major expansion in 2003. We expanded to house a newly purchased 1,800-ton press, a backup for our existing 1,800-ton press. The new equipment helped us secure major automotive programs that helped build Ohio Valley in the early years.

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Ohio Valley completed a 13,000-square-foot expansion to develop tool and die operations. This allowed us to build more tools for customers and become more vertically integrated.

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Ohio Valley added a 4,000-ton press as part of a 7,500-square-foot facility expansion. This allowed us to expand further into the heavy gauge market, which we originally entered in 1999.

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John, Jeff, and Steven Fanello succeeded as heads of Ohio Valley Manufacturing, continuing their father and grandfather’s vision of the company.

Ohio Valley completed installation of a new 3,000-ton press, finishing a 20,000-square-foot expansion. This provided backup for the 4,000-ton press for contingency planning and helped us grow our business in the heavy gauge, blanking, and stamping markets.

This press was originally purchased for Mick Fanello’s stamping and blanking business in the 1980s and helped propel that business to the next level. Three decades later, it was purchased by Mick’s grandsons to get the press back in the family, and to this day it’s still running strong.

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Ohio Valley expanded robotic MIG and TIG welding operations. This allowed the welding side of the business to grow to a Tier 2 automotive supplier for subassemblies. We have since continually expanded this operation and now staff over 25 welders in this department.

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Ohio Valley added a 1,500-ton press and completed a 30,000-square-foot expansion. This press allowed us to continue growing our blanking and heavy gauge stamping operation.

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Ohio Valley continued business through the COVID-19 pandemic. We were able to maintain our customer base and retain all essential staff.

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Ohio Valley rebounded well from the 2020 slowdown and was able to more than double sales totals, from 35 million to 93 million.

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Ohio Valley Manufacturing celebrated 25 years in business. During this time, we have grown from 12 to 150+ employees.

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Ohio Valley kicked off a 40,000-square-foot expansion of our tool room and heavy gauge stamping and blanking capacity.

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