Defense / AerospaceYoungstown

LeapFast Manufacturing

Defense / Aerospace · Youngstown, OH

LeapFast Manufacturing is an advanced manufacturing company headquartered in Youngstown, OH and operating out of the Youngstown Business Incubator (YBI) that specializes in friction stir welding (FSW) to produce high-strength components for infrastructure, defense, and aerospace applications. The company focuses on enabling sustainable growth of infrastructure through advanced manufacturing capabilities.

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About Youngstown

Youngstown was a steel town in the Mahoning Valley until the mills closed almost overnight in the 1970s, a collapse severe enough that it's still a reference point for Rust Belt decline. What's less known is that America Makes, the federal government's first manufacturing innovation institute, focused on additive/3D printing, is headquartered there — a deliberate bet on advanced manufacturing built directly on the ruins of the old industry, not a replacement of it.

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Total firms 19

VC / investors 4

Companies 14

Schools 1

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Automotive

Advanced Manufacturing

Reinvention