Magnus International Group is an award-winning, Cleveland, Ohio-area company with a 25-acre, state-of-the-art production facility in nearby Painesville Township that operates as Hardy Industrial Technologies and Hardy Animal Nutrition. Magnus and its companies are locally owned, and our products are U.S.-made. We develop and manufacture one-of-a-kind products, including natural animal feed ingredients, natural industrial and consumer waxes, customized fatty acids, biodiesel fuel feedstocks and other specialty chemicals. Magnus companies create these sustainable global products by uniquely refining and repurposing renewable raw materials such as domestic and tropical vegetable oils, cooking greases, animal fats and other co-products. AWARDS 2016 Smart Business Smart 50 Award 2015 Weatherhead 100 Award 2015 Crain's 52 Fastest-Growing Companies Award 2015 Smart Business Smart 50 Award 2015 NEO Success Award 2015 Smart Business Evolution of Manufacturing Award 2014 Weatherhead 100 Award 2014 Crain's Cleveland Business FAST 50 Award 2014 Smart Business Smart 50 Award + Category Award for Innovation 2014 Inside Business Manny Award 2014 Smart Business Evolution of Manufacturing Award 2014-16 Eric Lofquist - EY National Entrepreneur Of The Year Award Judge 2013 Chief Executive Magazine Elite Middle-Market Company 2013 Eric Lofquist - EY Northeast Ohio Entrepreneur Of The Year Award Judge 2013 Eric Lofquist - Smart Business Evolution of Manufacturing Award Judge & Conference Panelist 2012 Weatherhead 100 Award - No. 1 Company 2012 Eric Lofquist - EY National Entrepreneur Of The Year Award 2012 Eric Lofquist - EY Northeast Ohio Entrepreneur Of The Year Award 2012 Smart Business Innovation in Business Award 2012 NEO Success Award 2012 Smart Business Evolution of Manufacturing Award 2011 Smart Business Innovation in Business Award 2011 Smart Business Evolution of Manufacturing Award 2009 Smart Business Evolution of Manufacturing Award