Editing Solon, Ohio (section)

==Economy==
In 1929, the Bready Cultimotor tractor company became the first industrial company to locate in Solon. Since then, Solon has served as home to many multinational companies, including several global and North American headquarters. Although Solon is a suburb of Cleveland, it has an employment base sufficient to support its residential population and thus should not be considered a bedroom community.

Today, according to city government authorities, Solon has major clusters of businesses in five manufacturing industries: electronic and electrical equipment, industrial and commercial machinery, measuring and controlling devices and instruments, chemicals and allied products, and fabricated metal products. Over 8,000, or 75%, of Solon's 10,700 manufacturing jobs are concentrated in these five sectors.

Major employers include: [[Nestlé]] (headquarters of [[Stouffer's|Stouffer]] Foods), [[Swagelok]], [[Pentair]], Signature of Solon Country Club, [[Keithley Instruments]] and [[Arrow Electronics]]. There is a branch of the [[Cleveland Clinic]] here as well.

The Robbins Company, a leading international manufacturer of [[tunnel boring machines]] founded in 1952, is headquartered in Solon. Robbins employs over 150 individuals in the city and has produced a number of industry innovations.<ref name = "Robbins">{{cite web|title=The Robbins Company|url=http://www.therobbinscompany.com/en/about/ |publisher=Robbins|access-date=August 23, 2014}}</ref>

===Top employers===
According to Solon's 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.solonohio.org/DocumentCenter/View/8699/City_Solon_2017-CAFR-Released-942018 |title=City of Solon 2017 CAFR |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref> the top employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
|1
|[[Swagelok|Swagelok Company]]
|style="text-align: right;"|3,255
|-
|2
|[[Nestlé|Nestle Food Company]]
|style="text-align: right;"|1,946
|-
|3
|[[Cleveland Clinic Foundation]]
|style="text-align: right;"|997
|-
|4
|National Enterprise Systems
|style="text-align: right;"|932
|-
|5
|City of Solon
|style="text-align: right;"|875
|-
|6
|[[CVS Pharmacy|CVS Caremark]]
|style="text-align: right;"|719
|-
|7
|[[Solon City School District]]
|style="text-align: right;"|675
|-
|8
|nVent
|style="text-align: right;"|617
|-
|9
|[[MRI Software]]
|style="text-align: right;"|468
|-
|10
|[[Kennametal]]
|style="text-align: right;"|346
|}