CMT magnet makes White House visit

Pictured above, from left: Chip Kovach and Michael Kovach in Washington
with the CMT lifting magnet they displayed on the White House lawn.

A lifting magnet made by Youngstown, Ohio-based City Machine Technologies Inc. (CMT) was among products on display at a late July press event hosted by the Trump administration on the White House lawn.

According to a blog post on the CMT website, one of the company’s lifting magnets was displayed at the second annual Made in America Product Showcase, held on the White House lawn Monday, July 23.

White House staffers approached companies throughout the United States so one company could be selected from each state to represent American-made goods at the event, according to CMT.

“It’s an honor and a privilege to be one of 50 companies both big and small showcasing what America can make when we roll up our sleeves and work hard,” says company founder Michael J. Kovach. “America was built on the manufacturing industry, and it’s great to see it’s alive and well today.”

Michael and Chip Kovach of CMT brought with them a 47-inch DASH (deep aluminum scrap handler) scrap magnet. In the magnet business since 1998, CMT currently makes and sells 47-inch, 57-inch and 67-inch DASH magnets. CMT also makes 58-inch and 68-inch deep copper ball handler (DCBH) models, which the company describes as “heavy copper-wound magnets used in the ferrous metal reclamation business.”

CMT says its magnets “can be found all over the United States” as well as in Egypt, Indonesia, Canada and Mexico.

In addition to rebuilding and manufacturing electromagnets for steel mills and scrap yards, CMT describes itself as an industrial service center providing electrical, mechanical, machining and repair and maintenance field services to industrial and commercial companies in the U.S.

Michael Kovach and his late wife Joan Kovach founded CMT with two employees in 1985. The company currently has about 60 employees and, according to Michael Kovach, intends to expand its workforce.