BEDFORD, OH — Lake Shore Electric recently moved from Willis Street to Tinkers Creek Commerce Park, just off Egbert Road in Bedford. The new facility houses an array of equipment, used to manufacture generator control switchgear and transfer switches, as well as some 80 employees.

Just two years ago, about 50 people worked for the firm. Now, Lake Shore looks “every day” to fill everything from general to skilled positions, says Korey Hinkle, president of the company.

While a fairly typical Lake Shore offering, control cabinets are built by skilled technicians who can wire out the unit according to an engineering print.
Mary Szel While a fairly typical Lake Shore offering, control cabinets are built by skilled technicians who can wire out the unit according to an engineering print.
Lake Shore’s newest product offering is the eHouse, which stores equipment and is tailored to each customer’s unique specifications and needs.
Mary Szel Lake Shore’s newest product offering is the eHouse, which stores equipment and is tailored to each customer’s unique specifications and needs.

Other growth also spurred the move. As its space became inadequate, for example, Lake Shore utilized an offsite facility. But management knew that solution was only temporary. The business began looking for space and Jennifer Kuzma, Bedford’s economic development director, suggested the commerce park. Lake Shore, unaware of the site, was intrigued. The city helped them find contractors, including Liberty Development Company, and Lake Shore opted to build its new facility in the industrial park.

Founded in 1922 and incorporated in 1945, Lake Shore has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Capstone Equity Partners since March 2018. Firms ranging from large scale utilities to electrical contractors rely on its custom solutions. Products provide control and switching equipment to create on-site electrical power.

This machine laser cuts sheet metal. Once programmed, it can run on its own, even when employees have left for the day. “We’ll just load it for the whole night,” notes Hinkle.
Mary Szel This machine laser cuts sheet metal. Once programmed, it can run on its own, even when employees have left for the day. “We’ll just load it for the whole night,” notes Hinkle.
Lake Shore typically uses this flexible space for lunch and social occasions, but it also serves as a training room for customers when needed.
Mary Szel Lake Shore typically uses this flexible space for lunch and social occasions, but it also serves as a training room for customers when needed.

The firm’s latest product offering is its new eHouse line. The new line offers a prefabricated building that “stores, or holds, equipment,” says Hinkle.

Lake Shore tailors each eHouse to meet unique site, equipment and logistical needs. house switchgear, power apparatus and automation cabinets.

Recognizing its role in our community, Lake Shore Electric also sponsored the Bedford Rotary Rib Fest in 2024.

Lake Shore Electric Corporation
5 Hemisphere Way | Bedford, OH 44146
(440) 232-0200