Celina Tent Inc.

Celina Tent Inc.

Type	Private
Founded	1996
Headquarters	Ohio
Products	Tents
Number of employees	115 worldwide
Website	Homepage

A privately held, family-owned U.S. company, Celina Tent manufactures vinyl event tents,

Corporate headquarters: Celina, Ohio, USA. Number of employees: 52 worldwide. Incorporated: 1996 as Celina Tent Rental Inc. became Celina Tent Inc. December 15, 2003.

Leadership

President - Jeff Grieshop
Vice President - Janice Grieshop
Director of Finance - Randy Garman
Director of Engineering - Gabe Lehman
Director of Manufacturing - Jill Roy

Manufacturing facilities

Celina Tent Inc. manufacturing plant and offices are located in Celina, Ohio. Celina Tent Inc. manufacturing facilities include over 104,000 square feet (9,700 m²) in west central Ohio.

Products

Celina Tent Inc. manufactures various vinyl products. Celina's main focus is in the manufacturing of tents. Product lines include: Event tents - used in the party rental industry. HGPTS - (Humanitarian General Purpose Tent Systems) used in disaster relief operations such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and hurricanes.

History

Celina Tent got its start from a small hardware & rental store which started in the 1950s named Myers PRO Hardware and had 2 locations operating in Celina, Ohio as well as Cridersville, Ohio. Celina Tent, Inc. began as Celina Tent Rental, Inc. in 1996 when it purchased the rental inventory from the Myers PRO store and began renting tents, tables, chairs, and other event products.

In 1998 Celina Tent Rental began manufacturing its own line of tents.

In 2003 Celina Tent Rental, Inc. changed its name to Celina Tent, Inc. and began to focus on manufacturing for the tent & event markets.

In 2005 Celina Tent, Inc. sold its rental division to a local family, the Rose family of Maria Stein. After purchasing the rental inventory of tents, tables, chairs, as well as the rental contracts they changed the business name to Reliable Rentals, Inc. Reliable Rentals continues to serve the Grand Lake area and beyond.

In 2006 Celina Tent received a contract from the Department of Defense (Defense Logistics Agency) to produce HGPTS (Humanitarian General Purpose Tent Systems) used in disaster relief operations such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and hurricanes.

On September 29, 2009 a tsunami struck American Samoa destroying many structures throughout the territory. DLA-DSCP worked with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide 16’ x 16’ humanitarian tents manufactured by Celina.

• Celina Humanitarian Tent in American Samoa.jpg

  FEMA supplied Humanitarian General Purpose Tent Systems to American Samoa after the 2009 tsunami

Divisions

Today Celina Tent, Inc. operates in two divisions:

• Celina Enterprises which handles the sales and distribution of event tents, tables, chairs, and other hospitality & event products.
• Celina Industries focuses on the manufacturing of industrial textile fabric products, specifically hot-air, hot-wedge, and RF (radio frequency) welding of PVC, PE, PU and PP materials. Celina Industries service sectors include the commercial, industrial, government, and military.

References

Publications

Kincaid, William . Celina Tent to set up in Coldwater, add jobs. Celina, Ohio: The Daily Standard, Monday, March 26, 2007 http://www.dailystandard.com/date/2005/11/30/news/headline2.htm

State of Ohio Department of Development, February 9, 2004 http://www.odod.state.oh.us/newsroom/2004pr/releases/919.asp

USIFI - United States Industrial Fabrics Institute http://www.usifi.com/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=118&op=page&SubMenu=

INC.5000 2007 The Fastest Growing Private Companies in America http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2007/company-profile.html?id=200744500

INC.5000 2008 The Fastest Growing Private Companies in America - Celina Tent, Inc. http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2008/company-profile.html?id=200827070

Ohio Treasurer of State - Celina Tent covers new ground in Northwestern Ohio http://www.tos.ohio.gov/content/view/654/402/

Rental Pulse - Celina Tent sells rental division http://www.rentalpulse.com/article.asp?ARTID=2294

LimaOhio.com - Celina Tent, Inc. / Celina Industries converts fiberglass sheets to be used in the wind power industry http://www.limaohio.com/news/energy_30209___article.html/good_ohio.html

U.S. Department of Defense

DefenseLink: Contracts for Thursday, November 3, 2005 http://www.defenselink.mil/contracts/contract.aspx?contractid=3128

DefenseLink: Contracts for Friday, September 1, 2006 http://www.defenselink.mil/contracts/contract.aspx?contractid=3322

DefenseLink: Contracts for Tuesday, July 10, 2007 http://www.defenselink.mil/contracts/contract.aspx?contractid=3555

DefenseLink: Contracts for Thursday, November 29, 2007 http://www.defenselink.mil/contracts/contract.aspx?contractid=3657

DefenseLink: Contracts for Friday, November 30, 2007 http://www.defenselink.mil/contracts/contract.aspx?contractid=3658

DefenseLink: Contracts for Wednesday, June 11, 2008 http://www.defenselink.mil/contracts/contract.aspx?contractid=3794

FEMA News Release - American Samoa Tsunami Assistance

Release Date: November 28, 2009, Release Number: 1859-015 http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=50023

Release Date: December 9, 2009, Release Number: 1859-018 http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=50067

FEMA Media Records: Larger Tents for American Samoa http://mmrs.fema.gov/medialibrary/media_records/1581