COLUMBUS, Ohio – A Westerville, Ohio-based scientific test and measurement company co-founded by Findley Lake native John Swartz has been recognized with four recent business-related awards.

His company, Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc., has received awards recognizing it as a:

2015 Top Workplace in Central Ohio, from Columbus CEO magazine and WBNS-10TV (Columbus)

Small Business Exporter of the Year, from the Small Business Administration (Columbus District)

2015 Healthiest Employer in Central Ohio, from business journal Columbus Business First

The company also received a special award from the Ohio Bureau of Worker’s Compensation (BWC) for 1 million hours without lost time, injury or illness.

Swartz, a former professor of electrical engineering at The Ohio State University, co-founded Lake Shore Cryotronics with his brother, David Swartz, in 1968. They named the company Lake Shore to pay homage to their early years living on the shores of Findley Lake. When John was 7, the Swartz family moved to nearby Sherman. Today, he is a seasonal resident of Findley Lake, where his family maintains a vacation home.

John’s son, Michael, is Lake Shore’s current president and CEO. He was honored recently as the 2014 Westerville Business Person of the Year by the Westerville Area Chamber of Commerce. Along with Michael, the company’s key personnel include John’s daughters, Karen Lint, COO, and Susan Ruhl, supply chain manager.

Set up originally to sell sensors to Argonne National Lab in Chicago, Illinois, for low-temperature research, Lake Shore Cryotronics has since grown to 145 employees and expanded its product line to include instruments and systems for scientific research requiring measurements as a function of low temperature and high magnetic fields.

More than 1,800 colleges and universities worldwide use Lake Shore technology, and the company’s sensors are used in some of the world’s most advanced scientific research, including particle physics research at the CERN LHC accelerator in Europe and NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.

“We are pleased to have been recognized for our commitment to our people,” Swartz said. “While our product lines and customer base have expanded over the years, we’ve tried hard to stay true to our small-town roots – where growing and maintaining a successful business absolutely depends on treating employees well.”

Supporting advanced research since 1968, Lake Shore Cryotronics provides measurement and control solutions for materials characterization under variable temperature and magnetic field conditions. High-performance product solutions from Lake Shore include cryogenic temperature sensors and instrumentation, magnetic test and measurement systems, probe stations and precision materials characterizations systems that explore the electronic and magnetic properties of next-generation materials.

Lake Shore serves an international base of research customers at leading university, government, aerospace and commercial research institutions, and is supported by a global network of sales and service facilities.

For more information about Lake Shore Cryotronics, visit www.lakeshore.com.