About The RossWay Group®
The members of The RossWay Group® are companies that are affiliated through common ownership and committed to values derived from their strong, principled family owners.
In 1949, Robert and Ada May Ross founded a business on what was then their family farm and instilled their values into both their business and their family life. They include integrity, innovation and commitment. For more than 65 years, these values have guided the business and they have become the “Ross Way” of doing business.
These family values have carried through from the first generation of Bob and Ada Ross to the second, third and fourth generations of family ownership: Maureen (Ross) Cromling, her husband Bill Cromling II, their sons Bill Cromling III, Jon Cromling and their children.
The company Robert and Ada May Ross founded grew over the years to become the Ross companies: Ross Environmental Services, Inc., Ross Incineration Services, Inc. and Ross Transportation Services. Since taking the reins of leadership of the organization, the second and third generations of family ownership have grown the enterprise, and today, it includes a number of companies that provide a diverse array of services. Today, in addition ot the Ross companies, the RossWay Group® includes: ReTech Steel, LLC in Grafton; ManagTech Inc. in Elyria; the Ross Foundation, Inc. in Elyria; and A&D Environmental Services, Inc. based in High Point, NC.
In 2015, the family owners wanted to find a way to connect and define these groups of affiliated, growing business enterprises, to prepare for future growth and to capture their values, so they selectedthe name of “The RossWay Group®” as a unifying brand name for the enterprises.
It is a brand name that reflects how each of the member companies conduct business today and how they will continue to conduct themselves in the future.
The Cromling family has a commitment to continued family ownership in the future. They wanted to express this pride in family business ownership through a tagline and chose: “Family Owned, Future Focused®.”
The member companies in The RossWay Group® will continue to uphold the values that the family owners have followed for more than 65 years while looking for new ways to provide outstanding services to customers; protect the environment; and play a meaningful role in the community now and in the future.
The RossWay Group® logo
The RossWay Group® logo features a tree design, symbolic of a Witness Tree, which is a term utilized for an incredibly old tree that has “witnessed” the history of an area. When clearing a field to plant crops, a farmer would sometimes leave a single tree in the field as a visual guidepost that he could follow. Over the years, this lone tree would remain and would be a “witness” to the history of the area.
The RossWay Group® has roots in a family that traces back many generations in Eaton Township, Ohio. From settlers who arrived in the township in 1839, to a teacher who taught in a one room school house early in the 1900’s, the family has played a significant role in the local community.
On farmland adjacent to the original family farm, there is a Witness Tree, which has stood throughout the history of Eaton Township and the history of The RossWay Group®. While we can’t ascertain the exact age of this Bur Oak Tree, experts have estimated it to be more than 300 years old.
This silent sentinel of local history has been incorporated into The RossWay Group® logo. Its roots represent the solid foundation and family values that the companies have been built upon. It provides a guidepost for the companies to follow into the future ensuring that they are always following the Ross Way.
Members of The RossWay Group® provide a variety of goods and services. Click this link to learn more: