TOLEDO, Ohio — After more than four decades serving Toledo’s construction industry, a longtime business owner is hanging up his hard hat—with plans that sound a little more like vacation than retirement.
Louis Crippen, founder of C-N Construction Supplies, is retiring after 43 years in business. He started the company in 1983—on April Fools’ Day—and built it into a go-to supplier for contractors across northwest Ohio.
“It’s been a long one,” Crippen said of his journey. “We’ve had a nice long run.”
The company was sold in 2024 to American Producers Supply, expanding its product reach while keeping much of the original staff in place…