EY and Nottingham Spirk

Ernst & Young LLP (EY) and Nottingham Spirk crossed paths during the firm’s EY 2017 Entrepreneur Of The Year® program. Beyond recognizing the impact Nottingham Spirk was having across a wide variety of companies, a thread began to develop around the impact we could have together. From those early conversations, the vision for the EY—Nottingham Spirk Innovation Hub was formed.

However, more important than “the how” that brought EY and Nottingham Spirk together is “the why.” We joined forces expanding the EY innovation ecosystem to help clients tackle their growth aspirations, rapidly commercialize their innovations, explore practical applications of new technology and reimagine the way they do business.

Nottingham Spirk

If you know the Arm & Hammer Spinbrush or the Swiffer Sweep + Vac, then you know Nottingham Spirk

Founded over 50 years ago by John Nottingham and John Spirk in a carriage house in Cleveland, OH, Nottingham Spirk has served as a beacon of innovation for organizations pursuing uncharted territory to accelerate growth. Through its unique and thoughtfully created Vertical Innovation® process, Nottingham Spirk has created or designed hundreds of first-to-market products in the consumer, industrial, healthcare and business product sectors and is the only truly vertically integrated innovation firm with all disciplines required to bring products to market from one location.

Recognized in 2020 as one of Fast Company’s “100 Best Workplaces for Innovators."

Nottingham Spirk case studies

Applying commercial innovations to address the critical “what ifs”

EY—Nottingham Spirk Innovation Hub: 2200 Overlook Road, Cleveland, OH 44106

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Nottingham Spirk

If you know the Arm & Hammer Spinbrush or the Swiffer Sweep + Vac, then you know Nottingham Spirk

Nottingham Spirk case studies

What if there was complete transparency into the demand supply networks that deliver food globally — in real time?

What if every high-value physical asset had a digital asset “twin” that could improve field service and supply chain processes?

What if there was a next-generation of diagnostic devices to improve health?

What if a large percentage of the woven fabrics in use were 100% recyclable and had better performance characteristics than what’s used today?

What if there was a proven methodology/approach to radically improve the success rate for our different innovations?

What if there were structural packaging innovations that could make our supply chain more efficient?

What if there was a way to clean water — without chemicals — anywhere in the world in a way that was completely mobile?

What if manufacturing and inventory support for field services and repairs was available at the edge?

What if there was a way to deploy EV technology to serve multiple functions and track asset performance in real time?