Behind the walls of electrification sits a less glamorous business: getting conduit, cable and supports onto the job. Atkore has built its pitch around the minutes between delivery and installation.
Nice, Inc. turned a problem Apple never bothered to fix - tangled chargers nobody could tell apart - into CableKeeps, a line of $16 rubber sea creatures molded just north of Seattle.
Velcro Companies is the maker of the original VELCRO Brand hook-and-loop fastener, invented by Swiss engineer George de Mestral after studying burrs under a microscope in the 1940s. From its U.S. base in Manchester, New Hampshire, the privately held firm designs and manufactures thousands of fastening variants - from basic fabric closures to injection-molded plastics, high-temperature retention systems and medical-grade straps - serving customers across medical, aerospace, automotive, military, industrial, footwear, packaging and consumer markets in roughly seven countries.