Tech Products, Inc. Turns 77 Years Old
Manufacturing identification products like Data Plates and Name Plates for heavy machinery, Utility Pole Tags for electric utilities, Cable Markers for telecoms, and Do-Not-Dig signs for pipeline companies, Tech Products, Inc. of Staten Island, NY turns 77 years old.
A Legacy That Began in 1948
Tech Products Inc. was founded by Kenneth Nelson in 1948. After World War II, he was looking to do something unique and fulfilling. He found a small metal fabrication company in his hometown of Staten Island making valves for battleships. The war effort was winding down, and the company was struggling but had great machinery.
Ken decided to repurpose it to make industrial nameplates and data plates for heavy equipment. He invented a terrific way to emboss the copy into thick metal so the copy would be durable for the rest of the century and match the embossed copy to screen-printing for a good-looking product as well.
Pioneering Utility Identification Products
The rest is history. In the 1950s, Tech Products began making the first embossed system for utility pole marking. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the company created products for electric utilities, OEMs, and telecommunication providers.
In the 1980s, the company continued as a metal fabrication business but added injection molding capabilities. Ken and his engineering team produced a new idea that would revolutionize pole marking. His patented product would become the Everlast® brand—sold in thirty-one countries and throughout the USA.
It has changed how utilities mark their pipelines, poles, and cables.
Ken passed away, but the legacy continues with the Nelson family. His son is the current president; his grandson is the website designer; and at one point, all the grandchildren have worked for or with the company their grandfather started.
About Tech Products, Inc.
We are a manufacturer of identification products for OEMs and utilities. For 77 years, we have made pole tags, cable markers, data plates, safety signs, and all things identification.
Tech Products, Inc. provides the most durable products in our industries with brand names like EVERLAST, Tech-3D, FASTTAG, and TechBrite.
We are also a service company—an information provider. We work as team members with our customers to find solutions for their identification needs.