K'NEX Brands and The Rodon Group: Building An American-Made Holiday Season
K'NEX® Brands and The Rodon Group: Building An American-Made Holiday Season
Hatfield, PA, (November 2012) - At a time when most toys are made overseas, K'NEX Brands, the only U.S. construction toy company focused on Building Worlds Kids Love®, is committed to making toys in the USA!
K'NEX has become America's Building Toy Company -- over 95% of its parts are manufactured by The Rodon Group, K'NEX's sister company. In business since 1956, the Rodon Group makes billions of parts each year in its 125,000 square foot eco-friendly facility and is one of the largest family-owned and operated injection molders in the United States. In addition to manufacturing K'NEX parts, The Rodon Group serves a diverse group of industries including consumer products, medical, fenestration, construction, and pharmaceutical.
Both K'NEX and The Rodon Group -- third generation, family-owned businesses located in Hatfield, PA -- are active members of American Made Matters, an organization whose mission is to educate consumers about buying US-made products to help strengthen the American Dream.
One of the hottest toys this holiday season, the K'NEX 50 Model Building Set, was recently featured on the TODAY Show and includes 700 made in the USA rods and connectors and building ideas for 50 unique models!
"We've learned that the more items we are able to manufacture at home, the more people we can employ. If every American were to spend just $64 a year on things Made in the USA, 200,000 new jobs would be created," said Michael Araten, President & CEO of K'NEX & The Rodon Group. "Spending our dollars on Made in the USA goods enables our whole economy to get stronger and with that our whole country becomes stronger. You just have to take that extra second and look at the label. Together, we can build a better America."
About The Rodon Group
The Rodon Group is an ISO 9001:2008 certified landfill-free, plastic injection molder. In business since 1956, The Rodon Group makes billions of parts each year in its 125,000 square foot facility. With over 105 injection molding presses, Rodon is one of the largest family-owned and operated plastic injection molders in the United States. Since 1992, Rodon has manufactured over 30 billion parts for the K'NEX building toy system, and is a subsidiary of K'NEX Brands, L.P. For more information, please visit http://www.rodongroup.com
About K'NEX Brands
Founded in 1992, K'NEX Brands, the world's most innovative construction toy company, was established to make and sell what has become one of the world's leading integrated construction systems for children. Winner of over 250 international awards and recognitions, K'NEX is America's building toy company focused on Building Worlds Kids Love, and encourages youngsters to "imagine, build and play." Since 1992, The Rodon Group, a subsidiary of K'NEX Brands, L.P., has manufactured over 31 billion parts for the K'NEX building toy system. For more information, please visit http://www.knex.com or http://www.rodongroup.com.