American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Delaware Valley Section
Background
September 25, 2007
K'NEX Plant Tour
“The World’s
Most Creative Construction Toy”
K'NEX Industries, Inc. is a
privately held company, with the headquarters and manufacturing facility located
in Hatfield, Pennsylvania. Internationally, K'NEX products are distributed by
Hasbro, one of the world's leading toy manufacturers and distributors.
K’NEX began one evening when
Joel Glickman was playing with straws. That's right... straws! While sitting
at a crowded, noisy wedding Joel began tinkering with some straws and thinking
about the possibilities. This dabbling, followed by some innovative product
engineering, led to the very popular Rod and Connector building system now
available throughout the world. Today, K'NEX is the number one construction toy
company in the non-brick category and getting bigger every day!
We will tour the facility at
the plastics manufacturing division of K’NEX Brands, the Rodon Group, in
Hatfield, PA. The Rodon Group designs, tools and manufactures injection molded
components for industrial applications and other applications such as K’NEX.
The K’NEX folks have assured us that there will be toy samples on display.
We will
enjoy dinner, fellowship and networking at Finn McCool’s Irish Pub.
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