One of the products Hug A Plug sells is Made in the USA Electrical Outlet Expanders. A more complete list of their products is provided by Made in America Secrets, to review their list click here.

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Hug-A-Plug, Inc. manufactures and markets high quality, value added electrical current taps and adapter plugs for the home and office. Founded in Brighton, Michigan, all of our products are made in the USA and carry a lifetime replacement warranty. Our mission is to produce products that solve a common problem, are of the highest quality and provide the best value in its class.

Ever try to connect an electrical cord behind your furniture (bed, dresser, wall unit, etc.) and couldn't because there wasn't enough space? Wish you could move furniture or appliances closer to the wall without damaging electrical cords?

Hug-A-Plug was designed to solve these two common problems when connecting power cords to standard outlets: minimize the space required to plug a cord into an outlet, and reduce damage to cords. As long as we were designing a new plug, we thought why not make them high quality, pleasant to look at and easy to use? So we did. We think you will agree.

We take pride in the quality of our products and that they are made in the USA. Our products are designed to provide solutions to problems encountered when connecting cords, chargers or transformers to outlets. You will appreciate the improved safety, appearance, convenience and added space when you use Hug-A-Plug.

We value the close relationship with our customers, whose direct feedback helps shape the products and services we provide. If you have any comments about our products and services or would like more information about Hug-A-Plug please contact us.

What is a Hug-A-Plug?
Hug-A-Plug is an attractive, premium-quality right angle current tap (often referred to as a right angle adapter plug) designed to connect electrical cords parallel to outlet surfaces. It eliminates wasted space at outlets by minimizing the clearance required behind furniture, appliances, etc., and eliminates bending, crimping, and damage to cords, significantly reducing the risk of electrical shocks and fires.


Why Another Plug?
Who needs another plug? YOU DO!! We can all use a Hug-A-Plug! How often have you had to place furniture or appliances further from a wall than you would like or bent and damaged a cord when moving furniture back to the wall, all because of protruding plugs? With Hug-A-Plug, problems solved.

Oh, one other thing, we make them only in the USA! Hug-A-Plug is based in Michigan and our products are manufactured in the United States.

Where will I use Hug-A-Plug?
The most important place to use a Hug-A-Plug is in every outlet that is behind furniture, appliances, desks, file cabinets, etc. Why? These are the areas with the greatest chance for cord damage and resulting electrical shock or fire.

Bedrooms
Behind beds, dressers or nightstands for lamps, clocks, radios, electric blankets, etc. You will be surprised how many uses you will find in the bedroom.
Kitchens
Use one in every outlet for countertop appliances, radios, TVs, in the appliance garage, etc. Every cord can now hug your wall, freeing space. Your counter will look better too.
Bathrooms
You will want one in every outlet around the vanity for hair dryers, curling irons, electric razors, electric toothbrush, makeup mirror, radio and more.
Garage / Workshop
Behind storage racks, around the workbench, behind storage areas for tools to prevent damage to cords and increase the connection capacity.
Great room / Office / Den
You won't believe how much better wall units, bookcases and entertainment centers will look pushed back to the wall and no need to worry about bending and damaging cords either. Desks and file cabinets fit flush to the wall without damage to cords. With Hug-A-Plug, outlets behind desks and file cabinets are actually usable. Computers, printers and power strips suddenly became easier to connect.
The list goes on but you get the idea. Hug-A-Plug can improve the use, safety and neatness of every outlet in your home, office or business.

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One of the products Janesville Tool and Manufacturing sells is Made in the USA Die Sets. A more complete list of their products is provided by Made in America Secrets, to review their list click here.

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Back in the late 1950s, George Gilman opened a machine shop in Janesville, Wisconsin. Like most machine shops back then, Janesville Tool and Manufacturing did a wide variety of general machining. But George was not only a good machinist, he was a talented inventor too. He often created special tooling and even special machines to make jobs faster, easier, and more profitable. Out of necessity, George built the first JT&M assembly press. It was a compact manual lever press that looked and worked like today's ILP-500.

George Gilman was a perfectionist. He designed and built his assembly press to be extremely precise. But its real beauty was its versatility. George soon found that the lever press could be quickly adapted to many jobs around the shop.

Now and then customers and friends stopped by and saw George's press. They were so impressed with George's press they often tried to buy it. Soon George was building presses and die sets for sale. Word-of-mouth advertising spread the reputation of the press far and wide. After a while, George was so busy making lever presses, he discontinued his general machining business.

Twenty years later, the Roach family bought the company. Along with moving to larger quarters in a neighboring town, they expanded the number of manual presses to four and added several die sets to the line. In 1989, they added four pneumatic-powered presses to the line, and the rest is history.

Today, the popularity of Janesville Tool and Manufacturing presses is greater than ever. We still adhere to the same strict standards of quality established by George Gilman. Our manufacturer-direct pricing and 24-hour shipping policies make our presses truly affordable and accessible.

One of the products Jore Corporation sells is Made in the USA Driver Bits. A more complete list of their products is provided by Made in America Secrets, to review their list click here.

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Jore Corporation, founded in 1990, located in the heart of the Rocky Mountains in Ronan, Montana is the leading US manufacturer and provider of innovative, high quality power tool accessories to the retail market and engineered drilling solutions to the industrial marketplace. Three buildings, totaling nearly 300,000 square feet, house a state-of-the-art manufacturing, assembly, packaging, warehouse and distribution facility. Jore's manufacturing processes include drill bit grinding, high-speed machining, injection molding, blow molding, die casting, metal forming and stamping. Jore is a privately held company that is owned by Western Mortgage and Realty Company in Pasco, Washington.

Jore Corporation is a leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of innovative power tool accessories and hand tools for the do-it-yourself and professional craftsman markets. Jore offers a comprehensive system of proprietary drilling and driving products that save users time through enhanced functionality, productivity and ease of use. Jore manufactures products using advance technologies and equipment designs, intended to achieve competitive advantages in cost, quality and production capacity. Jore retail products are sold under private labels to the industry's largest power tool retailers and manufacturers. Jore products are also sold under the Stanley? brand, to which we have the exclusive licensing agreement for power tool accessories. Jore industrial products are sold under private label and other well-known industrial brands.

Jore manufactures and sells products primarily in three categories, including quick-change power tool accessories, hand tools and industrial quality drilling and driving tools. The introduction of the quick-change program changed the way woodworkers used their power drills. Users of this system chuck the quick connector into their drill and can then quickly change between our full line of hex-shank products without having to chuck and re-chuck their drill. Jore also sells a multiple bit screwdriver with bit storage in the handle. This hand tool comes with or without a ratcheting feature. Another Jore hand tool is the Torque-Driver?, a proprietary screwdriver with interchangeable bits and a flip-out handle that provides the user with additional torque.

Jore's manufacturing facility is truly state-of-the-art, based upon proprietary drill bit manufacturing equipment that automates all aspects of drill bit production, resulting in improved quality, lower costs and increased production capacity. Jore produces hex-shank accessories using proprietary die-casting processes, and screw-driving accessories are produced using our proprietary metal forming and stamping equipment.

For more information about Jore Corporation and the products Jore sells, please contact the customer service department at 888-809-5673.

One of the products Keldebre Products sells is Made in the USA Badger Clamps. A more complete list of their products is provided by Made in America Secrets, to review their list click here.

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The Badger Clamp is a hand tool that clamps and locks on a joist, rafter, stud or other wood structure. It provides a quick, temporary or permanent, means of attachment for hanging, lifting or pulling up to 1000 pounds. Made from zinc-nickel plated steel components, the Badger Clamp is a very durable product that will provide the user with a high quality tool designed to last a life time.

History
The Badger Clamp was first conceived in October of 2007 by the inventor following a spinal cord injury that caused him to have limited abilities. The goal was just to provide him a quick way to be able to lift and move objects in his garage and basement that he normally would have done himself by hand. When friends and family seen the device they were sure they had not seen anything like it before and started thinking up different ways they could use it. Extensive research was done on patent searches to ensure the Badger Clamp would not infringe on an existing patent and it was found that it is a unique product. Keldebre Products LLC was formed to manufacture and market a new product that is called and will carry the trademark name Badger Clamp. A Patent application was filed in the spring of 2009. The Badger Clamp is patented, U.S. Patent No. 8,196,272.

Badger Clamp Manufacturing and Testing
The process starts with sheets of 8 gauge and 13 gauge steel.
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At Consolidated Metal Products Inc., an ISO 9000:2000E Registered Company in Grand Rapids, Michigan, CAD programs have been written that are electronically fed to a laser cutter that uses the data to cut precise parts from the sheets of steel. The repeatability of their laser is very accurate, making the last part exactly the same as the first as well as every part in between. Seven different components of the Badger Clamp and Badger Clamp accessories start at the laser.

Next the parts get formed in stamping dies. One at a time each part is loaded in a die onto locating pins to insure exact placement. Then the die is closed and subjected to precisely the same amount of force each time to form the part. During a run, parts are closely monitored and checked for quality. Some parts only require going through one die while other parts need to go through multiple dies.


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When the forming of the parts are complete and they pass a final spot check, they are sent out for plating. At the plating facility the parts are hung on hooks on large racks. When the racks are full they are placed in position ready to be processed through a series of large tanks. This is where the Badger Clamp components get an electroplated zinc-nickel coating. Before and during the plating process, chemicals in the tanks are checked and tested to insure a quality finish and the parts are check in a lab to verify plating thickness.

People who seen our first pre production run of the Badger Clamps compared to the market ready production Badger Clamps ask, what happened to the nice shinny silver finish. Well this is what happened with that finish. The first run was plated with a bright translucent zinc electroplate. And they did look real nice but lacked durability. The electroplated zinc-nickel finish is more of a dull grayish finish. By adding nickel into the zinc the plating is more wear resistant and can withstand being used on a regular basis. Engineering standards ASTM B 633 for zinc plating: no red rust after 96 hour salt spray test. Engineering standards ASTM B 841 for zinc-nickel plating: no red rust after 500 hour salt spray test. Roughly five time the protection. Bottom line is, zinc-nickel cost about two and a half times that of bright zinc and does not look as nice but we think it's worth it to provide a long lasting quality tool.

After plating the parts are returned to Keldebre Products LLC in Ionia, MI. Here the final assembly and packaging of the product takes place.
Once the Badger Clamps are assembled a random group is pulled from inventory for testing.
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The first test is to clamp the Badger Clamp onto a 2 X 4 and place it in a pull force gauge fixture. Then pulling force is applied, pulling the Badger Clamp away from the 2 X 4, until the gauge reaches 1000 pounds and needs to remain there for thirty seconds. The pull force is then released, the Badger Clamp is removed and inspected.


The second test is same as above but this time force is applied until the gauge reaches 1250 pounds and needs to remain there for ten seconds. The Badger Clamp is again removed and inspected. This meets the OSHA requirement for rigging equipment use in the construction industry for material handling, which would require a 1250 pound test for a 1000 pound rating.

OSHA
? Part Number: 1926 ? Part Title: Safety and Health Regulations for Construction ? Subpart: H ? Subpart Title: Materials Handling, Storage, Use, and Disposal ? Standard Number: 1926.251 ? Title: Rigging equipment for material handling.
1926.251(a)(4)
Special custom design grabs, hooks, clamps, or other lifting accessories??? prefabricated structures and similar materials???.be proof-tested prior to use to 125 percent of their rated load.

The third test is intended for producing a failure. The setup is the same as above. Force is applied until one of two things happen.
1- The gauge reaches a level and stops increasing or starts dropping, meaning a failure occurred.
2- The gauge reaches 2000 pounds, test stops without a failure.

Any Badger Clamp that goes through this third test, failure or without failure, will not be sold or scraped without first being disassembled and the components cut into pieces.


Finally with the Badger Clamps passing the first two tests the assemblies are packaged and ready for shipping.

One of the products Light Bulbs Etc sells is American Made Light Bulbs. A more complete list of their products is provided by Made in America Secrets, to review their list click here.

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We carry a complete line of lighting products, including:

Incandescent, Fluorescent, Flood Lights, Halogen, Full Spectrum, Miniatures, Batteries, Ballasts, HID, Mercury, Landscape Lighting, Stage and Studio, Automotive, LED & Opthalmic and Fixtures. At Light Bulbs Etc, Inc. we are constantly on the lookout for American made light bulbs and American made ballasts. Unfortunately, very few lighting products are made in the U.S.A. Our American Made Light Bulbs and American Made Ballasts section is a result of exhaustive searches for American made lighting products. If you know of any American made light bulbs or products that we have missed, please email us at sales@lightbulbsdirect.com.