Mueller Electric, long-time manufacturer of quality electric and electronic components since 1908, is known as the inventor of the alligator clip. With headquarters based in Akron, Ohio and global locations in England and China, Mueller Electric has come a long way since its beginning and is now a major player in the electronics industry with 2500 high-quality parts and numerous product lines. Mueller Electric sells parts to consumers and more than 50 electronic distributors including
Digi-Key,
Allied,
Mouser,
RS Components,
Farnell, and
Arrow Electronics to name a few.
Elcor, Inc., an Elyria-based electronics company in business for more than 50 years, creates and manufactures custom injection-molded parts, cable assemblies, power cords, cord sets, wiring harnesses and sub-assemblies. Elcor is known for their slogan, “making the quality connection with Elcor,” and for “delivering more value in the service and reliability given to businesses.” The company owns a large base of tooling and supplies for cost-efficient production. One of Elcor’s major strengths include the company’s level of involvement with injection- over molded parts, specifically by minimizing cost, constructing molds, selecting materials and assuring quality.
The union of these two companies promises endless benefits for potential and opportunity. Elcor and Mueller Electric share common values that will strengthen and accelerate the partnership and will quickly pair Elcor’s diverse tooling and skills in creating molds with solutions for Mueller Electric’s distributors that have a demand for molding and overmolding capabilities.
“The synergies between the two companies were just right,” says Cliff Prosek, President of Mueller Electric, “both Mueller and Elcor have the same philosophies regarding quality, service and value. We were looking to do business with a partner who specializes in molding and overmolding techniques and be able to expand our instrumentation offering for both OEM and custom-made orders,” explains Prosek. “Then I found out the owners were looking to retire. The timing was right for us to come together to be able to offer even more parts and product lines for our customer base. I’m really enthusiastic to work with Elcor and learn from their own developed, high class of standards for quality, safety and customer retention. Combined with what we do, this partnership will prove to be very positive and beneficial and will only allow Mueller Electric to grow and expand as a quality producer of electronic products that will please our clients and Elcor’s tremendously,” concludes Prosek.