Doug's News December 2020

Doug's News December 2020

Doug's News December 2020
It is hard for me (anyway) to believe that 40 years ago this month we sold our first wire access grommet.

Dear Friends:

It is hard for me (anyway) to believe that 40 years ago this month we sold our first wire access grommet. In the Fall of 1980 I started to promote the grommet to the office furniture biz with a direct marketing letter to some 400 office furniture makers and a tag line something like, “You worry about the big stuff. Let us sweat the small stuff, like grommets”. The point being that small stuff like grommets were an afterthought and only came to mind when the office was installed and someone looked at the wires and went “Uh … oh.” And who needed grommets anyway? The wires had always draped across the desk and fallen in a mess on the floor.

Essentially, we created a problem you didn’t know you had – messy wires all over the place – then solved it for you.

The advent of smaller computers and screens/keyboards with more wires made the problem more evident and we stepped up to the plate. Smaller and larger diameter grommets and different colors. Then someone asked what to do about the mess of wires along the baseboard, so along came wire managers. Which led to drawer pulls, table legs, and now the industry’s largest selection of Power and Communications grommets, with power and data and USB.

So here we are, December 2020. And still innovating new products for diverse office, medical, hospitality and residential applications.

The past four decades have been a great ride, thanks to you and to our fantastic employees. I’ve loved every minute of it and am truly looking forward to the next forty.

Have a wonderful Holiday Season and the Happiest of New Years!

Cordially,

Douglas A.J. Mockett
President