Richco, Inc.

Richco’s Roots• Richco was started in 1954 by Craig Richardson, Charles

Richardson Jr., & William Cowan

• First product – plastic e-clamps

• Started in a small garage in Chicago

• Brothers Charles & Craig Richardson took over after they incorporated and Cowan exited the business

• First Richco catalog was printed in the late 1950s

• 1st international manufacturing operation was opened in Gravesend, England in 1975

• Since then, we have expanded manufacturing to include Spain and China

Our Core Business• Injection molding of a wide range of

thermoplastic materials

• Wide range of standard plastic products

• Related products, such as rubber fan mounts or bumpers and feet

• Custom molding

Foundations

Richco was built on a basic principle

that we still strive for everyday:

To design and manufacture the finest quality parts, to price them competitively, and

deliver them promptly.

Today

• Richco provides innovative design solutions to meet a wide range of fastening & routing requirements with focused Engineering and Manufacturing expertise.

• Our people think globally, but act locally to assure our customers the finest products, service, and responsiveness

Our Future• What are we doing to sustain growth & prosperity?

– Investing in global product development talent and systems

– Adding new part numbers and new product lines to our standard catalog offering

– Expanding manufacturing capabilities (co-molding, insert molding, rubber molding, etc.)

– Growing our manufacturing presence in China– Focusing on our Distribution business partners to grow

the business– Looking for new market opportunities and acquisitions– Making more and more of what we sell

Richco Capabilities

Global Capabilities

• Molding Capabilities– Harvard, Illinois

– Gravesend, England

– Barcelona, Spain

– Xiamen, China

• Design Engineering Capabilities– Morton Grove, Illinois

– Gravesend, England

– Xiamen, China

– Tokyo, Japan

• Tool Design Capabilities– Morton Grove, Illinois

– Gravesend, England

Engineering Capabilities

• Morton Grove, Illinois (Corporate HQ)– Material Development Engineering– North American Design Engineering

• All product & tool design in-house– We do not charge for design time!

• State of the art Research & Development lab• Rapid Prototyping• CAD/FEA

– ISO 9001 Certified

Engineering Capabilities

• Gravesend, England– Full Engineering department– ISO 9001, ISO 14001 Certified– Investors in People Certified

• Xiamen, China– Design Engineering– ISO 9001, ISO 14001 Certified

• Tokyo, Japan– Design Engineering

Custom Molding

• What is it? Any molded part that is not part of the proprietary line (not in the catalog)

• Richco can manufacture two types of custom molded products:– Modified Proprietary Products

• Using inserts, a variety of part combinations are available• Secondary operations: special lengths, taping, in-line

packaging, etc.• Other modifications: material, color, dimension, etc.

– Truly Custom Products• Customer concept/design

Richco Edition 28 Catalog

Features

• FULL COLOR!!!– Color models, pictures– Color page tabs– Color-coded text

• User-friendly • Thumbnail Index • 3D models &

Applications • Extensive Material

Section• Available in Spanish

Table of Contents

Product Information

Thumbnail Index

• Useful for customers who aren’t familiar with Richco

• Customers are able to find the type of part that they are looking for without knowing the name of the part or part number

• Thumbnails are meant as a representative sample of the parts in the catalog. Not all parts have a thumbnail.

Full Line Catalog

• Product Line Review– # Products Added: Over 500– # Products Removed: Over 400

• Obsolete

• Special order out of the catalog

– Special Order in the catalog• Minimums included whenever possible