New Hampshire Industries

9 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 7 NEW HAMPSHI RE INDUSTRI ES This, he added, “will fill up our factory even more.” Kerin also spoke of NHI’s Mantis Conveyor Products Division––a conveyor component original-equipment manufacturer. It’s a huge market on which to focus, he remarked, citing its North American impact of multiple billions of dollars. “That’s a newer business unit for us,” he said, “that we really started about six years ago now. We’re seeing exponential growth in that. “We’ve been able to come out with a lot of unique products that really help the end consumers with the challenges that they face today and will continue to face in the future,” Kerin continued, “so that’s been very successful for us. And it’s been a big focus for everybody here.” Much innovation Batten extolled Kerin’s work. “Zac and his team have done a nice job, too, with the product-development side,” he said, citing patents, patents-pending and trade secrets for NHI. “There’s a lot of innovation going around John Batten