Business View Magazine | April 2019

62 MEYCO PRODUCTS INC. & TOPTEC PRODUCTS sions: Meyco Products (pool covers) and TopTec (event tents). In 2011, we combined our Spar- tanburg plant and another in Laurens into a 150,000-sq.-ft. location in Moore, SC. We run them as two separate brands, with separate sales teams and customer service response teams, but operationally, they are very similar. It’s a cut-and-sew product. We felt that was the best way to incorporate the synergies and it’s worked out really well.” Meyco Products, Inc. has a total production workforce of about 150 employees that fluctu- ates throughout the year, with seasonal spikes and lows. In the case of pool covers, the com- pany sells to a pool professional. It could be a builder, or service company, or other pool business who resells to a customer. While not having direct interaction with the end user, Meyco does a lot of Dealer Direct business. The other portion is through distribution, where the