Business View Magazine | April 2019

63 customer sells to another pool professional, who sells to the end user. “We manufacture manual safety covers (not automatic retract- able) that are installed around the decking of a pool with brass anchors and a spring that holds the crisscross webbing,” says Ciniglio. “The cus- tomer sends in measurements, or we measure the pool for them. We’ll design the cover from the measurements, and if they provide photo- graphs, we use those to help us come up with the design.” Competition is strong. In many cases, pool cov- ers became a secondary business for manufac- turers of pool liners. Companies already knew the size and shape from the liners, so moving into pool covers was the next logical step, as Made in the U.S.A. marksmenmfg.com 800.305.6942 Marksmen Manufacturing Corp. was formed in 1959. In 1962, we helped design and manufacture the first in ground pool cover anchor. Since then, it has been copied by companies all over the world. However not all anchors and hardware are the same. Many of Meyco’s competitors have resorted to importing their anchors and hardware in an eƒort to lower their cost. These products are made with foreign material and not to American standards. We manufacture our pool anchors and hardware with “made and melted USA brass.” Marksmen also manufactures component parts for the U.S. military, applying the same quality control standards as our pool anchors and hardware. Over the years our quality and consistency has become the benchmark of the industry. Therefore, in our small way we have helped MEYCO POOL COVERS become the success they are today. We manufacture their pop-up anchors, wood deck anchors, and other hardware to their strict specifications and quality control, making them one of the best in the industry. We also manufacture USA made construction anchors, military components, electronic hardware, automotive, plumbing and other industries. We own and operate in a 41,000 square-foot facility here in Deer Park Long Island and ship our American made products throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, South America and the Caribbean.