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got the idea of developing that into plastic and started
making plastic insemination tubes, which were much
more efficient and didn’t have breakage. It took off
from there.”
Took off, indeed. In 1958, Insemikit changed its name
to Teel Plastics, Inc. and, in addition to its plastic tub-
ing products, became a manufacturer of liquid-proof
sampling bags used today in laboratories around the
world. In 1999, it was bought by the Jay Smith family,
who has owned it ever since. In 2007, the company
AT A GLANCE
WHO:
Teel Plastics
WHAT:
A manufacturer of custom extruded plas-
tic tubing and plastic profiles
WHERE:
Baraboo, Wisconsin
WEBSITE
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