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Trion Industries( Trion) is one of the world’ s leading manufacturers of display and scanning hooks. Having earned over 120 United States and international patents for innovations, the firm first revolutionized merchandising with the introduction of the original straight-entry display hook in 1965, and the first scanning hook in 1978. Product lines now include shelf management systems, cooler and freezer merchandising systems, storewide labeling systems, anti-theft and security fixtures, bar merchandisers, sign systems, display and scanning hooks, POP display components and hardware, making Trion the premier destination for retail display solutions.
The family-run business is now being stewarded by the third generation. We caught up with Adam Thalenfeld who shed some light on how the company has evolved:“ Trion is in our 60th anniversary year. My grandfather founded the business in 1965; he invented the first straight entry pegboard hook, which is a simple object that is easily overlooked but represents one of many products that have helped to transform retail merchandising displays over the course of the last half century. At our core we are a hook manufacturer. Now we have about 130,000 different stock keeping units( SKUs) that range from pegboard hooks, plastic extrusion, and parts that are injection molded with our
The new fully automated solution will not only cost less than the original iteration but will offer more flexibility and a significant increase in capacity
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