President Obama to visit the K'Nex Manufacturing Facility in Montgomery County, PA

K'Nex is one of the great sponsors here at Miss Jackie's Views so I am super excited to share with my readers that President Obama will be visiting K'Nex!


Tuesday morning, The White House released the following announcement:

On Friday, the President will travel to Montgomery County, Pennsylvania to continue making the public case for action by visiting a business that depends on middle class consumers during the holiday season, and could be impacted if taxes go up on 98 percent of Americans at the end of the year. President Obama will tour and deliver remarks at The Rodon Group manufacturing facility in Hatfield, PA.  The Rodon Group is the sole American manufacturer for K’NEX Brands, a construction toy company whose products include Tinkertoy, K’NEX Building Sets and Angry Bird Building Sets.  The Rodon Group and K’NEX Brands, both third-generation family businesses, employ over 150 people at their Hatfield facilities.

When asked for his reaction to the planned Presidential visit, Michael Araten, President and CEO of both companies, responded, "K'NEX Brands and The Rodon Group are honored that President Obama is touring our facility later this week. Since 1956, we have been committed to advanced American manufacturing, innovation and entrepreneurship. As a result, K'NEX is exported to over 40 countries around the world."

About The Rodon Group

The Rodon Group is an ISO 9001:2008 certified landfill-free, plastic injection molder. In business since 1956, The Rodon Group makes billions of parts each year in its 125,000 square foot facility. With over 105 injection molding presses, Rodon is one of the largest family-owned and operated plastic injection molders in the United States. Since 1992, Rodon has manufactured over 30 billion parts for the K'NEX building toy system, and is a subsidiary of K'NEX Brands, L.P. For more information, please visit www.rodongroup.com

About K’NEX Brands

Founded in 1992, K’NEX Brands, the world’s most innovative construction toy company, was established to make and sell what has become one of the world’s leading integrated construction systems for children. Winner of over 250 international awards and recognitions, K’NEX is America’s building toy company focused on Building Worlds Kids Love, and encourages youngsters to “imagine, build and play.”  Since 1992, The Rodon Group, a subsidiary of K'NEX Brands, L.P., has manufactured over 31 billion parts for the K'NEX building toy system. For more information, please visit www.knex.com or www.rodongroup.com.