00:00In our rapidly evolving world success is defined by turning challenges into

00:05opportunities. With enough foresight and ingenuity,

00:09the complex problems of today can become the achievements of tomorrow.

00:13I'm Fred Thompson from business and technology to health care and the environment.

00:19Join me as we take a closer look inside the workings of the modern global economy.

00:29I'm Fred Thompson and I'm inside business since the dawn of the industrial age.

00:36Manufacturing has been the cornerstone of American business.

00:40Join me as we explore some recent advances in the industry.

00:45As early as 600 BC, it was first recorded that rubbing amber would produce an electrical

00:51charge. Eventually. In the 17 hundreds, the positive and negative

00:56aspects of electricity were discovered and by the 19th century,

01:01we began to fully understand electrical current, how to store it,

01:05discharge it, measure it and how to create it using magnetic fields.

01:10Today. Virtually every appliance or piece of equipment

01:13which utilizes electricity is tested to safety standards. Connector.

01:17Manufacturing is a manufacturing company of both aluminum and copper electrical connectors.

01:22Our customers are large utility companies and major manufacturers of things like circuit

01:27breakers, switch gear and metering devices. All of our products are listed,

01:32listed CSA listed.

01:34We actually have a third party testing lab here in our facility to help our customers testing

01:38needs customers like square D Cutler, Hammer Siemens and GE as they develop new product come

01:45to C MC to help design their electrical connectors inside their products to make sure

01:49they're safe and reliable.

01:51When electricity leaves the power plant, it travels for hundreds of miles to reach your

01:55home or business all along the way. There are millions of feet of wires,

02:00panels, boxes, clamps and other electrical equipment that the electric current passes

02:06through each piece of aluminum or copper that touches this.

02:10Kermit has to meet industry safety standards.

02:13Eventually, as power consumption increased, fuses were exchanged for circuit breakers and

02:19the circuit breaker panels kept getting larger and upgraded as our demand for electricity grew.

02:25It's a well known fact that the infrastructure today that's known as the power grid is

02:29outdated and in vast need of some reconstruction.

02:34Therefore, it's time now as far as we're concerned to get ourselves involved in what is

02:39known in the industry as the smart grid connector.

02:42Manufacturing itself has been working with the power companies and many of the manufacturers

02:47of equipment and products that will help that cause.

02:53We've been expanding our markets. We're now involved in solar power,

02:58wind energy, geothermal in every area we can to help promote the smart grid

03:05and the green energy necessary to provide better power.

03:09Many companies are making a commitment to take an active role in a greener environment.

03:14In 2006, we met up a major wind supplier in the United States and throughout the world,

03:19our people met with their people and we developed a creative,

03:22innovative solution along our product lines to solve the issue they were having.

03:25After some field testing and certification, we now have three product lines that they're using

03:31in the wind tower installations in the United States.

03:34We're very excited as far as the wind energy segment in the United States and its

03:38possibilities, the growth in the businesses communities and the households CMC takes their

03:44commitment to heart by bringing it into their own backyard.

03:47We're doing a lot of things right now to help promote green energy and make it a part of our

03:52company culture.

03:53We're in the process of putting a wind turbine in the back of our plant to help supply some of

03:58the energy. And we're also looking at putting solar panels

04:01on our roof and we've actually gone as far as to buy some of the hybrid cars for our sales.

04:07Folks with the rising cost of electricity, many manufacturers of electrical equipment are

04:13redesigning their products to supply the green building trends of the future CMC is there to

04:18answer the call connector and its engineering staff is well regarded and renowned

04:25as the people to go to, to help develop and design new products,

04:31especially in the renewable energy area where we've already come forward with many innovative

04:37ideas. We're very excited about the fact that we're

04:40going to be a leader in this industry and we're going to help develop and bring the

04:48renewable energy sources to the nation.

04:53Thanks for joining us on this edition of Inside Business.

04:56Until next time, I'm Fred Thompson.