Branford's Autac a Family Affair
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English - February 28, 2023 19:43 - 18 minutes - 42.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsBusiness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The BizCast team speaks with Autac, Inc. president and CEO Marie-Louise Burkle.
For the last 75 years and counting, it’s been all about family at the Connecticut manufacturer.
“I grew up here, I spent a lot of time here as a child,” said Burkle.
Her father Robert Burkle started the company in Hamden in 1947 to provide coiled cords for the trucking industry.
He eventually moved the company from Hamden to Branford, and in 1977 Autac began manufacturing its own wire and cords.