The Rodon Group
History
| Year | Detail |
|---|---|
| 1956 | Irving Glickman, a veteran of the manufacturing field, founded The Rodon Group while working at ELGO Rubber. This small company grew steadily under Glickman's strategic investments in equipment and materials. |
| 1990 | Joel Glickman invents K'NEX, a construction toy consisting of interlocking plastic connectors. |
| 1992 | To scale up production of K'NEX, Rodon purchases new EDM machines and expands its facility by 40,000 square feet. |
| 2018 | The Rodon Group, which owned K'NEX, sold the K'NEX brand and assets to Basic Fun!, a Florida-based toy and novelty company. |
| 2019 | Rodon entered a joint venture with SillDry Industries to manufacture flashing solutions to prevent water intrusion. |
| 2020 | Rodon converted the 124,000-square-foot facility that previously housed the K'NEX business into a space for Rodon's shipping and warehousing operations. |
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