From Cowbells to High-Tech Locks, A New Haven Manufacturer Thrives and Grows
Published: Feb 22, 2011
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When Sargent Manufacturing Company started making cowbells and other metal products in New Haven in 1864, odds are no Vietnamese-born workers like Son Kim Huyn were on the assembly line. In 2011 the now-international company has evolved with the times.
And they’re hiring.
The company has been looking for electrical and electrical-mechanical engineers at its New Haven plant.
The company has kept manufacturing jobs in New Haven by keeping up with technology. Today’s Sargent locks are online, offline, and wireless electronic thingamajigs, light years away from old skeleton keys that dealt with one lock at a time.
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