Why UCO?

Uncle Norman asks: "I looked at your site and wondered . . . what does UCO stand for?" Good question!

Greg, the founder and seller of the company, told me the story a few months ago. When he and his partner first set up shop they decided to use the partner's plastics engineering expertise to become a supplier to Boeing. Specifically, they wanted to make urethane ducting for the 727. They jumped through numerous hoops to set themselves up as suppliers to Boeing but it was ultimately too difficult. They ended up making the bindings for K2 ski boots instead. They would later develop the wonderful candle lanterns that we're still selling decades later. So UCO, or Urethane Corporation, was the name they chose. I think it's wonderful that this long-lived company is named after a product they never sold!