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Tecla Products:
Mechanical and Electrical Founded- 1897
Marine Products
1893 was the year of the World’s Colombian Exposition- A
Celebration of the 400th year of Columbus’ discovery of
America. A heck of a party it must have been! In Chicago’s
Jackson Park, a complete city of gleaming white buildings,
with canals like Venice, was
built in about one year’s time. The Chicago Museum of Science
and Industry is the only building left from this remarkable
celebration of the World’s and America’s spirit of industry
and ingenuity.
Every major nation, every state in the union proudly exhibited
their art and culture:1,024 fine paintings; 160 sculptures;
electric lights; the phonograph; the wireless; and, wonders of
wonders, the electric boat was there! A young inventor by the
name of Thomas E. Clark ran the electric boat concession for
Cornelius Vanderbilt. Four years later in 1897, Thomas E.
Clark would start Clark Wireless Company. This company would
later become TECLA Company, Inc.
Who We Are:
Founded in 1897, Tecla Company, Inc. is
a fourth generation manufacturer of top quality consumer and
industrial products. Our marine division began in 1975 by
supplying Sea Ray with custom-engineered seat assemblies.
We take a product from design to prototype and then
manufacture to the highest standards. Seat slide track
assemblies, seat pedestal assemblies, swim platform brackets,
aluminum brackets, plastic molded parts and hull nameplates
are samples of the diversified products we supply the marine
industry.
If you don’t see the product you want, let us design it for
you. We custom engineer using the black box concept: design
from a clean sheet of paper to solve the needs of marine OEMs.
Detailed drawings are done. Correct materials for the marine
environment are selected. We create an assembly that is both
functional and easily manufactured.
We design with a state of the art CAD-CAM software. The CAD
drawing data is loaded to a computer disk and the computer
disk is translated so a Computer Numerical Control (CNC)
machine can machine it directly from the computer data.
Prototyping is a very important step in the design to
manufacturing process. Our prototypes emphasize design for
ability to manufacture. Prototypes show the fit and function
of our assembly on a hull or seat assembly. Interference and
appearance problems can be seen and corrected. We have a
complete machine shop to build prototypes and our own tooling.
ABYC Compliance:
We test seat slides and swivel
mechanisms to comply with the latest American Boat and Yacht
Council (ABYC) standards. Where applicable, we go beyond the
ABYC standards and cycle test assemblies. Only marine grade
materials and finishes are selected.
Tecla can manufacture your assembly or part in our plant. We
do stamping, die punching, drilling, plastic molding, hot
stamping plastic, saw cutting, hydraulic bending and tube
bending. We design and build our own tooling, a definite
advantage in creating a custom engineered assembly.
Tecla maintains the highest standards of quality and
production control to get the job done right and on time. We
manufacture low cost assemblies that are compatible with the
marine environment.
Assemblies are fabricated aluminum extrusions, plastic
injection molded parts, chrome plated hull name plates and hot
stamped name plates. We do stampings in aluminum and stainless
steel. We make hardware for acrylic doors and hatch covers.
Low Cost Products:
How can we manufacture custom made low
cost assemblies even in low volumes? We build the assemblies
from a family of common extrusions and components. We make the
assemblies in an economical lot size. Then we ship part of the
lot in releases that meet your delivery schedule.
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