# Okonite
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{{short description|American engineering company}}
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'''The Okonite Company''' is an American manufacturer of insulated wire and cable.[{{cite web |title=Okonite Co Inc/The |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/2349T:US |website=www.bloomberg.com |publisher=Bloomberg |accessdate=13 July 2020}}]
==History==
The company was founded in 1878 by [John Haven Cheever](/source/John_Haven_Cheever), as the '''New York Insulated Wire and Vulcanite Company''' and took its present name in 1885.[{{cite book |last1=United States Congress House Committee on the Judiciary |title=Hearings |date=1970 |page=282 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8QMkAQAAMAAJ&dq=john+cheever+okonite&pg=PA282 |accessdate=13 July 2020 |language=en}}] Its original premises were in [Passaic, New Jersey](/source/Passaic%2C_New_Jersey).[{{cite news |title= Obituary – Long Island |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9993393/ |work=[Brooklyn Daily Eagle](/source/Brooklyn_Daily_Eagle)|location=Brooklyn, New York |date=May 3, 1900 |via=[newspapers.com](/source/newspapers.com) {{open access}} | access-date=13 July 2020|quote=He organized and for several years was president of the Okonite Company Limited, manufacturers of insulated wire and submarine cables}}]
Its products have been used in [Pearl Street Station](/source/Pearl_Street_Station) (the first generating station built in the United States, opening in 1882), the lighting of the [Statue of Liberty](/source/Statue_of_Liberty), and more recently in [One World Trade Center](/source/One_World_Trade_Center).[{{cite web |last1=Francer |first1=Cory |title=The Okonite Company Takes Pride In Its In House Printing |url=https://www.inplantimpressions.com/article/the-okonite-company-takes-pride-in-its-in-house-printing/ |website=In-plant Impressions |accessdate=13 July 2020 |language=en |date=1 November 2014}}][{{cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.okonite.com/about/our-history |website=www.okonite.com |publisher=The Okonite Company |accessdate=13 July 2020}}]
"Okonite" was originally a material made from the residue produced when distilling the mineral wax [ozokerite](/source/ozokerite), mixed with [rubber](/source/rubber), and used as an electrical insulator.[{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Ozokerite}}]
In 1965 the company was acquired by [James Ling](/source/James_Ling).[{{cite book |last1=Sobel |first1=Robert |title=Dangerous Dreamers: The Financial Innovators from Charles Merrill to Michael Milken |date=2000 |publisher=Beard Books |isbn=978-1-58798-029-9 |page=42 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BkMJiEuvK6MC&dq=okonite&pg=PA42 |language=en}}]
In June, 1976, Okonite became owned by its employees through an Employees' Stock Ownership Trust.[{{cite web|url=https://www.okonite.com/about/|title=About Us|publisher=The Okonite Company|website=okonite.com/about|access-date=13 July 2020}}]
thumb|Okonite's premises at 15 Park Row, New York, in the 1900s
==Facilities==
The company is headquartered in [Ramsey, New Jersey](/source/Ramsey%2C_New_Jersey) with six manufacturing plants located around the continental United States.[{{cite web|url=https://www.okonite.com/about/manufacturing-plants/|title=Manufacturing plants|website=okonite.com/manufacturing-plants/|access-date=13 July 2020}}]
==Products==
The company manufactures [insulated wire](/source/insulated_wire) and [cable](/source/Electrical_cable) ranging from 300V to 345,000V with applications including Instrumentation, Power and Control, Medium Voltage, and High Voltage circuits. These cables are manufactured with a variety of insulating and jacketing materials including Okoguard® EPR, laminated polypropylene paper (LPP), and other thermosetting and thermoplastic compounds.