Harry’s, the fast-growing razor biz with the first name, teams up with CNY manufacturer
From the article: "Harry’s has been making its razors exclusively in a century-old German factory since the company’s founding by two Boston guys 10 years ago.
But now the $1.7 billion razor company with the first name is hooking up with a Syracuse-area manufacturer.
Tessy Plastics began making razor cartridges for Harry’s Inc. at its plant on State Fair Boulevard in Van Buren, near Baldwinsville, earlier this month.
Under the agreement with Tessy, up to 2 million razor cartridges a month will be assembled in Van Buren, according to Harry’s. The new business will mean more jobs at Tessy, though exact numbers are not yet known, according to the manufacturer.
Jeff Raider, who founded Harry’s with Andy Katz-Mayfield, said the company will continue to make all its blades and many of the cartridges they go into in its factory in Eisfeld, Germany. However, he said the deal with Tessy will help diversify its supply chain.
“It’s good to have manufacturing in multiple locations,” he said. “God forbid something happens to that region in Germany, it would be helpful to have redundancy.”
Also..."Raider said the company, which is headquartered in New York City, chose Tessy to be its manufacturing partner for several reasons.
“One, it’s close to our customers,” he said. “Two, we care a lot about the U.S. economy and having jobs here. And three, it’s close to us, so we can go see it and our engineers, who are in New York, can go see it.”
Prior to choosing Tessy, the company evaluated the capabilities of multiple suppliers to ensure consistent quality with its German factory, and concluded Tessy could provide that quality, he said.
“Our team really connected with them and was just really impressed with their capabilities,” he said."
Here is more about Tessy Plastics, which also ahs a facility in Elbridge in between Syracuse and Auburn:
Tessy Plastics
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