UL/CUL-listed retractile, curly, and coiled power cords engineered in North Branford, Connecticut and shipped to Ohio automotive, EV, aerospace, polymer, heavy-machinery, appliance, and food-processing manufacturers since 1947. Direct factory pricing, no minimum order quantity, custom builds in 4–6 weeks — with 1 to 2 business day ground transit to the Midwest.
Ohio manufacturers source retractile, curly, and coiled cords from Autac because we sell direct from the same Connecticut factory where every cord is engineered, jacketed, heat-set, and tested — no Midwest distributor markup, no surprise lead times, and just 1 to 2 business days of ground transit. From engine and EV assembly lines at Honda in Marysville and Anna to jet-engine assembly bays at GE Aerospace in Evendale, from washing-machine lines at Whirlpool in Clyde to consumer-goods packaging at Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, Autac cordage shows up on Ohio OEM bills of materials because it is built to spec, listed for compliance, and shipped on a schedule you can plan around.
No Midwest distributor markup. Ohio buyers talk to engineering and place orders directly with our Connecticut manufacturing team.
400+ stock catalog part numbers with full lot traceability. Ohio-OSHA-recognized listings and documentation for Ohio OEM audits.
The only 100% woman-owned UL-listed retractile cord manufacturer in the industry. Counts toward diversity-spend targets at large Ohio OEMs.
Prototype runs as small as one piece — ideal for Ohio's automotive, EV, and battery-plant engineering teams. Same factory team handles pilots and full production volumes.
Ohio is one of the deepest manufacturing economies in the United States, with six distinct clusters that all generate steady demand for industrial retractile, curly, and coiled cordage. Automotive and EV assembly anchor central and northeast Ohio, led by Honda's Marysville and Anna complex. Aerospace and defense concentrate around Cincinnati and Dayton, home to GE Aerospace and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Akron remains the polymer and rubber capital of the Americas. Heavy machinery and major appliances are built across the state, from Whirlpool's Clyde washing-machine plant to Lima's defense and engine works. Food and beverage processing spans Cincinnati to Orrville. And metals fabrication, welding, and steel production tie the whole industrial base together. Each cluster carries its own engineering requirements — current rating, jacket compound, flex life, shielding, environmental exposure — and the Autac product line maps directly to all six.
Ohio is one of the largest auto-producing states in the country. Honda builds vehicles at its Marysville and East Liberty auto plants and engines at the Anna Engine Plant — the largest Honda auto-engine plant in the world — now being retooled as Honda's North American EV Hub for flexible internal-combustion, hybrid, and battery-electric production. Ford operates major plants in Avon Lake (Ohio Assembly) and Lima (engine), General Motors runs Toledo and Defiance operations, and Stellantis builds Jeeps at the Toledo Assembly Complex. New EV and battery capacity is expanding fast: the Ultium Cells joint venture produces battery cells in Warren/Lordstown, Honda-LG Energy Solution is building a battery plant near Jeffersonville, and Foxconn operates the former Lordstown vehicle complex. These operations demand durable, traceable power and signal delivery to assembly-line tool drops, battery-cell handling stations, and end-of-line test fixtures that must satisfy automotive PPAP and FAI supplier-quality requirements.
Typical Ohio applications in this segment:
Recommended Autac products: TPR-jacketed retractile cords in 14 AWG and 12 AWG, 3-conductor / 15A configurations cover most assembly-line drops; custom retracted lengths from 18" to 36" are standard. Step up to 10 AWG / 20A for higher-current battery-assembly and test-cell applications. TPR and Auta-Prene jackets resist the cutting fluids, coolants, and battery-electrolyte residues common in EV production. Browse the Retractile Cords hub for stock part numbers, or use the Build Your Cord tool to specify a custom configuration for your line.
The Cincinnati-Dayton corridor is one of the most concentrated aerospace ecosystems in the Midwest. GE Aerospace is headquartered in Evendale, where it designs, assembles, and tests commercial and military jet engines, including CFM-family engines. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton anchors a deep defense-research and acquisition base. GE Aerospace also runs additive-manufacturing and component operations in the Dayton Miami Valley Research Park, and suppliers across the region support these primes. Aerospace and defense work shares a common engineering challenge: durable, traceable power and signal delivery to test stands, assembly fixtures, clean-bench work areas, and ground support equipment that must satisfy AS9100, ITAR, and federal supplier-quality requirements.
Typical Ohio applications in this segment:
Recommended Autac products: TPR-jacketed retractile cords in 14 AWG and 12 AWG, 3-conductor configurations cover most assembly-bay drops, with 10 AWG / 20A available for higher-current test-cell and GSE applications. For instrumentation, 18 AWG and 16 AWG shielded retractile and curly configurations protect signal integrity. Browse the Retractile Cords hub, or use Build Your Cord to specify a custom configuration. Autac is a US-only manufacturer with a US supply chain, which simplifies ITAR-program supplier qualification.
Akron is the historic "Rubber Capital of the World" and remains the polymer center of the Americas. Goodyear Tire & Rubber keeps its global headquarters, innovation center, and tire-test operations in Akron, and Bridgestone runs a major R&D and technical center there as well. Lubrizol (Wickliffe) develops specialty chemicals and additives, and a dense base of polymer compounders, extruders, and molders surrounds the University of Akron's polymer-science programs. Rubber, plastics, and polymer processing employ tens of thousands across greater Akron. These operations run hot, abrasive, and chemically aggressive lines: mixing, extrusion, calendering, curing presses, and molding cells that punish ordinary cordage.
Typical Ohio applications in this segment:
Recommended Autac products: Auta-Prene thermoset rubber and SOW/SJOW UL types handle the heat, oil, and abrasion of polymer and rubber processing far better than standard PVC jackets. For higher-current presses and mixers, 12 AWG and 10 AWG retractile configurations are standard. Browse the Coiled Cords hub for rugged multi-conductor variants and the Retractile Cords hub for heat- and oil-resistant jacket options, or use Build Your Cord to specify a compound for your line.
Ohio builds machinery and appliances at scale. Whirlpool operates the largest washing-machine plant in the world in Clyde plus a dryer plant in Marion, together its US laundry manufacturing base. Caterpillar maintains operations in the Lima area, and the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center (Lima Army Tank Plant) builds armored vehicles. Lincoln Electric (Cleveland) is the world leader in arc-welding equipment, Parker Hannifin (Cleveland) makes motion and control systems, and Eaton (Cleveland-area) builds electrical and power-management equipment. Appliance and heavy-equipment assembly relies on dense networks of powered hand tools, torque tools, and inspection stations along moving lines.
Typical Ohio applications in this segment:
Recommended Autac products: 14 AWG and 12 AWG, 3-conductor / 15A retractile cords are the workhorse for assembly-line tool drops, with 10 AWG / 20A for higher-current stations. SJOW and SOW jackets stand up to the oil, weld spatter, and abrasion of fabrication environments. Browse the Retractile Cords hub for stock configurations and Cord Sets for custom-terminated assemblies, or use Build Your Cord to specify retracted length, gauge, and termination for your line.
Ohio runs roughly 1,300 food-manufacturing facilities. Procter & Gamble is headquartered in Cincinnati and runs consumer-goods and packaging operations across the region. The J.M. Smucker Company is based in Orrville, where it makes food and pet-food products, and Kroger (Cincinnati), Bob Evans Farms, and Abbott Nutrition (Columbus) anchor a broad processing base, with major operations from General Mills, Nestlé, and Heinz across the state. These operations share a common environment: wash-down sanitation cycles, chemical and food-acid exposure, dust and particulate from grain and ingredient handling, and zero tolerance for line downtime during peak runs.
Typical Ohio applications in this segment:
Recommended Autac products: SJOW and SOW UL types provide oil and water resistance for wash-down environments. Our Auta-Prene thermoset rubber jacket compound handles the cleaning chemistries and food-acid exposures common in food and beverage operations. For dust-heavy ingredient processing, shielded retractile configurations protect signal integrity on inspection and quality-monitoring equipment. Browse Coiled Cords for wash-down rated and shielded multi-conductor variants, and check the conductor color charts for plant-standard color coding.
Ohio is a top steel- and metals-producing state. Cleveland-Cliffs operates integrated steelmaking in Cleveland and Middletown, Worthington companies process and fabricate steel from the Columbus area, and Timken (Canton/North Canton) makes engineered bearings and power-transmission products. A vast base of stampers, machine shops, and fabricators — many supplying the auto and appliance plants — rounds out the metals cluster. Metals and fabrication environments are among the harshest for cordage: weld spatter, hot metal, cutting oils, grinding dust, and constant mechanical abuse demand rugged, abrasion-resistant jackets.
Typical Ohio applications in this segment:
Recommended Autac products: SOW and SJOW UL types with Auta-Prene thermoset rubber jackets resist the weld spatter, oil, and abrasion of metals fabrication. 12 AWG and 10 AWG retractile configurations handle higher-current press and welding loads, while shielded configurations protect pendant-control signal integrity. Browse the Retractile Cords and Coiled Cords hubs for rugged jacket options, or use Build Your Cord to specify gauge, conductor count, and termination for your fabrication line.
Every Autac product family ships from the same North Branford facility on the same lead times, whether your purchase order originates in Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton, Akron, or Toledo. Use these category hubs to browse stock catalog part numbers, application notes, and engineering specs:
Need a configuration that is not in the standard catalog? Ohio product designers, EV and battery-plant engineers, and OEM development teams regularly use our Build Your Cord tool to specify prototype cords for new equipment platforms. Specify conductor count (2 to 10), gauge (26 AWG to 10 AWG), voltage and current rating, retracted length (12" to 48" and beyond), extension ratio (1:3 to 1:7), jacket compound and color, optional shielding, and termination type — and we handle design, tooling, and manufacturing from a single Connecticut facility. Quote turnaround on a custom build is typically one to three business days; most custom orders ship in 4 to 6 weeks. There is no minimum order quantity, which makes it practical to validate a design with a 5- or 10-piece pilot before committing to a production run — a pattern that works especially well for Ohio's fast-growing automotive, EV, and battery-manufacturing programs.
From North Branford to Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton, Akron, Toledo, Marysville, Lima, Findlay, Canton, Lordstown, and every Ohio destination in between, Autac ships standard ground freight in 1 to 2 business days. Stock catalog cords typically leave our Connecticut dock within one business day of order entry. Total door-to-door turnaround for Ohio stock orders runs just 2 to 3 business days end-to-end. For time-critical projects — EV-line startups, battery-plant ramp-ups, appliance-line changeovers — expedited options are available to compress that window further. Custom-engineered cords ship as soon as production completes, typically 4 to 6 weeks from design sign-off.
Domestic-only freight means no customs paperwork, no broker fees, no cross-border delays, and no surprises at the receiving dock — a meaningful advantage over imported cordage routed through ocean ports. For high-volume Ohio accounts, we coordinate scheduled releases against blanket POs to keep production lines stocked without distributor lead-time stack-up. Smaller Ohio OEMs, startups, and contract manufacturers get the same direct-from-factory pricing as the largest accounts — pricing is based on configuration and volume, not customer-tier negotiations.
Setting up an Ohio account takes a single phone call or quote request. Our sales team handles credit-application paperwork, vendor-onboarding submissions, supplier-quality surveys (PPAP, FAI, ISO 9001, AS9100-adjacent documentation), W-9 or diversity-certification documentation, and material-content documentation requests as part of standard onboarding. Existing Autac customers expanding into Ohio operations can extend their account to additional ship-to addresses without re-qualifying. Contact our sales team at 800.243.3161 or quote@autacusa.com to begin onboarding.
Ohio OEM engineers and development teams regularly use Build Your Cord to spec prototype cords for new equipment platforms — any gauge, conductor count, length, jacket compound, color, and termination. No MOQ.
Request a quote on any catalog cord, or specify a custom build for your line. Stock orders ship from Connecticut within one business day — most Ohio destinations are just 1 to 2 business days by ground, with expedited options available for rush programs.