Company Profile
Primex Family of Companies
Company Overview
The Primex Family of Companies (PFOC) is a privately held, three-division strong family business focused on applying current and future technology to make our customers' lives easier and more convenient.
We got our start in 1972 when Fred and Karen Koermer founded Klockit, selling clocks and clock parts to local businesses and hobbyists out of their kitchen (talk about a challenging work environment!) Today, Klockit, Chaney Instrument, and Primex (formerly Primex Wireless) are all part of the family, calling scenic Lake Geneva, Wisconsin home.
We also have offices in Canada, the UK and Hong Kong and our products are sold in over 35 countries across the globe. With almost half a century of business under our belts, we have related business lines in commercial and consumer products, each with a technology component to its product offerings. Our total revenue is approaching $100 million and in combination with our history, reflects constant growth in new product offerings, new product lines, cost control and employee growth.
Klockit: Klockit is the world’s leading supplier of clock parts and accessories to clockmakers and hobbyists around the globe.
Klockit was founded in 1972 by Fred and Karen Koermer. The Koermer's launched the company from their kitchen table! Their business soon expanded beyond the confines of their kitchen and the Koermer's took their business to a store-front in quaint Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
Recently, Klockit moved its focus from the store-front to the web. The Klockit team has been working hard to create an intuitive and user-friendly website that tenured hobbyists or first timers will be able to use. Klockit still has a presence in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin and is proud to call it home.
AcuRite: Chaney Instrument Co., founded in 1943, has earned a long-standing reputation as a leading manufacturer of precision time, temperature and weather products.
Chaney became part of the Primex Family of Companies in 1987 and quickly grew to become one of the largest and most trusted manufacturers of quartz clock movements in the US. In addition to ultimately achieving an annual output of over 10 million motors, Chaney pioneered the ability for consumers to enjoy atomic clock accuracy and convenience in their homes.
More recently, Chaney's AcuRite brand has established itself as the #1 top-selling maker of personal weather products. A consumer favorite at major retailers like Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes, Amazon, Costco, Kohls and more, people have come to trust AcuRite for precision measurements of outdoor and indoor environmental conditions, as well as dependable, personalized weather forecasts specific to their own back yard. Finally, keeping up with today’s mobile technology, AcuRite augmented many of its leading weather products with internet-connectivity, allowing users to access their AcuRite sensor data from anywhere in the world using a smartphone, computer or tablet.
Primex: Primex is the leading provider of environmental monitoring and time synchronization technologies designed to help facility managers improve productivity, efficiencies and accountability.
Although Primex has their roots in wireless clock synchronization, their growing portfolio has expanded to include a variety of solutions and platforms designed to simplify common facility tasks including:
•Continuous Temperature Monitoring alerts for temperature-sensitive assets
•Automated Room Temperature and Humidity Monitoring solutions
•Clock Synchronization systems
Primex has over 14,500 customers in 26 countries across the globe, including more than 10,000 schools and 30% of the healthcare organizations registered with the
American Hospital Association. Overall, more than 1,000,000 Primex devices are improving environmental monitoring worldwide.
Notable Products / Brands
AcuRite, Primex, Klockit, Chaney
Benefits
Our CEO and leader, Paul Shekoski believes that our employees are our number one asset. His goal is to help each and every employee become, as he says, “healthy and wealthy”. We believe that our employees should work to live, not live to work.
Our five core values, listed on the left side, help guide us in that belief on a daily basis.
We also place a high importance on Employee Wellness. Through the mind|body|spirit wellness initiatives we provide our employees with various wellness challenges, offerings, discounts and education throughout the year.
This includes onsite massage therapy, chiropractic care and wellness coaching.