HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that RK Manufacturing of Danbury is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Founded in 1978, RK Manufacturing is a family-owned company that designs and manufactures machine tools and medical devices. The Danbury manufacturer provides custom tooling and fixtures, and works with established medical companies and life science startups to provide sterile and nonsterile sutures, bone anchors, spinal implants, and other innovative medical devices. All of RK Manufacturing’s medical devices are produced in a specialized cleanroom with a controlled environment.

RK Manufacturing employs 120 Connecticut workers out of their 57,000 square foot facility. Over the last six years, they have experienced an average continued growth of 30 percent, and increased the capacity of their cleanroom by 35 percent.

“Business at RK Manufacturing is booming because they make investing in their workers a priority. ‘Family-owned’ is not just a fact—it’s a culture for RK Manufacturing. I’m proud to highlight their great work today,” said Murphy.

“Over the last 39 years RK has enjoyed the opportunity to work and grow in the Danbury, CT area. It has allowed us to interact with the local public employment base which is a great resource for the operator talent we require for our manufacturing of medical devises and to produce the standard of quality required for good GMP processes in the medical field. We are a family-owned company and all of our employees are a very important part of our family culture,” said Richard Ponton, Chief Operations Officer at RK Manufacturing.

The manufacturing industry plays a crucial role throughout Connecticut communities, creating new jobs and accelerating our state’s economic recovery. Today, Connecticut’s 4,600 manufacturers account for 10% of the state’s jobs and 87% of the state’s total exports. In order to protect and grow manufacturing jobs in Connecticut, Murphy has introduced two pieces of legislation that aim to strengthen existing standards and prioritize the purchase of American-made goods, the 21st Century Buy American Act and the American Jobs Matter Act.

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