UL/CUL-listed retractile, curly, and coiled power cords engineered in North Branford, Connecticut and shipped to Wisconsin OEMs, plant engineers, and product designers since 1947. Direct factory pricing, no minimum order quantity, custom builds in 4–6 weeks.
Wisconsin 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 distributor markup, no surprise lead times, no cross-border freight. From assembly-line drops at Harley-Davidson in Milwaukee to converting-line retracts at Green Bay paper mills, Autac cordage shows up on Wisconsin OEM bills of materials because it is built to spec, listed for compliance, and shipped on a schedule you can plan around.
No distributor markup. Wisconsin buyers talk to engineering and place orders directly with our Connecticut manufacturing team.
400+ stock catalog part numbers with full lot traceability. Supplier-qualification documentation available for Wisconsin OEM audits.
The only 100% woman-owned UL-listed retractile cord manufacturer in the industry. Counts toward diversity-spend targets at large Wisconsin OEMs.
Prototype runs as small as one piece. Same factory team handles pilots, pre-production, and full production volumes.
Wisconsin is one of the most concentrated manufacturing economies in the United States, with deep clusters in heavy equipment, paper and packaging, and industrial automation. Three of those clusters drive the bulk of Autac's Wisconsin shipments. Each carries its own engineering requirements — current rating, jacket compound, flex life, shielding, environmental exposure — and our product line maps directly to them.
Southeastern Wisconsin and the Fox Valley host the largest concentration of heavy-equipment and power-sports OEMs in North America. Harley-Davidson assembles motorcycles in Milwaukee and Tomahawk. Mercury Marine builds outboard motors in Fond du Lac. Oshkosh Corporation manufactures defense, fire, and specialty trucks across the Fox Valley. Briggs & Stratton powers a substantial share of America's outdoor power equipment from Wauwatosa. These OEMs share a common engineering challenge: portable, durable power delivery to assembly tools, test fixtures, and quality-inspection stations on long, complex assembly lines that flex tens of thousands of times per shift.
Typical Wisconsin 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, with custom retracted lengths from 18" to 36". Step up to 10 AWG / 20A for higher-current dyno and welding applications. Browse the Retractile Cords hub for stock part numbers, or use the Build Your Cord tool to specify a custom configuration for your line.
Wisconsin produces more paper than any other US state. The Fox River corridor alone hosts some of the largest converting and packaging operations in North America: Green Bay Packaging, Domtar's Rothschild and Nekoosa mills, Georgia-Pacific's Wisconsin Rapids and Green Bay facilities, and dozens of independent corrugators, converters, and box plants. The combined operation generates massive, sustained demand for industrial cordage rated for wet, dusty, chemically aggressive, and high-temperature environments where a downed line costs thousands of dollars per minute.
Typical Wisconsin applications in this segment:
Recommended Autac products: Our Auta-Prene thermoset rubber and TPR jacket compounds handle the chemical exposure and wash-down conditions common in paper operations. SJOW and SOW UL types provide oil and water resistance for converting-line environments. For dust-heavy mill operations, shielded retractile configurations protect signal integrity on inspection and quality-monitoring equipment. Browse Coiled Cords for shielded and multi-conductor variants, and check the conductor color charts for plant-standard color coding.
Milwaukee is the headquarters of Rockwell Automation, the largest industrial-automation company in the United States. GE Healthcare's diagnostic-imaging division operates from Waukesha. The I-94 corridor between Milwaukee and Madison hosts a dense concentration of CNC machine builders, robotic-system integrators, and contract-manufacturing operations. Husco International in Waukesha supplies hydraulic and electrohydraulic controls to the off-highway industry. These customers need cordage that maintains signal integrity through millions of flex cycles in tight envelopes, often with EMI shielding for variable-frequency-drive environments.
Typical Wisconsin applications in this segment:
Recommended Autac products: 18 AWG and 16 AWG shielded retractile configurations dominate teach-pendant and signal-cable applications, with retracted lengths from 12" to 24". TPE jackets resist hydraulic and cutting fluids common in CNC environments. For robotic and motion-control applications, our Auta-Prene jacket delivers the abrasion resistance and flex-cycle life needed for production-volume duty cycles. Browse Curly Cords for high-flex signal configurations and Coiled Cords for shielded multi-conductor builds.
Every Autac product family ships from the same North Branford facility on the same lead times, whether your purchase order originates in Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, or Eau Claire. 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? Wisconsin product designers and OEM engineers 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.
From North Branford to Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Appleton, Eau Claire, La Crosse, Kenosha, Racine, Sheboygan, and every Wisconsin destination in between, Autac ships standard ground freight in 2 to 3 business days. Stock catalog cords typically leave our Connecticut dock within one business day of order entry. Total door-to-door turnaround for Wisconsin stock orders runs 3 to 5 business days end-to-end. Custom-engineered cords ship as soon as production completes — usually 4 to 6 weeks from design sign-off, with expedited builds available for time-critical projects.
Domestic-only freight means no customs paperwork, no broker fees, and no surprises at the receiving dock. For high-volume Wisconsin accounts, we coordinate scheduled releases against blanket POs to keep production lines stocked without distributor lead-time stack-up. Smaller Wisconsin OEMs 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 a Wisconsin 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 documentation), and W-9 or diversity-certification documentation as part of standard onboarding. Existing Autac customers expanding into Wisconsin 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.
Wisconsin OEM engineers 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 assembly line. Stock orders ship from Connecticut within one business day — most Wisconsin destinations are 2 to 3 business days by ground.