Case Study
Plugged Into A Solution
Plugged Into A Solution RTP Company Multi Property Compound Solves Impact Challenge Allowing Product Expansion Matt Smith, Vice President of Manufacturing for SmartPlug Systems, describes his family as “lifelong sailors,” and recalls being practically “raised onboard a boat. ” So it wasn’t surprising that, as an adult, he joined his father Ken in a business venture rebuilding fire-damaged boats. “We soon noticed that in almost every case the reason the boat was destroyed came down to the same thing — the poor design of the shore power inlet on the boat,” Smith recalled. His dad knew he could invent a better solution, and, starting with a simple pencil sketch, proceeded to create a smarter plug incorporating every safety and efficiency improvement he could think of. The result was the “Smar