Marpac LLC
2015 Capital Drive, Wilmington

No. of employees: 55
Year founded: 1962

Top local officials: Jimmy Sloan, co-CEO and chief creative officer and Gordon Wallace, co-CEO and chief operating officer

Company description: Makes products to help with sleep

Description of products made locally: Marpac assembles the vast majority of its white noise machines in Wilmington.

Places of product distribution: North America and around the world

What made the company decide to make its goods locally?
Sloan: “Marpac was founded in 1962 by Jim Buckwalter … Wilmington was perfectly situated between his relatives located in Florida and those in the Northeast.”

What’s planned next?
Sloan: “Marpac’s strategic growth plans are based on our company becoming a Sleep Tools brand … Historically that meant only selling ‘sound’ products, but in just the past year we’ve … expanded into ‘touch’ – we purchased bed-in-box innovator Yogabed late last year. In early October we’ll begin selling our first ‘scent’ product, called the Purest.

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