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ORCA was born from the idea of making a hard-sided cooler that beat out all the rest. It had to be tough, have world class ice retention, come with a lifetime warranty, and most of all it had to be made right here in the USA. Making our ORCA coolers in the US would allow us to provide jobs for people in our hometown of Nashville, Tennessee, and that was really important to us.
We started with one single size, the 75-quart, in four standard colors in 2012, and since then we have stayed busy growing the ORCA brand into what it is today. In addition to our seven sizes of hard-sided coolers, we have a full line of stainless-steel drinkware, soft-sided coolers, apparel, accessories and more. We’re proud of our ORCA products, and we know you will be too.
Hard-Sided Coolers– Our roto-molded coolers are USA made in Ohio and decorated, picked, packed, and shipped from our warehouse in Music City, USA.
Drinkware – When ORCA was ready to expand from hard-sided coolers to drinkware, we found that the technology to make a copper lined, vacuum sealed, stainless-steel products in the USA was unfortunately not an option. Factories with the ability to meet our ice retention and quality standards don’t exist here in the United States. Trust us, we’ve looked. That meant we would have to look to outsource our drinkware overseas. In fact, all of our competitors are in the same boat having to source drinkware from foreign countries. While we would love to keep all of our production state-side, we take every precaution to make sure the factories that produce our ORCA products are held to the highest standards of quality, cleanliness, and that they meet all regulations in place for a safe workplace.
While we can’t source the drinkware itself here in the USA, we do the next best thing. Unlike our competitors who bring almost everything in from overseas decorated and packaged to immediately ship, we powder coat, decorate, laser, assemble, and package the final product here in the USA. This additional process creates more jobs here in Nashville TN. There are over 30 people working in our powder coating department, 15 people working in our decorating department, 10 people who work in assembly, and 15 people working in our shipping department. ORCA’s drinkware sales help to directly support over 70 people who work here at ORCA.
Stuart Gateley known around the office as “Stu” is a Production Illustrator at ORCA. He works primarily on custom products. With ORCA’s capabilities to customize in house, we provide customization for the majority of our products.
Stu began working in the warehouse hammering black plugs into our cooler lids. He worked his way up to shipping, picking orders, and operating the forklifts. Management knew Stu was interested in graphic design so as soon as that position was available, they offered Stu the job! His job as Production Illustrator has inspired Stu to go back to school for graphic design. He realizes that graphic design is the true passion and career path he’d like to take in life. Stu also loves his coworkers, he says they feel like family. You can always hear Stu and the rest of the art team laughing and making jokes, bringing joy to the office. Stu is a great guy and makes such a positive impact, keep up the good work Stu!
Thank you for supporting the ORCA brand. Without you we wouldn’t be where we are today, and we truly mean that. Thanks to your continued support we are currently able to employ over 90 people here in the United States, and that’s pretty amazing considering we started as a four-personcompany only 8 short years ago.
We know that our customers have options when it comes to the brands they choose, and having you pick ORCA means the world to us. From design, to development, to production, to shipping, to customer care, we are thinking about you, our customer, every step of the way. Because of you we get to continue building this amazing brand, adding more members to our team here in the USA, and creating new products that we know you will be proud to own. We are a tight-knit group here at ORCA, and we are so happy to have you as part of the family.
