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The History of NILO
  | It's a fun American success story to tell. Mr Nilo is happy to share with you his personal experience with this company so that it may encourage you to "go for it" . . . both by making your own dream come true and by going out and purchasing a Nilo® brand product!
As many companies are . . . it all started out of the Nilo garage in 1993. His wife and he didn't find a suitable, multi-use table for their two children, 2 and 4 years of age. So his wife says, "why don't you make us a table?" he did. It was made out of clear douglas fir and particle board and was quite ugly, to say the least. As per his wife's instructions, He increased its size to fit the Lego/Duplo® base plates. Then holes around the border of the table were added to accommodate Brio-Mec®, a fun construction toy at the time. Bingo, the Nilo® table was born. He Was happy to say that it was my wife's idea. God Bless that woman! She's terrific and I love her dearly. Little did she know that her "table" would become an item creating worldly demand, making many a child and family happy and content.
Shortly after its arrival, his friends started flocking over to their house to see this "table" in action. They couldn't believe it. . . their kids and others were playing quietly around this multi-functional table. They watched as the children played in total peace and how our house stayed in order. WOW! More friends, local day care centers and teachers suddenly started calling upon me to get one or more of our tables.
That Christmas he ended up being Santa's little helper and made about 40 tables. Over the next several months he started to market them to local toy stores and catalogue companies. He quit His real estate and finance career of 13 years and started playing with wood and toys for a living. Having obtained many orders for the 4th quarter of 1994, He ran out and bought machinery, leased industrial space and quickly ran into debt for the next few years. We put everything on the line because we believed in what we had to offer.
The made the right decision. Our tables are now being offered in many of the best catalogues and specialty toy stores in the world. You will find our table to be the demo table for Rokenbok®, too!
The continue to develop new product that meets Their high standards and requirements of Quality, Versatility and Value™, products that hopefully exceed your expectations. They know that their products are the best that money can buy.
In conclusion, it has been a lot of hard work but well worth the effort. They will always remember their humble beginnings and thank God for all they have been blessed with.
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