National Presto Industries | Diversity Employer

Over the last century, National Presto has simultaneously leveraged its timeless appeal and adapted to stay current as consumer preferences have evolved with each decade. It has a long history of creating innovative products, and successful expansion into new fields has been the result of a long-range planning and development program. It’s the company’s goal to continually pioneer new products that meet the needs of today’s changing lifestyles, as well as deliver a wide selection of traditional appliances that reflect the quality long associated with the Presto® name.
 

Our Mission

National Presto Industries, Inc.’s mission is to advance the American dream by providing the means to protect and enrich life.

Enrich the lives of stockholders by creating value through regular cash dividends and capital appreciation.

Protect and enrich the lives of customers with the products and services of the Company’s business segments.

Enrich the lives of employees by attracting and retaining loyal, productive, engaged employees through competitive wages and benefits, promotion from within, and safe, efficient working environments.

Enrich the lives of suppliers by establishing long-term relationships on fair and reasonable terms.

Support the communities in which the Company and its segments operate to foster a desirable place for our employees to live and raise their families.

 

Guiding Attributes

Four fundamental attributes that guide the Company:

• Wisdom of Diversification: The overall corporate structure should have more than one industry with a commercial and defense presence.
• Boldly chart and conquer new and unexplored fields:  Look for new and unexplored fields, then conquer them by allocating the necessary resources to overcome obstacles and opposition.
• Align stockholder and employee interests:  Offer stock to employees to create a real and personal interest in the future of the Company.
• Long-range planning:  Setting proper expectations for long-term endeavors by ensuring short-term goals and gains fit into the long-range plan.

Core Values

• Innovation:  Constantly strive to create new products.
• Improvement:  Constantly strive to improve present products.
• Integrity: Sustain a work environment that fosters mutual respect, openness and individual integrity.
• Small Company Culture: To allow the Company to react in a nimble manner to an ever-changing business environment.
• Financially Conservative:  Avoid long-term debt financing whenever possible.

CAREERS

National Presto was founded in 1905 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and is recognized as a leader in the electric housewares industry due to its long history of innovation which has created major new categories of products. It is the company’s intention to continually provide innovative new products which meet the needs of today’s changing lifestyles, as well as a wide selection of basic appliances which reflect the image of quality long associated with the Presto® name.