Crazy Aaron’s Puttyworld, located at 700 E Main St. in Norristown, Pa., is best known for their production of silly putty! Aaron Muderick, the Founder & Executive Chairman of Crazy Aaron’s, has been hard at work to create the world’s best putty for the past 22 years. However, due to the pandemic, production of putty […]

PCN Tours – From the Factory takes us to New Tripoli, the home of Eight Oaks Farm Distillery. Veteran owned, the distillery normally produces a variety of spirits, including gin, rum, and bourbon. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, Eight Oaks has shifted its production focus to hand sanitizer in order to meet the massive demand. […]

Our inaugural episode of PCN Tours – From the Factory features Smile Spinners, a fabric boutique and sewing studio for quilting and sewing enthusiasts located in Marysville, PA. The shop offers a multitude of fabric options, sewing machine sales and repair, instructional classes for all levels, as well as professional help with picking patterns and […]

  Custom Built manufactures heavy duty towing vehicles in Kane, PA. They pride themselves on their use of quality American-made steel, aluminum, fasteners, hydraulics, cables, winches, lights, and as many other accessories whenever possible. See the hand crafting that goes into making these impressive vehicles on this episode of PCN Tours.  

Back in the 1930s, Noah Kreider and his wife Mary started their farming operation with 102 acres of land, a dozen dairy cows, and 200 chickens.  Today, under the third generation leadership of Ron Kreider, this diverse farming business has expanded their footprint on the countryside to 3,000 acres.  With the help of 1,700 cows […]

KME is a manufacturer of high quality, custom fire apparatuses that are used across the country. This includes ARFF, Aerial, Industrial, Pumper, Rescue, Tanker, and Wildland Products built on custom or commercial chassis. On this tour, you’ll see the steps that go into building one of these impressive vehicles.    

Patrick J. Cunningham started this company in 1891 as a manufacturer of pianos.  But by the time World War II was about to begin, they stopped production while their staff focused on helping the war effort.   When the war ended, the Cunningham company began a new chapter in their history, and concentrated their resources on […]

Donjon Shipbuilding and Repair is located in Erie, Pennsylvania, right on Lake Erie. There, it services ships with a variety of services. Get a glimpse into some of the jobs they perform and see how they repair boats in dry dock. All on this episode of PCN Tours.

DiamondBack makes metal covers for the beds of pick-up trucks.  Some have a hinge in the middle allowing the driver to use half of the truck bed as a tool box and the other half to store everything else.  Other covers allow division of a truck bed into three compartments.  All cover variations emphasize easy […]

Agworks at Commonwealth Charter Academy is a public educational aquaponics facility located in Harrisburg, PA. On this episode of PCN Tours, you will learn about this living laboratory. Students have the opportunity to grow and harvest organic fruits, vegetables and herbs and will have the opportunity to raise and maintain tilapia, koi and prawn, which […]