National Presto Industries, Inc.

National Presto Industries, Inc. is a publicly traded manufacturer based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, with housewares, defense and safety businesses. Founded in Eau Claire in 1905, it markets pressure cookers, canners and small electric appliances under the Presto brand. Its defense segment is organized through National Defense Corporation and produces ammunition, fuzes, cartridge cases, energetic ordnance and related components for military customers. Its safety business offers smoke and carbon monoxide alarms and commercial fire extinguishers. The company trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol NPK and maintains its principal executive offices on North Hastings Way in Eau Claire.