What QuickCable manufactures

QuickCable Corporation is a specialty manufacturer of battery and DC electrical connection products: terminal connectors, battery terminals, custom and standard cable assemblies, power-distribution components, industrial connectors, and the installation tools that go with them. The company describes itself as a direct-current specialist, serving equipment that is battery-started, battery-powered, or uses batteries to condition and store electric power. Its catalog runs to several thousand items across brands including Rescue portable power packs, iStart, and MagnaLug.

The manufacturing is genuinely in-house. QuickCable lists non-ferrous metal die-casting, stamping and machining, plastic molding, and wire and cable fabrication as its core processes, with complete design and testing capability alongside. That vertical mix, casting and molding its own components and then fabricating finished cable assemblies, is why the company positions on design-to-prototype work, low minimum orders, custom product imprinting, and fast quote turnaround rather than on commodity volume alone. Products land in commercial vehicles, construction, agricultural and material-handling equipment, heavy truck and bus, marine, power generation, and renewable-energy and motive-power applications.

The company sells both as a manufacturer and as a value-added distributor, which lets it serve buyers who need a single source for a battery-connection bill of materials rather than piecing it together across vendors. It works with distribution partners as well: in May 2026 QuickCable and electrical-components distributor Waytek announced an agreement for Waytek to distribute QuickCable battery-connection solutions.

Ownership and history

QuickCable was founded in 1946 by Jack Shannon, originally under the name Great Lakes Battery Manufacturing. In 1969 Shannon renamed the company QuickCable and shifted it toward manufacturing battery accessories, and in the same year opened the Mississauga, Ontario location that still handles manufacturing and distribution in Canada as QuickCable Canada Limited. In 2000 the headquarters and manufacturing operation moved from its original Racine, Wisconsin base to its current site at 3700 Quick Drive in Franksville, Wisconsin.

The company is privately held and independent. No parent organization, private-equity owner, or outside funding appears in public records, which is consistent with a family-founded manufacturer that has operated under continuous ownership for roughly eight decades. President Robert Hoganson has led the company since 2012, per a verified professional record; a trade-association directory also lists Ken Bons as VP of Sales and Marketing and Patrick Mattern as CFO. QuickCable reports a workforce of about 150 people across its Wisconsin and Ontario sites, and third-party headcount models put it in the same 100-to-250 band with modest recent growth.

Certifications and quality

QuickCable states that it is ISO 9001:2015 certified and posts its certificate on its own site. Its products carry UL Listing, and the company publishes the relevant UL Standards for Safety documentation. It also displays RoHS compliance and a Made in USA mark; the Made in USA claim is self-declared. For a battery-connection supplier selling into commercial-vehicle and power applications, a current quality-management system and PPAP discipline plus UL Listing is the baseline buyers screen for, and QuickCable claims both.

Known customers

QuickCable does not publish a customer list, which is normal for a component manufacturer and value-added distributor. Documented commercial relationships are limited to distribution:

Beyond that, US customs records place QuickCable's imported components inside supply networks shared with established electrical and power-equipment firms, including Generac, Eaton, East Penn Manufacturing, Clore Automotive, and Navico. Those are facts about shared suppliers, not claims about who buys from QuickCable.

Sourcing evidence

QuickCable's US import record reads like a component manufacturer's, not a finished-goods reseller's: 1,048 sea shipments since January 2015, with the most recent logged in August 2026. The mix is dominated by electrical apparatus and connectors, fuses, static converters, insulated and ignition wiring sets, heat-shrink tubing, and stamped iron and steel hardware, the input components and sub-assemblies a domestic assembler buys to build and kit finished battery-connection products. Bills of lading name a stable roster of long-running suppliers; the most active:

Seven shown of the recorded suppliers. Sourcing is heavily Asian: Taiwan (510 shipments) and China (434) together account for about 95 percent of volume, with smaller flows from Vietnam, Spain, and Hungary. A concentrated, Taiwan-and-China component base is common for battery-cable and connector makers, and it is also the part of the supply chain most exposed to shifting tariff and freight conditions, worth noting for buyers weighing supply resilience.

Coverage caveats: these are US ocean-freight records only. Air, truck, and rail movements, including US-Canada flows to and from the Ontario plant, do not appear; some records name freight intermediaries or customs brokers rather than manufacturers; and product categories come from declared manifest codes, which are noisy. Absence of a record is not evidence of absence.

Frequently asked questions

What does QuickCable manufacture?

QuickCable manufactures battery and DC electrical connection products: terminal connectors, battery terminals, cable assemblies, power-distribution components, industrial connectors, and installation tools. It also sells Rescue portable power packs and related battery accessories. Core in-house processes include non-ferrous die-casting, stamping and machining, plastic molding, and wire and cable fabrication.

Who owns QuickCable?

QuickCable is a privately held, independent company founded in 1946 by Jack Shannon. It has no parent company, private-equity owner, or outside funding on public record. President Robert Hoganson has led the company since 2012.

Where is QuickCable located?

QuickCable's headquarters, manufacturing, and distribution operation is at 3700 Quick Drive, Franksville, Wisconsin 53126. It also runs a manufacturing and distribution plant in Mississauga, Ontario, as QuickCable Canada Limited. The company moved to Franksville from Racine, Wisconsin in 2000.

How many employees does QuickCable have?

QuickCable reports a workforce of about 150 people across its Wisconsin and Ontario locations. Third-party databases model it in the 100-to-250 employee band, with modest recent headcount growth. It is a small-to-mid-size private manufacturer.

What certifications does QuickCable hold?

QuickCable states that it is ISO 9001:2015 certified and posts the certificate on its site. Its products are UL Listed, with published UL Standards for Safety documentation, and it displays RoHS compliance and a self-declared Made in USA mark.

Who are QuickCable's customers?

QuickCable does not publish a customer list. Its one documented commercial relationship on public record is a May 2026 distribution partnership with Waytek, Inc. The company serves commercial-vehicle, construction, agricultural, material-handling, marine, power-generation, and renewable-energy markets, both as a manufacturer and as a value-added distributor.

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