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16 S T U F F • F a l l 2 0 1 6 Who makes it: Union Products, a division of Cado Company Where: Fitchburg Employees: 10+ How they make it: Extrusion blow molding How much it costs: $18.49 for a set of 2 (Walmart) Who uses the product: Flamingo enthusiasts Featherstone pink flamingo Cool Stuff St. Pierre Manufacturing Corp. has made horseshoes for 96 years. Who makes it: St. Pierre Manufacturing Corp. Where: Worcester Employees: 35 How they make it: Steel is sheared into two-foot lengths, gets heated to 2,300 degrees before being put into a forging press. The first blow bends the steel into a U-shape, the second one presses it into the shape of a horseshoe. How much it costs: $40- $100 per set Who uses the product: Recreational horseshoes enthusiasts; competitive players Pitching horseshoes Cool Stuff Horseshoe heroes P eter St. Pierre, vice president of operations at St. Pierre Manu- facturing Corp. in Worcester, says the game of playing horseshoes goes back to Greek and Roman times, with the game we know developing in the late 1800s or so. The company -- which also makes bocce sets, chain and wire rope -- was started by his grandfather in 1920. The company makes horse- shoes for playing, but not horse- shoes for horses. Many customers learned to play horseshoes in the military overseas, says St. Pierre, such as veterans coming back after World War II and even Afghanistan. St. Pierre says he enjoys it. "I do play horseshows, and I'm OK. Let's leave it at that," laughs St. Pierre. Who makes it: Seaboard Folded Box Co. Where: Fitchburg Employees: 105 How they make it: Machinery prints on paperboard segments, then cuts and folds them into boxes. Who uses end product: Bagel eaters Cream cheese cartons Cool Stuff Boxing champs S eaboard Folding Box just announced it is adding manufacturing and warehousing space -- and jobs -- at its Westminster facility. With 105 current employees, the company prints on paperboard, cuts it, folds them into boxes, and packages them up for various industries. "You find our items in the food aisles, hardware stores, pharmacies, places like that," said Chief Financial Officer Joe Quinones, with CVS and Costco listed on the company website. Thinking pink U nion Products of Fitchburg makes the iconic Featherstone pink flamingo plastic lawn ornament, developed in 1957 by then-com- pany-president Don Featherstone. The story of a tropical bird that was -- ironically -- made in New England has made for good lore. The birds are made using extrusion blow molding, said Owner Bruce Zarosky. Peter St. Pierre, vice president of operations P H O T O / E D D C O T E