Whois & Analysis for elkay.com

A tap (also spigot or faucet: see ) is a valve controlling the release of a liquid or gas.

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Manufacturing is the value added to production of merchandise for use or sale using labour and machines, tools, chemical and biological processing, or formulation.

The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale.

Such finished goods may be sold to other manufacturers for the production of other, more complex products, such as aircraft, household appliances or automobiles, or sold to wholesalers, who in turn sell them to retailers, who then sell them to end users and consumers.

Elkay Manufacturing Company, a manufacturer of stainless steel sinks, faucets and kitchen cabinets, was started in 1920 by Leopold & Louis Katz and Eleth Robarth, a tinsmith who came up with an idea to hand fabricate German silver sinks and deliver them in Chicago.

Today, still privately owned by the founding family, Elkay has 3,500 employees worldwide and is America's largest stainless steel sink company.

Over the years the products Elkay manufactures have expanded to include sinks, faucets, water coolers, drinking fountains, water bottle fillers, and residential and commercial kitchen and bath products.

A sink—also known by other names including sinker, washbowl, hand basin and wash basin—is a bowl-shaped plumbing fixture used for washing hands, dishwashing, and other purposes.

Sinks have taps (faucets) that supply hot and cold water and may include a spray feature to be used for faster rinsing.

They also include a drain to remove used water; this drain may itself include a strainer and/or shut-off device and an overflow-prevention device.

Sinks may also have an integrated soap dispenser.