Okonite

The Okonite Company is an American manufacturer of insulated wire and cable.

[3] Some of its earliest customers included Samuel Morse and Thomas Edison.

[6][3] "Okonite" was originally a material made from the residue produced when distilling the mineral wax Ozokerite, mixed with rubber, and used as an electrical insulator.

[4] The company is headquartered in Ramsey, New Jersey with six manufacturing plants located around the continental United States.

These cables are manufactured with a variety of insulating and jacketing materials including Okoguard® EPR, laminated polypropylene paper (LPP), and other thermosetting and thermoplastic compounds.

Okonite's premises at 15 Park Row, New York, in the 1900s