USA - Lockdowel has been named to Fast Company’s prestigious annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2021, earning a tenth-place ranking in the manufacturing category.

“As leaders in the woodworking industry, it is our responsibility to adapt,” said Lockdowel CEO, Jason Howell. “Innovation is critical to streamline wood-product assembly operations, and Lockdowel continued its rapid growth through 2020’s challenges to our industry and businesses worldwide.”

The list honours the businesses that have not only found a way to be resilient in the past year, but also turned those challenges into impact-making processes.

Lockdowel and the other honorees did more than survive, they thrived—making an impact on their industries and culture as a whole. This year’s list features 463 businesses from 29 countries.

Lockdowel provides wood-product manufacturers with simple assembly solutions that enable higher profitability, competitiveness, and customer satisfaction. Their patented connectors are glue-less and tool-free, providing the industry’s leanest and fastest assembly process for cabinets, furniture, closets, drawers, and ready-to-assemble (RTA) designs.