Bead Industries is comprised of two divisions: Bead Electronics and Bead Chain, and a wholly-owned subsidiary, McGuire Mfg. Company.  Founded in 1914, Bead Industries developed and manufactured Bead Chain® for electric light pulls.  Using the same innovative metal working process, it fabricated contact pins for the electronics industry in the mid-1920s. McGuire, one of Bead’s loyal customers, was acquired in 1972.

Bead Chain, a division of Bead Industries, has supplied authentic Bead Chain® since 1914. Bead Chain® is used on vertical blinds, as a ceiling fan light cord, securing gas tank and other marine parts, as window blinds, attaching commercial shower curtains, securing bank pens, inside toilets and other plumbing fixtures, key chains for dog tags, and many other products.

Bead Electronics, a division of Bead Industries, manufactures precision continuous reeled, solid-wire, and tubular contact pins for the telecom, automotive, connector and lighting industries.  These custom components deliver the performance of machined pins at the price of stamped and can be tooled in a fraction of the time.

McGuire Mfg. Company, based in Cheshire Cheshire, CT, is a distributor of high quality, commercial plumbing supplies.