Riverside, California has a thriving manufacturing sector. There are plenty of manufacturing companies situated in the Riverside area that you might not know about. Companies that manufacture a variety of products that you very well just might be using on a daily basis. It can be shocking to find out where a pair of Dunlop boots or sheet metal equipment you bought were made. A lot of people take such things for granted. They just assume that everything is made in China or the Philippines or some other faraway land.

That's not always the case though. There are plenty of items that you use on a regular basis that were manufactured right here in Riverside, California. Take Rolenn Manufacturing Inc. for example. They're a local company that makes injection molded plastic products, metal forming machine tools, mallets, anvils, hammers, hatchets and a whole host of other tools. The hammer you used to put together the bed frame with the pretty organic baby bedding might just have come from Rolenn Manufacturing Inc.

It's not just private companies that manufacture products that serve the general public of Riverside. The local government is also in on the manufacturing game. The city of Riverside's government produces industrial water treatment equipment that can be used in a variety of ways. They manufacture various products such as waste water treatment chemical testing equipment, incinerators, sludge shredders, dewatering equipment, odor control equipment, new and used septic tank trucks, and lift stations. These products are used to make the city of Riverside cleaner and more environmentally friendly.

There are other manufacturing companies in the Riverside area that provide products to Riverside and other cities they ship their goods to. Companies such as Riverside Plating Co Inc. who specializes in zinc plating. There's also Advanced Engineering & Molding that manufactures their own molded plastic products. Then there's Riverside Tent & Awning Co Inc. who manufactures textile bags, canvas bags, paper bags, laundry nets and tool bags. Just to name a few. These are just a few companies that manufacture products in Riverside. There are plenty of others but we'll save those for another day.

Riverside has a bunch of local companies that are manufacturing a whole slew of products that are used everyday by you and other Riverside, California residents. There's a good chance that any hammer, tool bag or water treatment chemical that you purchased in Riverside were manufactured in Riverside. The next time you go out on a major shopping spree after cashing in your latest platinum bullion stocks, you might want to remember that not only are you purchasing local but that you are also helping put money back into the Riverside economy. Feels nice to help your city out a bit, doesn't it?