America has a big appetite for kayaks, and Confer Plastics is helping to feed it. The North Tonawanda manufacturer last year produced 150,000 kayaks, along with other molded products like pool steps ...

Bob Confer was at his North Tonawanda manufacturing plant last month when a call came in. A child had stuck his arm into a ventilation opening in a set of Confer Plastics pool steps and gotten stuck.