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Socketops was an invention of Patti Evans, who is the president of Arnev Products, Inc., a switch plate manufacturing company now in Keshena Wisconsin. For many years Arnev Products customers had been asking for receptacles in matching finishes, or finishes that would compliment their beautiful switch plates, like Stainless Steel, Brushed Steel and Brushed Copper, which Arnev Products manufactures and sells at www.arnev.com. However, there were no receptacles made in the USA from any materials other than plastic because other materials might conduct electricity. So people would have to be satisfied with plain white or beige switches and receptacles in their specialty wall plates. Until now!

Patti searched for three years to find the right type of materials that could be used for her idea. She came up with a sticky back laminate that would not conduct electricity, and it was available in many beautiful finishes to compliment their switchplate collection, like Stainless Steel, Brushed Copper, and wood finishes to name a few. “Socketops” was born.

Patti and her husband Arnie along with two business friends formed Wenever Innovation, LLC to help her promote this new product. They were John Wenning, a prominent attorney in Keshena Wisconsin, and,Alastair Robertson of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, who is an international businessman originally from South Africa. Patti also asked Arnie, who is the Vice-President of Arnev Products, Inc. to help her promote the new product. These are the four owners of Wenever Innovation, LLC.

Wenever Innovation, LLC has a provisional patent pending for the “Socktops” idea. Arnev Products, Inc. is the exclusive distributor at this time, and they now have developed a beautiful clamshell packaging for the retail market.

Arnev Products, Inc. has thousands of wall plates and “Socketops” in stock for immediate shipping through on-line orders at www.arnev.com. Patti is now planning to expand their sales to large chain stores like The Home Depot, Ace Hardware, Lowes, Bed Bath and Beyond, Crate and Barrel, as well as mail order catalog companies to carry their products. Arnev Products, Inc will be contacting Home Builders, Electrical Supply Distributors, as well as Interior Design Houses, Electricians, and their own customer base of over 100,000 customers. They are anticipating for big things with this new product, and are confident their customers will be as excited as Wenever Innovation, LLC is about this new invention.

About Arnev Products, Inc.
Arnev Products, Inc. is a Keshena, Wisconsin based manufacturing company, founded in 1989 by Patti’s husband Arnie Evans originally from South Elgin, Illinois. They produce decorative electrical switchplates. Their punched design products are sold under the name "The Big Switchover" by The Country Store of Geneva, Inc. and are featured in their mail-order catalog and in fine lighting stores, hardware stores, and gift shops in almost every state across the USA, and even Canada. Their products are also available on the Internet, at http://www.arnev.com.

While there are other country and southwest styles switchplates available by different manufacturers, Arnev’s products feature several significant advantages over the products by their competition. For example, their products have a scratch resistant, low maintenance finish. They use heavy gauge metal, so their products are very sturdy, not flimsy as some “gift shop” plates can be. Their products offer one of the largest array of electrical configurations (50) and in over 60 finishes. They can produce a high quantity of product at a consistent quality.

All their products are made of the highest-grade materials. Some of these have a unique "Punched" design. However, for safety, the design punches do not go all the way through the parts.

The painted finishes are electro-static powder painted and baked at 500 degrees for durability. There are plenty of metal finishes and colors to compliment any décor. From rustic country to sophisticated high gloss, there is a finish to please everyone.

Since starting Arnev Products, Inc with country type finishes, Patti decided to add nearly 50 different finishes to their product line. She also realized that while other companies offered different finishes as well, they were limited to 3 or 4 most popular configurations. Advances in electrical technology made the standard single toggle or standard duplex almost obsolete. Patti makes all of her 60 plus finishes in multi-gang combinations, in up to 8 gang sizes. She had the foresight to make unusual combinations, as well, like duplex/toggle/toggle/decora, and many other hard to find combinations.

Custom Wood
The custom wood switchplates are exquisite and can be made in any configuration. They are also offered with and without a metal backing plate, four edge types, and 50 wood types for that special touch. As an added benefit, wood switchplates can be made in one-of-a-kind sizes and configurations. If an electrician can conceive it, Arnev Products, Inc. can cover it!

Southwest Styles
Two American Indian Southwest designs are now available in three different colors and finishes. Their first design is an American Indian Thunderbird engraved into the metal in each corner. The second is also an American Indian design they found at an Indian reservation in Arizona some years ago. There are three custom finishes. The first they call Arizona Sand. This texture feels just like sand and has the exact appearance and color of the sand found in Arizona. It has a sprinkle of the Sedona Arizona red clay mixed in, which gives it the true Arizona Sand color. The second is another custom Terra-Cotta finish, with very much the look and feel of a clay pot. The third, Adobe Gray, resembles an old piece of silver weathered in the heat and sun if the desert. They are very easy to clean, just a little soap and water, or Pledge Polish. They are made of highest quality steel.

New Products Introduced
Arnev Products recently introduced three new switchplates. First, their brushed steel, which is very similar in appearance to stainless steel. It has a brushed finish with a lacquered coating. Second, they’ve introduced Solid Brass in .040 gauges, polished and lacquered finish. And last but not least, they now offer mirrored glass, gray mirrored glass, and clear glass in all the hard to find configurations.

Anne at Home Custom 38 Finishes
In 2006 Arnev Products, Inc. joined forces with The Anne at Home company to produce switchplates in the designs and custom 38 finishes of all their kitchen and bath accessories. From door pulls to towel bars, from vanity top accessories to candle holders, they make over 800 different accessories finishes in all 38 finishes, including the wall plates. These have been one of the hottest new items to hit the marketplace, and are now featured at 66 Expo Design Centers by Home Depot.

Arnev Products, Inc. is proud to have been featured in Woman's Day Specials: walls, windows & floors.

In 2000, editors for “Women’s Day Magazine” contacted Patti Evans at Arnev Products, Inc. They were planning a special decorating issue called “Walls, Windows and Floors.” They had seen their switchplates in a mail order catalog, and thought his would be a good product to feature in this article, so they did a search on line, and found www.arnev.com. Patti Evans sent some best selling products. They loved the quality and thought the value was excellent, so they photographed and used his Pewter Finish Country Star design for the article. Patti was flattered beyond words that a national publication like “Women’s Day Special Interest Publications” took such an interest in his products. Arnev Products, Inc. switchplates viewed by over one million readers that month. It was quite an honor, not to mention that they received many orders directly related to this article. Thank you Women’s Day!

They now offer a beautiful bright polished brass finish, Stainless Steel, Brushed Copper, and even shiny and brushed Chrome. They offer 10 painted finishes from White, Black, and Bronze to name a few. They manufacture them with and without punched designs in almost all of our finishes. In 2004 they introduced a soft black product in their plain and border designs. Earlier that year they introduced “Renaissance Bronze”, which is similar to the ever popular Oiled Rubbed Bronze. All products have matching screws, or the same painted powder painted finish.

In 2006 Patti’s husband Arnie was made Vice-President of Arnev Products, Inc. and after a bout with a heart condition, he asked Patti to run the operation on a full time basis, and she became President and chief decision maker in 2006 for the corporation. Patti had made several key decisions over the years, so Arnie felt comfortable to leave the duties to his wife while he entered into semi-retirement, and now plays as much golf as possible. In the last three years, Patti Evans has increased the sale of the product lines by over 50%, and she is looking for more good things to come when the economy gets back to full strength.
 
 
 
 
 
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Socketops was an invention of Patti Evans, who is the president of Arnev Products, Inc., a switch plate manufacturing company now in Keshena Wisconsin. For many years Arnev Products customers had been asking for receptacles in matching finishes, or finishes that would compliment their beautiful switch plates, like Stainless Steel, Brushed Steel and Brushed Copper, which Arnev Products manufactures and sells at www.arnev.com. However, there were no receptacles made in the USA from any materials other than plastic because other materials might conduct electricity. So people would have to be satisfied with plain white or beige switches and receptacles in their specialty wall plates. Until now!

Patti and her husband Arnie, the founder of Arnev Products, Inc., searched for three years to find the right type of materials that could be used for his idea. He came up with a sticky back laminate that would not conduct electricity, and it was available in many beautiful finishes to compliment their switchplate collection, like Stainless Steel, Brushed Copper, and wood finishes to name a few. “Socketops” was born.

Patti and Arnie formed Wenever Innovation, LLC with two friends to help them promote this new product. They were John Wenning, a prominent attorney in Keshena Wisconsin, and ,Alastair Robertson of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, who is an international businessman originally from South Africa.  Patti also asked Arnie, who now runs the office for Arnev Products, Inc. to help her promote the new product. These are the four owners of Wenever Innovation, LLC.

Wenever Innovation, LLC has a provisional patent pending for the “Socktops” idea. Arnev Products, Inc. is the exclusive distributor at this time, and they now have developed a beautiful clamshell packaging for the retail market.

Arnev Products, Inc. has thousands of wall plates and “Socketops” in stock for immediate shipping through on-line orders at www.arnev.com. They are now planning to expand their sales to large chain stores like The Home Depot, Ace Hardware, Lowes, Bed Bath and Beyond, Crate and Barrel, as well as mail order catalog companies to carry their products. Arnev Products, Inc will be contacting Home Builders, Electrical Supply Distributors, as well as Interior Design Houses, Electricians, and their own customer base of over 100,000 customers. They are anticipating for big things with this new product, and are confident their customers will be as excited as Wenever Innovation, LLC is about this new invention.

About Arnev Products, Inc.
Arnev Products, Inc. is a Keshena, Wisconsin based manufacturing company, founded in 1989 by Arnie Evans of South Elgin, Illinois. They produce decorative electrical switchplates. Their punched design products are sold under the name "The Big Switchover" by The Country Store of Geneva, Inc. and are featured in their mail-order catalog and in fine lighting stores, hardware stores, and gift shops in almost every state across the USA, and even Canada. Their products are also available on the Internet, at http://www.arnev.com.

While there are other country and southwest styles switchplates available by different manufacturers, Arnev’s products feature several significant advantages over the products by their competition. For example, their products have a scratch resistant, low maintenance finish. They use heavy gauge metal, so their products are very sturdy, not flimsy as some “gift shop” plates can be. Their products offer one of the largest array of electrical configurations (50) and in over 60 finishes. They can produce a high quantity of product at a consistent quality.

All their products are made of the highest-grade materials. Some of these have a unique "Punched" design. However, for safety, the design punches do not go all the way through the parts.

The painted finishes are electro-static powder painted and baked at 500 degrees for durability. There are plenty of metal finishes and colors to compliment any décor. From rustic country to sophisticated high gloss, there is a finish to please everyone.

Since starting Arnev Products, Inc with country type finishes, Arnie decided to add nearly 50 different finishes to his product line. He also realized that while other companies offered different finishes as well, they were limited to 3 or 4 most popular configurations. Advances in electrical technology made the standard single toggle or standard duplex almost obsolete. Arnie makes all of his 60 plus finishes in multi-gang combinations, in up to 8 gang sizes. He had the foresight to make unusual combinations, as well, like duplex/toggle/toggle/decora, and many other hard to find combinations.

Custom Wood
The custom wood switchplates are exquisite and can be made in any configuration. They are also offered with and without a metal backing plate, four edge types, and 50 wood types for that special touch. As an added benefit, wood switchplates can be made in one-of-a-kind sizes and configurations. If an electrician can conceive it, Arnev Products, Inc. can cover it!

Southwest Styles
Two American Indian Southwest designs are now available in three different colors and finishes. Their first design is an American Indian Thunderbird engraved into the metal in each corner. The second is also an American Indian design they found at an Indian reservation in Arizona some years ago. There are three custom finishes. The first they call Arizona Sand. This texture feels just like sand and has the exact appearance and color of the sand found in Arizona. It has a sprinkle of the Sedona Arizona red clay mixed in, which gives it the true Arizona Sand color. The second is another custom Terra-Cotta finish, with very much the look and feel of a clay pot. The third, Adobe Gray, resembles an old piece of silver weathered in the heat and sun if the desert. They are very easy to clean, just a little soap and water, or Pledge Polish. They are made of highest quality steel.
New Products Introduced
Arnev Products recently introduced three new switchplates. First, their brushed steel, which is very similar in appearance to stainless steel. It has a brushed finish with a lacquered coating. Second, they’ve introduced Solid Brass in .040 gauges, polished and lacquered finish. And last but not least, they now offer mirrored glass, gray mirrored glass, and clear glass in all the hard to find configurations.

Anne at Home Custom 38 Finishes
In 2006 Arnev Products, Inc. joined forces with The Anne at Home company to produce switchplates in the designs and custom 38 finishes of all their kitchen and bath accessories. From door pulls to towel bars, from vanity top accessories to candle holders, they make over 800 different accessories finishes in all 38 finishes, including the wall plates. These have been one of the hottest new items to hit the marketplace, and are now featured at 66 Expo Design Centers by Home Depot.

Arnev Products, Inc. is proud to have been featured in Woman's Day Specials: walls, windows & floors.

In 2000, editors for “Women’s Day Magazine” contacted Evans at Arnev Products, Inc. They were planning a special decorating issue called “Walls, Windows and Floors.” They had seen his switchplates in a mail order catalog, and thought his would be a good product to feature in this article, so they did a search on line, and found www.arnev.com. Evans sent some best selling products. They loved the quality and thought the value was excellent, so they photographed and used his Pewter Finish Country Star design for the article. Arnie Evans was flattered beyond words that a national publication like “Women’s Day Special Interest Publications” took such an interest in his products. Arnev Products, Inc. switchplates viewed by over one million readers that month. It was quite an honor, not to mention that they received many orders directly related to this article. Thank you Women’s Day!

They now offer a beautiful bright polished brass finish, Stainless Steel, Brushed Copper, and even shiny and brushed Chrome. They offer 10 painted finishes from White, Black, and Bronze to name a few. They manufacture them with and without punched designs in almost all of our finishes. In 2004 they introduced a soft black product in their plain and border designs. Earlier that year they introduced “Renaissance Bronze”, which is similar to the ever popular Oiled Rubbed Bronze. All products have matching screws, or the same painted powder painted finish.
 
 
 
 
 
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