To make a gadget called the Can Pump N' Pour, a circular hard plastic ring with a rubber cover that keeps the fizz in opened soda cans, Davison engineers went through 30 different versions with its own moldmaking machines before getting the shape right.
It used to be that if you walked in the door of a Cleveland industrial pump distributor, the guy at the door would lug you a big catalog in a three ring binder and let you spend 15 minutes flipping through it to see which ones you thought you might like to buy.