TDI Products has been featured in a variety of industry and national business media, including Entrepreneur, Fortune Small Business (cover story!) and the New York Times.

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"TDI Products has bought a 9,500-square-foot warehouse in Atlantic Beach. The company designs and markets electromechanical products related to the recreational vehicle industry, and occupies 7,000 square feet in the Mayport Road warehouse to manufacture its products."
The Business Journal, February 2006
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"As these entrepreneurs have demonstrated, turning around a business is never easy - but with some energy and innovation, even the most troubled business can be transformed into a shining success story..."
Entrepreneur.com, August 2002

"Some executives know that they will never be good at the game and figure that nobody wants to play with a duffer. Others dismiss golf as so much puttering around or, as Mark Twain put it, 'a good walk spoiled.' Still others may want to indulge but lack the time. Thomas J. Caldwell says his golf game "went out the window" two years ago when he started TDI Products, a Jacksonville Beach, Fla., maker of electric-cord reels for recreational vehicles and boats. 'Golf just takes so long,' he said. 'I didn't decide to stop. It just happened that way." 
New York Times, June 2002
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"Follow the example of Tom Caldwell and Todd Blaudow of TDI Products Inc., who founded the Jacksonville Beach, Florida, company in 2000…Caldwell and Blaudow were so successful in their customer-courting that they're now inundated with suggestions for new product lines and ways to expand their first line-though at the moment, they have their hands full with building their customer base and slowly increasing their nearly $1 million in sales.
Entrepreneur, November 2001
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"I had no idea how many hours were going to be involved in both raising a family and running a business," says Tom Caldwell, co-founder of TDI Products, an engineering and manufacturing company in Jacksonville Beach, Fla. "To do it right, I've had to give up golf. But you know, I used to work for GE, and if I were still there I'd probably be working just as hard and just as long hours--but with less control over my own schedule." Caldwell frequently works far into the evenings, until long past the hour when his two sons, ages 3 years and 14 months, are asleep. But he almost always goes home at midday to have lunch with them."
Fortune Small Business, November 2001
Is Your Business Taking Over Your Life?
(Caldwell's 5-year old son is featured on the cover)
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"It is Caldwell's 5-year-old son, Matthew, who is this month's FSB coverboy. The article talks about entrepreneurs who have successfully balanced their family and business life. The "TD" in TDI stands for Two Dads and shows where the men's focus lies. Blaudow and Caldwell left corporate jobs to create a business that would allow them to spend more time with their families."
Florida Times-Union, November 2001
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“Like most entrepreneurs, Tom Caldwell and Todd Blaudow thought they knew what awaited them in launching their Florida startup, TDI Products, Inc., last spring -- long hours, hard work, maybe a misstep or two, and then success.…”
Fortune Small Business, August 2000
Did Someone say 'Obstacles'?
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“Tom Caldwell has started a business, completed an acquisition and attracted a half-million dollars in venture capital…”
Florida Trend, September 2000

“Take two creative minds, a dilapidated building, 90 days of hard work and what do you get? A reclaimed city building that serves as a “new” home to Jacksonville Beach-based TDI Products.”  VP Tom Caldwell was quoted in the same article as saying; “If we (TDI Products) can transform a building in 90 days, think what we can do with a product.”
The Business Journal, October 2000
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TRADE MEDIA COVERAGE

"TDI Products, which manufactures the Shoreline Reels Series of power cord and hose reels, has introduced two less expensive, hand-crank power cord reels to its lineup."
Family Motor Coaching, January 2004
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"TDI Products now offers the 15 Amp Commercial Power Reel with 100 feet of 12/3 electrical cord that retracts onto a reel with the push of a button, yet takes up less than one cubic foot of space in the garage or shop.

As is true of all Shoreline Reels, the cord — specially designed not to stiffen in cold weather — spools off freely and can be retracted by pushing a momentary switch that powers either a 12-volt-DC or 110-volt-AC motor...Because the total weight of the cord and reel is only 23 pounds, the unit can even be used as a portable reel and simply held during retrieval of the cord."

Family Motor Coaching, June 2003
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"Shoreline Reels®are approximately 50 percent smaller than similar devices. This enables them to be used in applications where other reels would not fit. The reduction in size is made possible because the drive motor is inside the hub of the reel. Power retraction, controlled by a push-button mechanism, makes hose or cable retrieval easy, because the reel does most of the work."
Family Motor Coaching, April 2001

"Shoreline Reels, manufactured by TDI Products, save RV owners space, time and back-breaking energy by retracting and storing 50 or 30 amp cords or hoses in a single unit. The products are 50% smaller than any other cord or hose management system on the market, and give users a push button that makes cable or hose retrieval easier."
RV News, January 2001
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To access full articles that do not have a link, contact Rebecca Hart at (904) 246-7351.