U.S. Senator Chris Murphy Highlights Old Saybrook Manufacturer

OLD SAYBROOK, CT — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) has announced that Stencil Ease International LLC of Old Saybrook is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Founded in 1980, Stencil Ease designs and manufactures stencils.

They offer custom stencils; industrial stencils for parking lots, airports, or military use; stencils of numbers and alphabets; and decorative stencils, and are the largest specialty stencil manufacturing company in the United States, according to a press release. Stencil Ease uses laser-cutting technology to produce the stencils, and offers an unlimited selection of designs, materials, sizes, and customizable options.

“Stencil Ease is a Connecticut-grown manufacturing company that does business around the world,” Murphy said in a statement. “They have an impressive list of customers, and that’s a testament to the quality of their products. I’ll keep fighting for policies back in Washington that help Stencil Ease and the thousands of other Connecticut manufacturing companies continue to grow.”

With the help of 24 Connecticut employees, Stencil Ease serves a long list of renowned customers, including Lockheed Martin, the U.S. Postal Service, the U.S. military, the National Guard, NASA, Apple, Google, Amazon, John F. International Kennedy Airport, Boston Logan International Airport, the New York City Fire Department, Netflix, various hotel chains, and hundreds of municipalities, school districts, and universities around the country.

Several years ago, Stencil Ease received a grant through the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development’s Small Business Express program. The grant helped Stencil Ease support 11 Connecticut jobs.

“Stencil Ease is proud of its heritage in Connecticut,” Jim Randolph of Stencil Ease said. “We have 24 Connecticut-based employees who are the lifeblood of our business. We appreciate the concern that Senator Murphy has shown to small manufacturers like ours and hope that his efforts will improve the environment for manufacturing and help us to remain competitive.”