Kaas Tailored

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Kaas Tailored
FormerlyKaasco International, Inc., Kaasco Inc.
Founded1974 in Everett, Washington, United States
FoundersLarry Kaas and Allan Kaas [1]
Headquarters13000 Beverly Park Rd.,
Mukilteo, Washington
,
United States
OwnersJeff and Stacey Kaas [2]
Number of employees
200 [2]
Website kaastailored.com

Kaas Tailored is an American furniture and upholstery manufacturer based in Mukilteo, Washington.

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Background and history

Kaas Tailored was founded by cousins Larry and Allan Kaas in 1974 under the name Kaasco International, Inc. [1] The company operated out of an old barracks building at Boeing. [1] The cousins later had a falling out, and in 1980 Larry Kaas reformed the company on his own, naming it Kaasco, Inc. [1] In 1981, Nordstrom placed its first order with Kaasco, and the company began providing furniture for Nordstrom's shoe department. [3] In 1984, Kaasco began producing for the aerospace industry. Kassco moved to Mukilteo, Washington in 1992. [1] In 1997, Larry Kaas' son, Jeff Kaas, took over the company. [1] In 2000, the company was renamed Kaas Tailored after the name caused confusion with Costco. [1]

In the 1990s, Boeing, a client of Kaas Tailored's, adopted the Lean manufacturing philosophy and encouraged other companies to adopt the philosophy. [1] In 1999, Jeff Kaas toured Toyota Motor Company factories in Japan which were using The Toyota Way. [1] Kaas Tailored adopted kaizen principles at its factory. [1] [4] Kaas Tailored began providing tours to other companies such as Nordstrom, Starbucks, Boeing, Providence Medical Group, Amazon and Microsoft. [4] [1] In 2017, the company began providing consulting services for other companies such as Nordstrom. [3]

2020-present

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Kaas Tailored was one of the first manufacturing companies to pivot from their usual operations to producing personal protective equipment. [3] Kaas Tailored worked with Providence Medical Group to lead the "100 Million Mask Challenge." [5] [2] The company switched from making furniture to making masks and face shields for Providence Medical Group hospitals [2] [6] and Swedish Health Services. [7] Kaas Tailored also sent a prototype to a company in Holland, who began making masks for its local hospitals. [2] Jeff Kaas also coached health care systems in South Africa, Albania, Ireland, and the Netherlands in his model for manufacturing personal protective equipment. [4] The prototype and instructions were also posted online along and sent to companies in 25 states so that others could join in to produce masks. [2] [8] Nordstrom worked with Kaas Tailored to begin producing masks at its factories as well. [3] [9] [10] [11] [12] Kaas Tailored worked with partnership companies, Alaska Airlines and Boeing to ship personal protective equipment, [3] and partnered with the Washington Aerospace Training and Research (WATR) Center at Edmonds College, which produced face shields. [13] The company manufactured about 4,000 masks per day. [14] In the last two weeks of March 2020, the company manufactured more than 100,000 masks and 30,000 face shields. [3] [4]

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