Made in the Valley: High Sierra Showerheads
COARSEGOLD, Calif. (KFSN) -- High Sierra Showerheads is a foothill business that is helping people conserve water in the drought.
In addition to the showerheads, the Coarsegold company manufactures high-efficiency nozzles for golf and Ag sprinkler irrigation. They produce more than 250,000 nozzles each year and about 10,000 showerheads this year.
High Sierra Showerheads has been making the nozzles since the 1980s and has been a repetitive and profitable market for them, but is not growing. However, the showerhead market is growing very rapidly. Sales have been doubling each year for four years.
The business ships showerheads all over the country and even some to Canada, Australia and most recently to the United Arab Emirates. Most of their customers are homeowners and renters, but they also sell large quantities to military and correctional facilities. The company has sold approximately 4,000 showerheads to the U.S. Army in Fort Collins, Colo.
High Sierra Showerheads has six employees. The company got its start in the Sanger area and then moved to Coarsegold in 1988.
For more information, visit www.highsierrashowerheads.com.
