THE STORY: The North Smithfield-based and family-owned The Beck Cos. specializes in showroom design, engineering, manufacturing and fabrication. Five companies are under the Beck Cos. umbrella. One of them, Great American Recreation Equipment, manufactures gaming tables, such as shuffleboards, air hockey tables and billiards tables.
› The company makes approximately 10,000 tables per year, with each unit costing approximately $2,400 for retail.
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› The billiards tables are sold to distributers who put them in locations to generate revenue as coin-, bill- or card-operated machines. The tables are also purchased for home use for people who want single-piece slate tables with automatic ball return, and for commercial use by colleges, military game rooms, cruises and hotels.
› Each table is made of one piece of slate, laminate, and has metal corners, a coin mechanism, lighting and auto ball returns.
› It takes two days and four employees to make each table. The company employs seven people total.
