UPI Manufacturing, L.P, is a product development company that was established in 2006, with the invention and patent of a revolutionary new way of installing pipe underground. This patent soon produced a product called the Sidewalk Sleever which was released in the spring of 2007. The Sidewalk Sleever changed the way irrigation, plumbers, electricians and fiber optic installers install pipe and wires under structures. In 2009, the Sidewalk Sleever was acquired by a Texas based company which continues to sell the product throughout the United States and Canada.

UPI Manufacturing’s mission is to continually question the performance, safety and value of existing products in order to create new and advanced products that are environmentally responsible and provide a variety of real benefits to the consumer.

UPI Manufacturing currently holds a collection of Patents, Patents Pending, Trademarks and was awarded the “Best Patent Of The Year” by the Buskop Law Firm in 2008.