Make Every Moment Cool

TEXT BY JOHN PANGILINAN IMAGES BY JOHN PANGILINAN AND THE MANUFACTURER

Cliff Walker, the founder of ORCA Coolers, believes that it is important that he make his coolers in America. This belief has been beneficial to his brand and products.

They say competition brings out the best in product and the worst in people. However, Cliff Walker, the founder of ORCA Coolers, simply wanted to produce a better cooler and focus on innovation without bad mouthing his competitors.

Rotomolded coolers have become a staple in the outdoor industry. You’ll see some form of them loaded into the beds of trucks at the workplace, at campsites, on fishing boats, and now in parking lots across the nation during sports tailgate parties. Rotomolding is a process in which a powdered polymer is poured into a hollow mold and then heated and rotated as the polymer melts and coats in the inside of the mold. The process gained traction in the early ‘80s as the manufacturing process of choice for kayaks. Today, the process is applied to several applications, and for various uses from the outdoors to military and law enforcement.