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Same Wilmington shop · Family innovations since 1988
About How and Why
Kate’s note on how CoopWorx started — father and daughter, Wilmington, NC.
Kate and Tom with an early Feed Silo prototype — the father-daughter invent story that started CoopWorx.
How it started
A note from Kate Carter
Hi, I'm Kate — my dad and I co-invented the CoopWorx Feed Silo.
After I moved to Northeast Ohio and started raising backyard birds, feed waste and winter spoilage became a constant fight. DIY fixes helped, but they didn't solve it.
So Dad and I teamed up with industrial designer Brad Forest of Idea Logic to rethink the traditional chicken feeder.
Dad — Tom Carter, owner of EXPOGO Displays & Graphics, Inc. — has been inventing products for over 30 years. He and my brother TJ launched MagSlide, the magnesium guitar slide, on Kickstarter in 2017. CoopWorx was the natural next chapter for our family.
My coop life is better now: less hauling and cleanup, more time with the birds. Chicken math made easier. Let CoopWorx do the same for you — save time, save feed, and get your mornings back.
Let CoopWorx be the game changer for you too — save time, save feed, and get your mornings back.
Home invent photos — Kate and Tom with the Feed Silo they designed together.
Enjoy the Coop Life.
Backyard Strong.
We invent the things we wish existed.
Same Wilmington shop. Same habit: spot a real problem, design and prototype a fix, patent what works.
Sister brands · same Landmark Drive shop
Three Brands. One Workshop.
Portable Tradeshow Displays
In 1988 Tom and his wife Teresa founded EXPOGO Displays & Graphics, Inc., known worldwide for lightweight portable displays. Patented systems like the ShowFlex Umbrella Display and ShowStyle Briefcase Display pack lighter and set up faster. For almost 30 years Tom has partnered with industrial designer Brad Forrest of Idea Logic — whose work includes Rubbermaid, Black & Decker, Compact Computers, and Apex Tools — on trade-show products that solve real booth problems.
Magnesium Guitar Slides
In June 2007 Tom and his son TJ created MagSlide in the family business — the only guitar slide made from magnesium, the lightest structural metal on earth. Injection molded and triple plated, it is 1/3 the weight of glass and 5x lighter than brass. They brought it to Summer NAMM in Nashville, and it has become a favorite of thousands of players worldwide.
CoopWorx Feed Silos
In 2020 Tom and his daughter Kate launched CoopWorx after Kate could not find a feeder she liked — bringing the same design discipline from the show floor to the coop. Same address. Same habit: spot a real problem, design and prototype a fix, patent what works.
Coast to coast
Since we launched in 2020, more than 17,000 customers have joined the family — coast to coast. The Feed Silo caught on because it saves time, saves feed, and gives keepers their mornings back.
Made in North Carolina
We rotomold in Smithfield, NC, then assemble and ship from CoopWorx headquarters in Wilmington, NC.
