National Presto Industries, Inc. provides housewares and small appliances, defense products, and absorbent products primarily in North America. It operates in three segments: Housewares/Small Appliance, Defense Products, and Absorbent Products. The Housewares/Small Appliance segment designs, markets, and distributes housewares and small electrical appliances, including pressure cookers and canners; heat control single thermostatic control line of skillets, griddles, woks, and multi-purpose cookers; deep fryers; waffle makers; pizza ovens; slicer/shredders; electric heaters; corn poppers; dehydrators; rice cookers; microwave bacon cookers; coffeemakers and coffeemaker accessories; electric tea kettles; electric knife sharpeners; shoe polishers; and timers. This segment sells its products directly to retailers, as well as through independent distributors. The Defense Products segment manufactures 40mm ammunition, and precision mechanical and electro-mechanical products, including training ammunition, fuzes, firing devices, and initiators; munitions and ordnance-related products; medium caliber cartridge cases; and performs load, assemble, and pack operations on ordnance related products primarily for the United States Department of Defense (DOD) and DOD prime contractors. This segment also produces and sells various less than lethal products, such as smoke and tear gas grenades, specialty impact munitions, diversionary devices, and stun munitions, as well as support accessories, including launchers and gas masks; and offers training for the use of less than lethal products. The Absorbent Products segment manufactures and sells principally private label adult incontinence products and diapers. This segment sells its products to distributors and other absorbent product manufacturers. The company was founded in 1905 and is based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.