Cleret is an American manufacturer and brand of squeegees and related products based in Lake Oswego, Oregon. The company's original squeegee won an International Design Excellence Award from the Industrial Designers Society of America, and sits in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution.
History
Hanco Inc. was founded in 1987 by Alan Hansen in Lake Oswego, Oregon, to manufacture Cleret squeegees.[1][2] The company name was later changed to Cleret.
Hansen began designing the Cleret squeegee in 1986.[1][2][3] At the time, he was director of corporate audit at