5 Products You Might Not Know Are Made in Westchester

Many products that are sold across the country—and the world—are created right here in our county. Here’s a look at a handful of big-name, homegrown items.

In addition to subway cars and MTA trains, the Yonkers facility also builds cars for the Long Island Rail Road and Boston and Philadelphia’s transit systems. Adobe Stock.

Dramamine

The next time that boat or car ride has you feeling queasy, remember the pill you reach for is a Westchester creation. Prestige Consumer Healthcare, based in Tarrytown since 1996, produces the nausea-fighting drug Dramamine, in addition to anti-bloating Beano, Luden’s and Sucrets cough drops, sleep aid Sominex, heartburn drug Tagamet, Clear Eyes eye drops, DenTek floss, and many other medicine cabinet staples.

Zwilling Knives

Experts at providing top tools for slicing and dicing, German company Zwilling J.A. Henckels opened its sleek U.S. headquarters in Pleasantville in 2015. Not only boasting the workshop where the knives are designed, the space features a cooking studio for classes, corporate functions, and parties as well as an enormous onsite warehouse where the knives are stocked before being shipped to more than 100 countries.

German company Zwilling J.A. Henckels opened its sleek U.S. headquarters in Pleasantville in 2015. Courtesy of Zwilling.

Domino Sugar

The Yonkers refinery produces a whopping four million pounds of sugar per day and one billion pounds per year. The plant has been a continuously operating sugar refinery since 1938 and was owned by six different companies before it was taken over by Domino in 2001. The facility not only produces the one-pound boxes you find on supermarket shelves, it also sends 45,000-pound bulk trucks and tankers to partners like Ocean Spray, Kraft Heinz, and Hershey.

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The Yonkers Domino Sugar Refinery produces a whopping 4 million pounds of sugar per day. Adobe Stock / Yeti Studio.

PepsiCo

Perhaps Westchester’s most notable big-name food company, PepsiCo’s headquarters have been in Purchase since 1970, but the real magic happens at its plant in Mount Vernon, which is one of many responsible for producing some of the company’s best-known beverages including Pepsi and Canada Dry.

Train and Subway Cars

Commuters who take the Metro-North or NYC subway daily may be surprised to learn that they are assembled right here in Westchester. Yonkers’ Kawasaki Rail Car Inc., which has been in business since 1984, fabricates and safety tests the cars in a 150,000-square-foot waterfront building, after receiving the base mechanisms from a plant in Nebraska. On top of the subway and MTA trains, the Yonkers facility also builds cars for the Long Island Rail Road and Boston and Philadelphia’s transit systems.