Oreck is one of the world's largest cleaning manufacturers but, like so many businesses in New Orleans, suffered the effects of Hurricane Katrina. Second generation Tom Oreck talks to Marc Smith about surviving a natural disaster
As family-owned Oreck Corporation enters into its 45th year, it is a little ironic that the vacuum cleaner manufacturer remains so closely linked with the clean up operation left by Hurricane Katrina, which claimed over 1,800 lives back in 2005.