About COMPEL
Built by a family that got tired of the sink.
COMPEL started at our kitchen table in Trafalgar, Indiana, with three kids moving from football season to wrestling season and a routine that only worked when someone could get to a sink.
Tricia Ringer, CEO and co-founder
The search started with a simple question.
Why does the clean stop the moment it dries? Tricia asked it while her own kids were going from practice to practice, through football, wrestling, swimming, and summer camp. Everything on the shelf was built to rinse off or evaporate, and the one routine that worked needed a sink.
So she went looking. She worked through the research, talked with a microbiologist, a formulation chemist, a surgeon, a chemistry teacher, and an IP attorney, and tested batch after batch on her own family. The answer became COMPEL: one key ingredient on skin, mats, and gear, made to stay after it dries.
Tricia leads Ring-Co Health and runs COMPEL day to day.
Where the name came from
"I feel compelled."
Looking back at her journal from that first week, Tricia had written the same three words again and again. She felt compelled to help her kids, her neighbors, and the coaches and parents who can't be in the room every minute. The name stuck.
Chad Ringer, president and co-founder
An engineer who makes things make sense.
Chad has spent his career building products that work in the field, from agricultural equipment and vehicles to precision guidance, with more than 20 U.S. patents and industry Innovation of the Year and Product of the Year awards. At COMPEL he designed the brand, worked the formulations alongside Tricia, and built the systems that make a routine simple enough to run every day.
Ring-Co, LLC: Indiana SBDC Rural Business of the Year.
Ring-Co Health at a glance
Small company. Serious about the room.
From the training room
Head athletic trainers notice the difference.
COMPEL made an impressive impact on the students and facilities here at the High School, especially in the wrestling room. … The room even smelled better! I have been using COMPEL for several months and would recommend COMPEL to give your facilities a lasting clean!
I use COMPEL to keep me safe and on the mat!
COMPEL is convenient to use, easy to apply, dries quickly, and it does not leave a residue on skin or surfaces. I recommend this product line without hesitation.
Quotes are excerpts from letters and reviews sent to Ring-Co Health, used with permission. Titles and affiliations are for identification only. Individual experiences vary.
What drives us
"Christ's love compels us."
That line from 2 Corinthians 5:14 is why we do this. We are a faith-centered, family-run company. Our products are a solution for the mat room, not the answer to every worry, and we would rather earn your trust than oversell it.
Run the routine your room deserves.
Pick your room, get the step-by-step protocol, and start with a kit built for it.