Cue Cube is a cue accessory manufacturer, was founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 2016, the American company moved to Plymouth following a change of ownership. Now it is only 50 miles from its original location and located in the heart of the billiards industry. The idea for the production of the first cue cube came from a billiard player's needs. Other players saw the cube and also wanted to have one. So it became a business. In 1982 the company was bought and the product modified: at the suggestion of some professional players the curvature and the grain roughness were improved, the cube shape and the metal base were preserved. The CueCube has become one of the most successful and well-known products in the billiard world. CueCube currently sells its products in all countries around the globe. The Shaft Slicker, a treated leather/nylon article for shaft maintenance, was brought into production and marketed in the mid-1980s. In 1993, the two articles were packaged together for the first time as a "Pool Cue Maintenance Kit". Later developments adapted the cue cube for attachment to a key chain, and at least six different colors are now available for the cube.