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Crafters Pick
offers the creative person the
latest technology and insures them lasting endeavors, while keeping in mind
the very fragile state of the environment. All of Crafters Pick products
are non-toxic and water based.
Crafters Picks' parent company,
API with its 120 years of expertise, also manufactures a complete line of
adhesives for product assembly and packaging applications for sale to
manufactures, printers, bookbinders, food processors, converters, and other
businesses.
Crafters Pick
has taken basic
adhesives to a new dimension for the creative world, while protecting the
environment.
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Adhesive Products,
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Adhesive Products,
1998 |
 was founded in 1878 as a textile coatings
manufacturer in San Francisco, California primarily for ladies clothing
applications. Shortly after the turn of the century, the company expanded
into manufacturing adhesives and adhesive coated packaging
tapes.
In 1934
my grandfather, Paul W. Shattuck, purchased the company and with my
father's assistance, William L. Shattuck, they began to expand the company
through acquisition and new product development. By the mid fifties
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had purchased three adhesive companies and a custom printed pressure sensitive
label manufacturer.
At this time the company had three plants
on the West Coast and serviced the graphic arts, theatrical, food processing,
woodworking and industrial markets as well as retail repackagers with an
extensive product line of adhesives, coatings and custom printed adhesive
coated labels.
By 1972 when I, Paul C.
Shattuck joined ™,
the company had expanded its marketing area beyond the Rockies to the Midwest
and Eastern US markets and had added new niche market products including
aerospace products used in the Apollo and LEM vehicles.
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Paul W.
Shattuck |
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William L.
Shattuck |
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Paul C.
Shattuck |
Since the introduction of
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in July 1997, ™
has been successful in obtaining national distribution on many of our innovative
new formulations.
For 129 years the company has taken pride in its commitment
to quality and excellence and we look forward to an exciting bright
future.
Sincerely,
Paul C. Shattuck, CEO
API Website:
www.AdhesiveProductsInc.com
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