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LA-CO Industries, Inc is a fourth-generation, family owned and operated company based in Elk Grove Village, IL. The company sells the Markal Paintstik, and also has a product line that includes a variety of plumbing and speciality chemical products, and various marking products for industrial, welding, and livestock purposes, as well as niche products. The company markets products under four brands: LA-CO provides plumbing products for plumbing and HVAC professionals.〔"LA-CO Industries Celebrates 75 Years." ''Supply House Times'' January 16, 2010. (www.supplyht.com)〕 Markal offers both permanent and temporary marking products for industrial needs.〔 ALL-WEATHER provides marking products for the farm including Paintstik, sprays, and ear tag markers.〔 Tempil offers temperature indication technologies.〔tempil.com〕 ==History== Dr. Lester Aronberg founded LA-CO Industries, Inc as the Lake Chemical Company in 1934. The Chicago based chemist built the company around the Stick-o-Paint. This was Dr. Aronberg’s solution to making industrial manufacturing marking neater and more efficient. This revolutionary product took paint and reformulated it into a handheld stick.〔LA-CO Industries 75th Anniversary Brochure〕 The Stick-o-Paint would eventually evolve into the Markal B Paintstik and would lead to the expansion of the company. By the 1940s, the Paintstik was being used in the World War II efforts,〔 and LA-CO Industries, Inc was continuing to put out new products and product lines. Plumbing products and chemicals were now being produced under the brand LA-CO. The first product in this line was the Pipetite Stik, which put thread compound in stick form. During this time, on the Markal side, Dr. Aronberg created several more varieties of Paintstik for any niche market that asked. One of those markets spawned the final brand for LA-CO Industries, Inc. The ALL-WEATHER brand began in 1945〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=First Choice in Livestock Markers - All-Weather )〕 with the ALL-WEATHER Paintstik designed for livestock marking. This brand would later evolve into livestock spray paints and ear tag markers. The company continued to grow and bring new products to the market in the plumbing and marking categories. In 1950, the company introduced LA-CO Regular Flux, which was the first water-soluble, all-weather flux. The company continued to put out new products and in 1971 LA-CO produced Slic-tite. This thread sealant revolutionized the plumbing industry by putting polytetrafluoroethylene or PTFE in the sealant. This allowed the pipes to be easily screwed together.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Plumbing Sealants and Fluxes - LA-CO )〕 As the LA-CO plumbing brand of the company grew, so did the Markal marking brand. In 1987, Markal went outside of the solid stick paint model and started producing a liquid paint marker called the Valve Action Paint Marker. This paint marker quickly became a top selling product, as it was very popular in the automobile industry, as well as several other industries.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=High-performance Industrial Markers for Metal Production, Shipbuilding, Automotive Assembly, Welding - Markal )〕 In 1999, the plumbing brand introduced the heat barrier spray Cool Gel to help reduce fires while soldering and brazing. The company also worked to increase consumers' knowledge on Cool Gel by producing an educational video on the uses and importance of heat protection.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cool Gel Videos )〕 The most recent product introduction was the 2008 release of the PRO-LINE HP which was designed as a quick drying alternative to the Valve Action Paint marker. A number of things were happening outside the manufacturing plant and chemistry lab as well. In 1980, LA-CO Industries, Inc awarded the “Counterman’s Pledge” plaque to city countermen in the plumbing business to show continued support to the plumbing industry. As the company continued to grow and expand, they outgrew several buildings in downtown Chicago, and in 1994 left the city for their current home in Elk Grove Village, IL. In 2007, LA-CO Industries, Inc launched their biggest national promotion, Pick-up and Win. This promotion awarded the randomly selected buyers of LA-CO products with prizes and one grand prize winner walked away with a new Ford F-150 truck. More recently, LA-CO Industries, Inc celebrated a milestone, celebrating their 75th Anniversary in 2009. Also in 2009, the company became an international company with the acquisition of Intrama SAS in Blyes, France. The year 2010 started out strong for LA-CO Industries, Inc. as well. The company walked away with a 2010 AHR Expo Innovation Award for Cool Gel.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2010 AHR Expo Innovation Awards )〕 On January 1, 2013, LA-CO Industries acquired Tempil, the foremost manufacturer of innovative and precise temperature indication technologies for the Welding, Supply Chain and Process Integrity, and Healthcare Sterilization markets. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LA-CO Industries」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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