valco melton

V alco Melton is an American multina- tional corporation that designs and manufactures dispensing equipment and quality assurance systems for the inspection and handling of adhesives,waxes, sealants, and industrial coatings.Headquartered in Cincinnati,Ohio, the Company has research and manufacturing facilities in Cincinnati as well as Pamplona, Spain,with direct offices and distribu- tors in over 76 countries. “Valco Melton was established in 1952 by B.L. Thomas and was originally known as ‘Valco’ (‘The Valley Company’), explains Paul Chambers,Vice president of Sales and Marketing of today’s Val- co Melton.“It initially began operations selling a specialized, safety shutoff valve for gas lines in commercial buildings. In the early 1960s, the busi- ness expanded to include a distributorship of Los Angeles-based Vansco Products for cold adhesive hand gluers and components for gluing boxes and cartons on packaging machines.” “By 1967,Valco replaced Vansco Products with its own proprietary line of cold adhesive applica- tion equipment for food and beverage packaging,” VALCO MELTON Chambers continues.“This formed the basis for en- try into high-speed, paper converting applications including corrugated, folding cartons, and enve- lopes. Several mergers and acquisitions to expand its product line were to follow, and there have been many over the years.Mainly they were to augment our status in adhesive application and quality assurance products.The biggest acquisition was actually in 2006 in Spain.We bought the hot melt equipment company,Melton SLU, thus forming what is nowValco Melton.They had a great name and we had a great name, and the synergies bring- Valco Melton ENDEAVORING TO BE NUMBER ONE AT A GLANCE VALCO MELTON WHAT: A multinational corporation that designs and manufactures dispensing equipment for adhesives, waxes, sealants, and industrial coatings WHERE: Headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio WEBSITE: www.valcomelton.com