La-Co
Founded in 1934 by Dr. Lester Aronberg - The Chicago-based chemist saw inefficient and messy marking solutions for industrial manufacturing and thought there had to be a better way. His innovation of capturing real paint in stick form fueled growth for the company and created the industrial marking category. The Stick-O-Paint would evolve into the Markal® branded Paintstik® - a legendary name in marking products today.Â