--- title: Animal Glue through the Decades 1951-Today description: Before L.D. Davis's 25th anniversary, the company had expanded to serve a larger part of the country & had developed its animal glue for specifications. image: https://blog.lddavis.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/25-th-Annv-GLUE-promo-300x242.jpg --- [![LD Davis Glues & Gelatin](https://blog.lddavis.com/hs-fs/hubfs/lddavis-logo.png?width=230&height=84&name=lddavis-logo.png "LD Davis Glues & Gelatin")](https://www.lddavis.com/) [1.800.833.6199](tel:+18008336199) - [About](https://www.lddavis.com/about-us/) - [Why LD Davis?](https://www.lddavis.com/about-us/why-ld-davis/) - [Industries We Serve](https://www.lddavis.com/about-us/industries-we-serve/) - [Management Team](https://www.lddavis.com/about-us/management-team/) - [Lab Capabilities](https://www.lddavis.com/lab-capabilities/) - [Products](https://www.lddavis.com/products/) - [Eco-friendly Glue](https://www.lddavis.com/products/eco-friendly-glue/) - [Liquid Glue](https://www.lddavis.com/products/liquid-glue/) - [Hot Melt Glue](https://www.lddavis.com/products/hot-melt-glue/) - [Gelatin](https://www.lddavis.com/products/gelatin-adhesives/) - [Stay Tape](https://www.lddavis.com/products/stay-tape/) - [Applications](https://www.lddavis.com/applications/) - [Bookbinding](https://www.lddavis.com/applications/book-binding/) - [Sustainable Packaging](https://www.lddavis.com/applications/sustainable-packaging/) - [Rigid Box](https://www.lddavis.com/applications/rigid-box-glues/) - [Laminating](https://www.lddavis.com/applications/laminating/) - [Food & Beverage Packaging](https://www.lddavis.com/applications/food-beverage-packaging/) - [Resources](https://www.lddavis.com/resources/) - [Blog](https://blog.lddavis.com) - [FAQs](https://www.lddavis.com/resources/faqs/) - [Contact](https://www.lddavis.com/contact-us/) - [Order Now](https://info.lddavis.com/place-an-order-lddavis-main) Blog At LD Davis, we pride ourselves on being an educational resource for our customers, our prospects and the community. Our blog is a helpful learning tool for those wanting to know more about glue best practices, news in the industry and simple answers to common glue questions. Hear it straight from the experts in every post. [Subscribe to our blog updates.](https://info.lddavis.com/blog-subscribe) ### Most Popular Posts # Animal Glue through the Decades 1951-Today [![Animal Glue through the Decades 1951-Today](https://blog.lddavis.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/25-th-Annv-GLUE-promo-300x242.jpg)](https://blog.lddavis.com/animal-glue-through-the-decades-1951-today) Sep 12, 2011, 6:30:36 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) --- Shortly before L.D. Davis's 25th anniversary in 1951, the company had expanded to serve a larger part of the country and had developed its [animal glue](https://www.lddavis.com/products/gelatin-adhesives/)for specifications in the [rigid box](https://www.lddavis.com/applications/rigid-box-glues/) and [bookbinding](https://www.lddavis.com/applications/book-binding/) industries. ![L.D. Davis 25 years, animal glue](https://blog.lddavis.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/25-th-Annv-GLUE-promo-300x242.jpg?width=300&height=242&name=25-th-Annv-GLUE-promo-300x242.jpg "25th Anniversary Animal Glue") ## Animal Glue around the World By 1965, L.D. Davis was selling glue internationally, and the company continued to cement its place in the rigid box industry when Louis Davis Jr. developed a custom animal glue called Pink Special, which could be sold to the rigid box companies at a lower cost. ![Animal glue, cake glue, rigid boxes](https://blog.lddavis.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Pink-Special-Animal-Glue-300x240.jpg?width=300&height=240&name=Pink-Special-Animal-Glue-300x240.jpg "Pink Special Animal Glue") Louis Davis Jr. expanded international revenue during the 1970's by partnering with a distributor to open a team undertaking in Belgium. In later years the company would also expand to serve the Asian adhesive market. ## 50 Years of Animal Glue L.D. Davis celebrated their 50-year anniversary of the business in 1976, and was moving fast to expand further to another manufacturing plant. The next year, the original president of the company, Louis Davis Sr., passed away in 1977. His son, Louis Davis Jr. takes over his duties as president. ![L.D Davis animal glue manufacturer](https://blog.lddavis.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/50th-Anniversary-300x201.jpg?width=300&height=201&name=50th-Anniversary-300x201.jpg "50th Anniversary") In 1980, our current manufacturing plant in Monroe, North Carolina was built. Over the past three decades it has been expanded a number of times to increase our animal glue manufacturing capability. ![animal glue manufacturing](https://blog.lddavis.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/animalgluemanufacturingplantmonroe-300x225.png?width=300&height=225&name=animalgluemanufacturingplantmonroe-300x225.png "animalgluemanufacturingplantmonroe") ## L.D. Davis Today After our 75th anniversary celebration 2001, we have continued to grow as [America's largest protein adhesive compounder](https://www.lddavis.com/about-us/). ![75 years of excellence](https://blog.lddavis.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/75th-anniversary-300x116.png?width=300&height=116&name=75th-anniversary-300x116.png "75th anniversary") In more recent years, we have come to agreements with H.B. Fuller and Ashland Chemical to distribute their products, such as hot melt and fugitive glue; adhesives that we do not manufacture. Animal glue is our specialty and if one of our 100+ varieties doesn’t fit your needs, we are always ready to manufacture a custom animal glue to find an adhesive solution for your needs. ### Tell us what you think! 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