Duck Products is a division of ShurTech Brands, based in Avon, Ohio

Avon, Ohio

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 11,446 people, 4,088 households, and 3,143 families residing in the city. The population density was 548.4 people per square mile . There were 4,291 housing units at an average density of 205.6 per square mile...

. ShurTech Brands is a subsidiary of Shurtape Technologies, LLC, a pressure sensitive tape manufacturer in Hickory, NC. The Duck Products brand

Brand

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 is used for various types of adhesive tape

Adhesive tape

Adhesive tape is one of many varieties of backing materials coated with an adhesive. Several types of adhesives can be used.-Types:Pressure sensitive tape...

 and other adhesive

Adhesive

An adhesive, or glue, is a mixture in a liquid or semi-liquid state that adheres or bonds items together. Adhesives may come from either natural or synthetic sources. The types of materials that can be bonded are vast but they are especially useful for bonding thin materials...

 products. They hold the trademark for Duck Tape, which they apply to their brand of duct tape

Duct tape

Duct tape, or duck tape, is cloth- or scrim-backed pressure sensitive tape often sealed with polyethylene. It is very similar to gaffer tape but differs in that gaffer tape was designed to be cleanly removed, while duct tape was not. It has a standard width of and is generally silver or black...

. ShurTech Brands acquired the Duck Products brand and their Avon facility from Henkel

Henkel

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA is an multinational company headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany.The company operates in three business areas: Home Care , Personal Care ,...

in 2009.

External links

• Duck Products official website
• Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival
• Shurtape Technologies official website
• duck tape fan club official website