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AMACO was founded in 1919 on the belief that great art materials inspire great artists and since then we have been the industry leader in Ceramic Art Supply manufacturing. We produce everything an individual needs to create ceramic art including Brent pottery wheels and equipment, glazes and underglazes, and a large line of clay products. Over the last 100 years we’ve focused our efforts on growing the ceramic educational market by creating lesson plans, tutorials, videos, and participating in countless educational events. Along with this, AMACO specializes in the formulation of ceramic decorative glazes, slurry development, metal fabrication, clay blending and much more all in the heart of Indianapolis, Indiana. As a company we pride ourselves in the quality and creativity of our products. At our facilities we value Safety, Quality, Teamwork, Respect, Learning and Development, as well as Customer Care to ensure that we produce the most efficient products at the standard that our customers expect. At AMACO we strive to be a company that embraces creative individuals who help us create products that inspire the artists and teachers within the ceramic community everyday.

Sculpey oven-bake clay was a happy accident! The compound known as Sculpey oven-bake clay today was first created in 1967, with the original idea being to use the clay as a thermal transfer compound which would conduct heat away from the cores of electrical transformers. However, the usage of the compound for this purpose turned out to be unsuccessful. The material was set aside in the lab and forgotten about. Then one day the Director of the lab was playing around with it and discovered that you could shape it and then bake it at a low temperature and it would stay in that shape. He then did more testing and discovered that the compound could be molded, baked, sanded, drilled, carved and painted. It became a highly versatile medium for the craft industry. Sculpey clay started out as just a white clay. It wasn’t until years later that we started making the beautiful colors you know and love today! We still partner with artists today to showcase all of the amazing things you can do with our oven-bake clays and liquid polymer clays. Polymer clay – Kids – Sculpey Bake Shop® Artists – Sculpey Premo™, Sculpey® Soufflé, Liquid Sculpey General fun – Sculpey III®, Original Sculpey®, Keepsake® Sculpting – Super Sculpey® Other Mediums - Non Dry clay, Air Dry Clay, Glazes Innovative Tools designed specifically for oven bake clay We are continually striving to bring innovation, inspiration and creativity to clayers of all ages and skill levels! We have expanded our product offering into other types of clay and tools.

Pro Form Products Ltd was founded by Howard F. Speck in a two car garage in Milton, Ontario, Canada in 1972. Pro Form began by marketing approximately 20 products to Body Shops directly; specializing in automotive coatings and sealants for the automotive refinish business. Pro Form continued to grow in the expanding automotive refinishing market until the untimely passing of the company's founder in 1984. The current owners Gerald West, James Speck and Marlene Speck took control of Pro Form in 1990 and began to rebuild the company with a focus on manufacturing all of our products to a consistent quality, performance and reliability. Pro Form Products has two facilities in Milton, Ontario, Canada. One facility is the corporate offices, research and development laboratories, training center and manufacturing. The second facility is the warehouse distribution center. Our products are intended for the most demanding professional automotive refinisher. Currently, Pro Form manufactures over 900 products. We also market our products to companies under private label agreements. Pro Form brand is a promise of reliability; our obsession is quality and our goal is product performance. Pro Form is always looking to develop the next new product to continue to meet the demands of a changing marketplace. Please review our web site and put our products to the test. Thank you for your business.