GETTING TO KNOW DUNCAN

Our History

What began in 1946 as a small startup in the Duncan family’s garage is today a thriving international business with the same close-knit, family-owned vibes our company was founded on. Our dedication to our team and our adaptability to change has evolved this company from the garage to selling creative lifestyle products in every state in the U.S. and 35 other countries.

1944-2016

1944

Duncan family partnership formed

1946

Duncan Ceramics is launched

1975

Duncan Ceramics becomes Duncan Enterprises

1983

Larry Duncan becomes company president

1988

Duncan enters the craft industry with scribbles

1996

Tulip and Polymark brands are acquired

1997

Aleene's glue brand is acquired

2000

Rainbow Rock Tie Dye is acquired

2016

Tattoo Junkee & Glimmer Body Art acquired

2016

Color Me Mine also acquired

2018

Growth & Expansion with 3 Brands

How We Make an Impact

sales

Sales

We make stuff. We sell stuff. Our dynamic sales and customer support teams ensure that our products are sold and supported on an international scale across major retailers.

Brand

With 10 brands and counting under one roof, our brand team is all about innovation, diversity and taking our brands to crazy new levels of superstardom.

operations

Operations

We think it’s pretty cool that we actually make and bottle a lot of the 30 million pounds of product we ship each year right here at our Fresno facility. Our hard-working operations team gets it done.

Corporate

It takes a lot to keep a company with 200 employees running. Our finance, IT and human resources teams make sure we’re always operating in top shape.

corporate

creative

Creative & Marketing

Climb outside of the box and toss it in the recycling bin. From graphics, video and photography, to trend and our digital presence, our brilliant team of creatives keeps the wheels turning and the quirky ideas on lock.

Our Brands

Get to know some of our core brands.

Duncan Ceramics

Everyone loves a hand-painted mug with their name on it. Or maybe a heart. Or a puppy. You get the point. Duncan Ceramics makes it possible to make your wildest dreams come true on mugs. Or frames, or whatever.

Tulip

Once upon a time, tie dye was really hard and Puffy Paint sweatshirts were cool. Wait, they’re still cool. And tie dye is easy now too, all thanks to the color pros at Tulip. You’re welcome.

Tattoo Junkee

For the girl who loves the hustle, this edgy line of lip paints has effects that are straight-up addicting. Work hard, play harder – and look good doing it with Tattoo Junkee.

Aleene's Premium Glue

No one ever thinks about the perfect glue until they find themselves in a sticky situation. (Pun intended!) Luckily, Aleene’s has been around for more than 50 years, so we kinda know what we’re doing.

Color Me Mine

Before paint night out, there was Color Me Mine for ART AS ENTERTAINMENT. Now the leader in the contemporary ceramic arts market and the only international chain in the industry, people from all over the globe still love to get their paint on at Color Me Mine.

Chesapeake Ceramics

Part of being a ceramics industry leader is offering the best of the best. Chesapeake Ceramics is the leading provider of ceramic supplies in North America and carries more than 7,000 unique products supplied by other rockstar brands and manufacturers.

LIQUE Cosmetics

Developed for QUEENS everywhere, LIQUE Cosmetics is dedicated to care and color for lips. The brand focuses on offering a prestigious, affordable beauty experience with every product – from the packaging to the ingredients – so there’s always money left over for a bigger crown.

COLORSHOT Premium Spray Paint

This line of spray paint is designed to be everything regular spray paint isn’t. Head-turning colors, a hardworking acrylic paint formula and a propellant derived from sustainable sugarcane – all in a can that fits in your hand like your favorite hairspray.

Join Us

Do creative and lifestyle products give you all the feels? Join our A-Team today!

Benefits

Being on our team has some serious perks!

Giving Back

We believe we are part of something much bigger than ourselves … our community.

We partner with The Boys & Girls Club several times throughout the year, donating art supplies, hosting tie-dye activities and more.

Each year we partner with the PG&E scholarship program to provide summer internships for students in high school.

We donate art materials to local schools and non-profit organizations to help reduce the cost of materials for teachers.

We’ve partnered with this awesome program at Fresno State to help special needs students learn life skills and job etiquette.

We provide student internships, and some of our team members have served as student supervisors and on the school’s advisory committee.

Our Mission

Simply put, our mission at Duncan Enterprises is to make it easy to experience creativity.

But with such a diverse portfolio of brands and products, you still might be wondering what we actually do in the grand scheme of things. We look at it this way:

We innovate products.
We grow people.
We give back to our community.

How do we do this? Our team follows 6 Guiding Principles that have helped us thrive for more than 70 years:

Practice high ethical standards.
Respect people and their ideas.
Use education, training and recognition to empower team members.
Embrace constant change, improvement and innovation.
Be socially and environmentally responsible.
Achieve continuous long-term success and profitability for all stakeholders.

Bringing It Home

Peep some of the awesomeness Fresno has to offer.

WHY FRESNO?

Contact Us

Address

5673 E. Shields Avenue Fresno, CA 93727

Phone

Office: 559-291-4444

Email Address

info@duncan.com

News

January 18, 2017