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

2020

Duncan Shifts to Craft Focus

2021

Aleene's Original Tacky Glue has been inducted into The Association for Creative Industries Product Hall of Fame.

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.

Get to Know Some of Our Core Brands

Creativity doesn’t stop, and neither does our Craft brands team. See how we’ve been fueling the DIY industry over the last year with colorful, innovative products & inspiration to meet the needs of the ever-evolving creative marketplace.

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Benefits

Being on our team has some serious perks!

Giving Back

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

So far, we've donated over 2,500 masks to Community Medical Centers, with thousands more on the way.

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

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