United Resins, Inc. Celebrates 50 Years

Fifty years ago, a chemist and WWII veteran from West Virginia had a dream. Albert O’Brien wanted to start a cast acrylic manufacturing plant. Initial use of cast acrylic was developed by the US military for windshields and other components on wartime aircraft. O’Brien founded United Resins Incorporated after WWII at a time when new cast acrylic applications were emerging.

In 1954, O’Brien started his cast acrylic rod manufacturing site in an old hatchery in southern New Jersey. Casting acrylic is a very specialized process and he had to design and perfect a process from scratch. By the late 50’s, United Resins was casting hundreds of pounds of small diameter rod for the telecommunications industry and added cast acrylic tubing to its product line.

In the late 60’s, O’Brien established a partnership with Arthur Laverne Hyde, the founder of AL Hyde Company. United Resins grew rapidly into a major manufacturer of cast acrylic rod and tube. O’Brien and Hyde made the decision to market exclusively through of plastic distributors. As a result of this strategy, United Resins and AL Hyde Company grew dramatically and AL Hyde Company was the very first manufacturer inducted into the IAPD (then NAPD).

Albert O’Brien still serves as the full time President of United Resins Incorporated.

For more information, contact Sheridan O’Brien, CS Hyde Company, 1351 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Lake Villa, IL 60046, 800-461-4161 / 847-395-0325, Fax: 847-395-0535, E-mail: sales@cshyde.com, Web: www.cshyde.com.