Long before the 1900’s, the entrepreneurial spirit of the Meyer family existed in a diversity of business enterprises. There was a tobacco shop, the barbershop, and the flower shop. Pictured here is the A.B. Meyer Coal Company dating back to 1923. As the use of coal started to decline, the Meyers became involved in building supplies and limestone. They later discovered the dust from the crushed limestone was a desired product as a fertilizer, paint pigment, a filler in resins, and even for chicken feed.

Charles F. Meyer, Jr. (center) developed a passion and an expertise for selling the crushed limestone throughout the state of Indiana. In June of 1950, he incorporated his company and named it Meyer Materials, Inc. IN 1951, his son Fred (right) joined the business, and then in 1957 his youngest son John (left) became a partner. This was the humble beginning of our company.

In the early 60’s, the Meyer boys discovered fiberglass reinforced plastics. They were on the cutting edge of technology with this product and again traveled the entire state teaching companies how to use this product. Many of the local boat companies became customers.

It wasn’t too long before Meyer Materials had the knowledge to begin blending their own plastic resins. They began selling a two-part epoxy glue that hardened in thirty minutes and called it "Snappy". Their logo was a turtle with a teardrop on the shell. John told the story of securing a large account that said they would buy the glue, but the turtle and the name Snappy had to go.

Throughout the 60’s and 70’s Meyer Materials grew into a full line plastic distributor and sheet fabricator. The Meyer name was recognized as an honest, dependable source for plastics, sign materials, adhesives, fiberglass and resin, and silicone molding products. Customers also knew that if they had to have a special part made, the folks at Meyer were the ones to call for cutting, routing, polishing and vacuum or drape forming. With more emphasis on the plastics business, we changed our name to Meyer Plastics, Inc.

In 1982 Ralph Meyer joined his father John in the company. His first assignment was inside sales. Ralph had graduated in engineering at Purdue and since 1990 had been the President of Tedco, Inc., a toy manufacturing and distribution company in Hagerstown, Indiana. Through the next several years Ralph experienced all of the various areas within Meyer and was able to add his engineering and manufacturing knowledge to the company. Ralph was elected President by the board in 1995.

In the late 80’s and 90’s it became clear that we could serve our customers better by establishing branches in strategic locations. Our customers wanted us closer for quicker delivery, so we added branches in Lafayette, Evansville and Fort Wayne. We also established the Plastics Center as a rapid response location for walk-in customers. Today, we serve our customers from several locations throughout the Midwest including Dayton, Ohio.

Meyer Plastics was founded on the principles of a firm handshake, personal relationships and quality products. Today, we are proud that these principles continue to drive each of our customer and supplier partnerships. We consider Meyer Plastics, Inc. to be "Your Plastics Solution Partner".