Del was a medical supplies sales guy in the 70's. Things were going fine until one Friday in 1976, when he decided to kick off work a little early to garden. The boss drove by, wrote him up, and Del got frustrated about the work/life balance.
He also knew there was a growing need for adhesive tapes and labels in the medical industry. His desire to work from home (way ahead of his time, that guy) and his entrepreneurial spirit led him to his garage. One used tape slitter later, he was in business. And we still have that same slitter!
A new chapter, 50 years in
In 2026, fifty years after Del started in his garage, ChromaLabel passed from the Latham family to the Thomas family. We're grateful to the Lathams for five decades of building something worth carrying on.
Joe Thomas runs ChromaLabel today with a team of about 30 people, most of them right here in Saint Marys, Kansas. We still have Del's original slitter, and we still check every order by hand. We now proudly serve manufacturing, aerospace, data and (of course) medical customers, along with scores of others.
New owners, same promise. That same expertise and passion drives us to provide you with custom solutions you need to stress out less, and save time at work...
...so you can take a Friday afternoon off with your family. Del would approve.
