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Press Release from The Batavian April 30, 2024 Excerpt:  Chapin International would like to announce that Jim Campbell, longtime CEO and President of the company, will be retiring at the end of 2024. Jim has not just guided but rather propelled Chapin through tremendous growth over the last twenty years of management. When asked about retirement, Jim quickly acknowledges that his team and all the folks who work in Batavia and the outside businesses have been critical to Chapin's continued success.  “All good things happen because people pull together and make things happen,” said Campbell. “I am really proud to...

Chapin International Wins 2023 Manufacturing Award for Operational Excellence - Buffalo Business First Batavia, NY, April 24, 2023 – Chapin International wins the 2023 Buffalo Business First manufacturing award in Operational Excellence. 2023 marks Chapin’s 139th year in business and 139 years of manufacturing excellence. It represents continued success and growth. Chapin has been a privately held company since its inception. It’s built solid ties in the community, strong vendor relationships and a valued local workforce. Chapin International understands that “made locally, sold globally” resonates with those living in the communities where Chapin operates. It’s the pride of those living and...

A tradition of quality Building upon its long history of manufacturing excellence, Chapin Manufacturing, Inc. aims to become a market leader in the retail and industrial sprayers and spreaders space. Chapin Manufacturing, Inc. is able to trace its roots back to the 1880s, when it started as a hardware store in Oakfield, New York. Following a move and an evolution into compressed air and hand sprayers, over the next 100+ years the company continued to grow its business, until today, where we find it as a manufacturer of backpack, hand, deck and wallpaper, pest control, industrial, construction, cleaning and degreasing,...