The Beadery
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| Headquarters | Hope Valley, Rhode Island, United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Parent | Buick, LLC |
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The Beadery®, headquartered in Hope Valley, Rhode Island, is an American injection molding manufacturer. The product line consists mainly of beads and stones for the jewelry and craft industries.
History
The trade name The Beadery® was first used by Greene Plastics Corporation in July 1971.[1] Greene Plastics Corp. was already a known manufacturer of both injection and compression molded plastic stones and cabochons for the costume jewelry industry, and The Beadery® brand was created to service the growing craft industry.
Over the years, several more product lines have been added to the craft and jewelry components. These included kits with everything needed to make jewelry, home decor items, holiday decoration and beaded banners. There have also been the Colorful Frames™ line of picture frames and the Beads-n-Beams™ construction set toy line. Other non-bead product lines from The Beadery® include flat backed faceted stones and smooth cabochons, mosaic pieces and Sea Jewels™ decorative nuggets.
In February 2013, Greene Plastics Corp. was purchased and reopened as Buick, LLC. which still does business as The Beadery®. Later that year, after working with Choon's Designs LLC, the Wonder Loom® product line was introduced.[2] This was a redesigned version of the popular Rainbow Loom toy to be sold at Walmart for their "buy American" initiative.[3] The Wonder Loom® product line has since been expanded to include new band colors and assortments and beads and charms to attach to the bracelets. The Beadery® has also announced a smaller hand-held version called the HandyLoom™ and other new tools and accessories being revealed later in 2014.[4]
In 2014, The Beadery® became a sponsor of the 360 Degrees Vanishing art project by Selven O'Keef Jarmon that will be on display at the Art League building in Houston. This project consists of over 350,000 acrylic beads being crafted by South African beaders into a giant art piece that will cover the outside of the building.[5]
Product Lines
- Craft Beads
- Jewelry Components
- Holiday Decoration Kits
- Clearly Mosaics™
- Sea Jewels™
- Novelty Boxes
- Wonder Loom®
- Colorful Frames™
- Beads-n-Beams™
Gallery
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Bowl decorated with broken mosaics
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Illuminated wine bottle filled with colorful beads and Christmas lights
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Dinosaurs made from plastic beads
References
- ↑ United States Patent and Trademark Office. "Trademark Electronic Search System". Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ↑ Kavanaugh, Catherine (15 December 2013). "Rainbow Loom's creator weaves success from playtime inspiration". Crain's Detroit Business.
- ↑ Chesto, Jon (18 May 2014). "Here's how Wal-Mart helped a Mass. manufacturer add dozens of jobs". Boston Business Journal. Boston Business Journal.
- ↑ "The Beadery Buzz: Wonder Loom Products". The Beadery. March 2014.
- ↑ Drummond, Cynthia (27 Oct 2014). "Local beads star in art installation". The Westerly Sun. The Westerly Sun.