History
It was formed in 1848 to make cardboard and glazed paper. It was then called the Nashua Gummed and Coated Paper Company. During the Gold Rush in California it made playing cards for the mining trade and was known locally thereafter for many decades (well into the 1950's) as the Card Shop. In 1926 it bought the Knowles Youngblood Co., and in 2000 it merged with Rittenhouse, another printing specialty firm.
Nashua Corporation sold its line of tape products to Tyco International in 1997. The tape products line was then divested as part of Covalence Specialty Materials which later merged with Berry Plastics. Nashua Brand Tape Products are now manufactured in Franklin, Kentucky.
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