Aexcel

Aexcel Corporation began as DeSantis Coatings, and was founded by Erminio and Vincent DeSantis in 1963. The company started with three people, one high-speed mixer, a 10,000-square-foot facility, and no customers. But over the next half-century, we underwent quite the transformation. We began bidding on traffic paint contracts for state, county, and city use. In 1964, we successfully bid to supply 600,000 gallons to the State of Ohio. That contract, along with other small bids and accounts, laid the runway for our growth. Over the next several years, we began offering less seasonal products, so we added maintenance and industrial coatings to our product offering. Bridge and structural steel paints soon followed. By 1968, a 10,000-square-foot addition was made to the plant in order to accommodate our growth and expanded product offering. Erminio DeSantis died in 1969.