Northwest Adhesives, Inc. was started in 1995 by Charles and Beverly Asbury. Starting from scratch, Charles and Beverly sought to establish a company that would provide superior hotmelt adhesives to serve the paper packaging and wood products industries. They had no customers, no formulas, and no employees, yet Charles and Beverly were full of ambition and confident that they would be successful. Today, Northwest Adhesives has grown to become a multinational supplier of hotmelt adhesives to clients in countries as far as Canada, Finland, Russia, Malaysia, Thailand, New Zealand, as well as all across the United States. The company has roughly 25 employees including several dedicated sales agents, representatives, and third party distributors. Their son Bryan Asbury works as General Manager for Northwest Adhesives with his wife, Melissa, as Operations Manager.