National Towelette

Our History

NTC’s story starts in 1991. Originally, our company name was National Industrial Products. Different times! Our company started out selling various industrial products as a distributor to the Defense Department. One of our first products was selling a single-pack alcohol wipe for cleaning gas mask respirators.

This led us to a long-term contract for providing the military with moist towelettes for their MREs (meals ready to eat). NTC has grown quite a bit since those days in the 90s. We’ve made it through all types of economic markets, epidemics, a pandemic, and we’re still here! As our client roster changed and grew, so did our team and manufacturing capabilities.

Today we focus on disinfectant wipes and other cleaning products that keep the world going.

June 6, 1991

Tim (President of NTC) gets fired from his first job out of college.
He decides he didn’t like having a boss anyway.

June 7, 1991

24 hours later, he comes up with his own idea for a company. The seeds of National Towelette are planted.

June 8, 1991

Tim makes the decision to approach the boss that just fired him about funding the new business, and secures it. The catch? Tim only owns 1% of his new company. (Six years later, he buys the other 99%)

July 1, 1991

We moved to our first office, made our first sale ($680!), and hired our first employee.

1993

We sell our first towelette to the Department of Defense (DOD) and begin distributing respirator wipes.

1995

We move from our office and move to a manufacturing space in Riverside, NJ. We also hire the first member of our management team, Bev Keating, who is still with us!

1996

We won a huge DOD order for 30 million MRE wipes and officially became a towelette manufacturer. Over the next decade, our wipes found their way into over 700 million MREs!

1996

We acquire our first perforator, a 1940s relic picked up from the side of the road.

1998

We make the jump to a relatively newfangled 1970s-era perforator from Elsner Engineering.

1999

We pack up and move to Cinnaminson, NJ

2001

We snag our first
brand client, Endust!

2003

We land our first chain, Buffalo Wild Wings, selling individual towelettes for BBQ sauce-free hands!

2004

We begin manufacturing gym wipes through a distribution partnership with the Kleen Machine Company.

2004

There is much rejoicing as we acquire our first modern-era perforator.

2007

We install our first automated production line serving multiple national brands.

2007

With our new production line we can now supply glass, furniture, leather, cooktop, and electronic wipes.

2008

We link with disinfectant manufacturer Lonza, to manufacture their EPA-registered disinfectant wipes.

2009

Swine flu panic hits the USA and sales boom. Swine Flu goes away, but NTC has gained a new customer base for disinfectant wipes.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

2011

A momentous year as we launch our flagship product: A solution-ready dry wipe called FlexWipes.

2016

2016 we acquired the Kleen Machine Company, expanding the Flexwipes brand to include disinfecting wipes for gyms.

2020

Covid sweeps across the US. In response, we add a fully automated production line, implement robotic packaging, and acquire two new perforators.

2024

Flexwipes gets a new logo, we launch this website and a new line for dry wipes!

Are you next on our timeline? Give us a call.
We’d love to see what we can do together.

Call us at: (215) 245-7300
Email us at: info@towelettes.com