American Educational Products, Inc - AMEP;EP- Profile

American Educational Products, Inc. develops, manufactures and distributes educational products. The company's products are supplemental instructional aids that present educational content in a format different than traditional textbooks. Products are marketed under various trade names such as Scott Resources which specializes in manufacturing maths products and earth science (geology) products. Hubbard Scientific specializes in manufacturing science products for teaching life science (biology and chemistry) and physical science (physics and astronomy). National Teaching Aids specializes in microslide viewers and the microslides. Summit Learning distributes a wide array of maths and science products primarily through the use of direct mail advertising. Customers of the company include educational institutions, wholesalers, individual educators and consumers. The products are marketed through the use of 300 distributors throughout the United States. International markets include Europe, the Pacific rim and the Middle East. During 1999, the company acquired certain operating assets of To-Sew. Educational materials manufacturing accounted for 69% of 1999 revenues & educational materials distribution, 31%.