Note 1 - The Company

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Notes to Financial Statements

Nature of Operations [Text Block]

1. The Company

Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. (“Alpha Pro Tech” or the “Company”) is in the business of protecting people, products and environments. The Company accomplishes this by developing, manufacturing and marketing a line of building supply products for the new home and re-roofing markets and a line of disposable protective apparel for the cleanroom, industrial pharmaceutical medical and dental markets.

The Building Supply segment consists of construction weatherization products, such as housewrap and synthetic roof underlayment, as well as other woven material.

The Disposable Protective Apparel segment consists of a complete line of disposable protective clothing (shoecovers, bouffant caps, coveralls, gowns, frocks and lab coats), face masks and face shields. Previously, face masks and face shields were included in a separate business segment called Infection Control. All our disposable protective apparel, including masks and shields, are sold through similar distribution channels, are single-use and disposable, have the purpose of protecting people, products and environments, and have to be produced in FDA approved facilities, regardless of the market served. For these reasons, the Infection Control segment was combined with the Disposable Protective Apparel segment during the quarter ended

March 31, 2019.

The disclosures herein reflect this current segmentation.

The Company’s products are sold under the "Alpha Pro Tech" brand name and under private label, and are predominantly sold in the United States of America (“US”).