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Note 1 - The Company | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements |
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1. | The Company
Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. (“Alpha Pro Tech,” the “Company,” “we”, “us” or “our”) 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, housewrap accessories, namely tape and flashing, and synthetic roof underlayment, as well as other woven material. The Disposable Protective Apparel segment consists of a complete line of disposable protective garments (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 of our disposable protective apparel products, including face masks and face 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 Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approved facilities, regardless of the market served. Based on these similarities, the Infection Control segment was combined with the Disposable Protective Apparel segment during the first quarter of 2019. The disclosures in these Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements reflect this current segmentation. The Company's products are sold under the "Alpha Pro Tech" brand name as well as under private label, and are predominantly sold in the United States of America (“US”). The ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID- 19 ) pandemic has adversely affected global economies, financial markets and the overall environment in which we do business. The impact of the COVID- 19 pandemic continues to unfold. Overall, the increase in sales of our Disposable Protective Apparel segment products resulting from the pandemic has had a positive impact on our 2020 year end results. The extent of the pandemic's effect on our future operational and financial performance will depend in large part on future developments, which cannot be predicted with confidence at this time. Future developments include the duration, scope and severity of the pandemic, including the severity and transmission rate of COVID- 19 variants the actions taken to contain or mitigate its impact, the impact on governmental programs and budgets, the development of treatments or vaccines and mass vaccinations efforts, and the resumption of widespread economic activity in certain sectors. Due to the inherent uncertainty of the unprecedented and rapidly evolving situation, we are unable to predict with any certainty the likely impact of the COVID- 19 pandemic on our future operations.

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