American Pacific International Inc. was established and headquartered in New York City in 1991 as a general trading company, engaged as an intermediary, importer/exporter, facilitator or broker in various types of trade between and among business enterprises and countries.
We are one of the largest trading companies in the United States and remained strong throughout this time and continued to add to its growing list of trusted worldwide agents in all key ports to extend our reach. As the need arose, we added specialized services such as Trading Project and Logistics Management which have proven to be valuable additions to our company. But unlike many other businesses of our size and scope, American Pacific has few fixed assets, relying instead on the creativity, ingenuity and innovation of our talented and experienced people, our intensive information gathering skills and our extensive financial resources.
American Pacific trades in a broad range of commodities, agricultural goods, machinery, auto parts, textile products, furniture product, energy products, and natural resources for our own account, and on behalf of our clients. In addition, we are more than just global traders and brokers. We also act as major financiers, investors and large-scale organizers. We play a vital role in the logistics of transactions, such as the global movement of products. We assume and manage risk involved in transactions and act as business consultants, using our vast trade experience in new business development. We provide many specialized services, including sales support, transportation, insurance, storage, financing and leasing, engineering and construction service, and traffic and logistics planning. We are also the holding company of, or significant investor in, a number of major companies within our specialty industries.
Technology was applied to all of our operations as it became available. American Pacific has always explored the emerging technology of the time to determine if it would be applicable to its existing systems without sacrificing the personal service American Pacific is famous for. American Pacific was the first company in our industry to have a web site when the internet was unknown by most people and the graphical web was only a dream. We had email capabilities when there was no one in our industry to receive our email. American Pacific always had to wait for its peers and competitors to catch up. Today our American Pacific Supply Chain and Shipment System embodies not only the latest technology but also incorporates over 20 years of experience in the way it audits and checks data and documents for best practices, errors and compliance.
For over two decades American Pacific has believed in providing unique service to each of its customers no matter what their size. When others adopted assembly line processing methods, American Pacific held the line and used technology to overcome the added expense of maintaining a well rounded and experienced staff. This allows American Pacific to offer competitive rates without compromising its higher service standard.