1944 headquarters weaverville north carolina united states key people benhard conrad president parent conrad industries website www.abemblem.com footnotes references 1 a b emblems is a manufacturer of emblems and patches for military government corporate and organizations . the company began as a manufacturer of military emblems in world war ii . 2 the company began producing mission patches for nasa in 1969 for apollo 11 and has been the sole contractor for nasa mission patches since 1971 . mission commanders have visited the western north carolina facility to participate in design on the mission logo . 2 3 4 5 the company also manufactures emblems and pins for boy scouts of america and girl scouts of the usa 6 7 the company also produces patches and emblems for police fire and other emergency services organizations as well as corporate applications and souvenirs sold in gift shops . references edit ab emblem conrad industries inc weaverville north carolina nc company profile a b made in nc a b emblem . wghp . feb 2011 . mcfadyen duncan . nc company s space shuttle connection ends . wfae . history . conrad industries . space mission patches about patches licensees . boy scouts of america . boyle alan . new frontiers for shuttle souvenirs . msnbc . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title a b emblem & oldid 643112775 categories buncombe county north carolina navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 18 january 2015 at 22 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view