McCaw, Stevenson & Orr, Limited
McCaw, Stevenson & Orr, Limited was a printing company that ended up creating one of the best known glue brands Seccotine.
The company printed books, placards and postcards.
![Post Card printed by McCaw. Stevenson & Orr LTD, Belfast & London](https://www.archivish.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/image-1024x651.jpeg)
Seccotine
The company didn’t stick to their main product as a printing house.
In 1894 Sohn Stevensen got a patent for their refined liquid fish glue Seccotine.
The glue was so well known a brand, that Agatha Christie used it in two of her murder mystery novels, “The man in the Brown Suit” from 1924 and “Death on the Nile” in 1937.
In the 1960’s a general purpose PVA glue was introduced to the market, by the the name “Seccotine No2”
![SECCOTINE - Seccotine is the most famous adhesive in the world - Sticks everything - McCaw, Stevenson & Orr, Limited - The Linenhall Works - Belfast - Northern Ireland](https://www.archivish.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/574CF3CD-3CDE-4C33-8454-21C1E39F1E17-1024x768.jpeg)
![SECCOTINE - Seccotine is the most famous adhesive in the world - Sticks everything - McCaw, Stevenson & Orr, Limited - The Linenhall Works - Belfast - Northern Ireland](https://www.archivish.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2AA8EE44-B770-4B1F-9A94-B6D804F0E7D0-1024x768.jpeg)
“Stick to SECCOTINE
-it sticks everything!
Seccotine advertisement 1956
Patents
The company patented a special postal tube, that could be opened longitudinally so that papers weren’t damaged by inserting them from the end.
They also got a patent on a new hinged drawer design that could hold paper in a more accesible way.
According to their 1890’s advertisements, they also had a patent regarding their window decorations.
![Get rid of all Disagreeable Views from your windows, by using McCaw, Stevenson & Orr's Patent Glacier Window Decoration - 1890s](https://www.archivish.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/billede.png)