The Ralph Brothers
Our Origins
1989
How It All Began
Ralph Brothers Laundry
Abernathy Company began as Ralph Brothers Laundry in 1898 serving Texarkana and the surrounding area. In the characteristic entrepreneurial spirit that has become a trademark of the company, the early owners decided to save detergent costs and so began manufacturing its own. As word got out about the high quality of those first products, others began requesting to purchase our growing product line, and thus the fledgling manufacturing enterprise was born.
1970
RB Chemical
In the 1970’s, Ralph Brothers Laundry became RB Chemical as it began diversifying its product line and introduced industrial cleaning products, towels, tissues, janitorial supplies and contract cleaning services.
1990
Abernathy Grows
The company became Abernathy Company in the early 1990’s. The Abernathy Company of today has grown into a conglomerate serving hundreds of businesses and institutions throughout this country and abroad.
TODAY
Abernathy
Abernathy manufactures and sells a comprehensive line of professional-grade cleaning chemicals, solutions, and services for industrial, institutional, commercial, and automotive applications. Although our primary customer base resides in Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma, we also serve customers nationwide and internationally.
We manufacture hundreds of products from four exclusive brands: Abernathy, Ralph Brothers Detail, Magic Cast, and GotDog products in Texarkana, AR. We have two distribution hubs, our main warehouse in Texarkana and a secondary location in Shreveport, LA.
These products are sold to wholesale and retail customers and are used in a wide variety of categories like automotive care, bathroom care, odor control, floor care, food services, industrial cleaners and degreasers, janitorial supply, jewelry care, laundry care, pet care, personal care, and many more.
With 125 years of experience, Abernathy and our exclusive brands are known for offering dependable products and services year after year. Our success is grounded on our ability to adapt and listen to our customers, to deliver quality products and services on time, exceeding our customer expectations with unparalleled customer service, and always operating with a strong sense of heritage and integrity.
What Sets Us Apart
GREEN FOOTPRINT
Ralph Brothers Detail’s Green Footprint products are our products which have been developed with excellent cleaning effectiveness at PH levels as close to neutral as possible to greatly reduce environmental impact. In addition we packaged in the largest units and concentration possible, thus eliminating tons of waste in our nation's landfills. By reducing waste this creates a tremendous benefit to our environment.
COST SAVINGS
There are a lot of ways to wash cars and trucks, heavy equipment, buses and transit vehicles. Time and labor costs associated with cleaning vehicles and equipment can be high depending on local cleaning conditions. A single truck can take up to four hours to clean by hand! Using ineffective products could significantly increase time, money, and labor spent on inferior solutions. Using Ralph Brothers Detail products will eliminate wasted time and will save you money. Our average customer lowers their vehicle cleaning time and costs significantly by switching to Ralph Brothers Detail products.
WIDE ASSORTMENT
We offer a line of products that are designed and manufactured by professionals for professionals. We manufacture and offer a wide assortments of auto wash, car wash, self-serve and full serve products, from car wash shampoos, to degreasers, detailing products, and an assortment of car wash accessories. We manufacture cleaning chemicals that tackle the toughest greases, grime and ordinary soiling for all types of vehicles and equipment.