Sanford (writing products)

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Sanford L.P. is a Newell Rubbermaid company. Sanford is the largest writing products manufacturer in the world. It is primarily known for manufacturing Sharpie® Markers, its uni-ball® pens and automatic pencils, and its Paper Mate® products.

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[edit] History

It was founded in 1857 by Frederick W. Redington and William H. Sanford, Jr. in Massachusetts as the Sanford Manufacturing Company. Of course, in 1857 Frederick W. Redington and William H. Sanford, Jr. never dreamed that the small company they founded would grow into a market giant.

The company moved to Chicago in 1866 - five years before the Great Chicago Fire destroyed Sanford's Chicago location. New facilities were soon built and it was back to business as usual. In 1947, just following World War II, the Sanford Ink Company was forced to move locations to make room for a new expressway. The company settled in Bellwood, Illinois, where it still maintains a facility.

At the time of the move to Bellwood in 1947, Sanford consisted of 100 employees and sales of $500,000. Recently, Sanford's 3,000 employees produced almost $1 billion in annual sales.

In August, 1985 Sanford became a public company. On February 14, 1992, Sanford itself was acquired by the Newell Company, (now called Newell Rubbermaid, a Fortune 500 company).

[edit] Acquisitions

Business grew through many acquisitions. Newell already owned Keene Office Products and Rogers Office Products, acquired in 1991. In 1994 they acquired Eberhard Faber, in 1995 Berol and Phillips, and in 1998 rotring, a German pen company. Also in 1998, Sanford split into two divisions: Sanford North America and Sanford International. In 1999 Rubbermaid Incorporated Home Products, Little Tikes, Graco, and Curver were acquired and the company changed its name to Newell Rubbermaid.

Sanford became a major force in office products when, in 2000, Gillette sold its writing instruments division to Newell Rubbermaid, whose own stationery division, Sanford, became Sanford, L.P. Gilette had acquired Parker Pens in 1993 and had already owned the PaperMate brand, as well as Waterman and Liquid Paper. This, along with other acquisitions, made Sanford the largest writing products manufacturer in the world.

[edit] Locations

Sanford has locations in Bellwood, IL; Lewisburg and Shelbyville, TN; Janesville, WI; Los Angeles, CA; Ontario, Canada; Hamburg, Germany; Mexicali, Mexico; Bogotá, Colombia; Caracas, Venezuela; and Newhaven, UK.

As one of Newell Rubbermaid's largest and most profitable companies, Sanford stands as an international leader in the writing instrument and art supplies industries. [1]

Today Sanford is headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois.

[edit] Brands

Sanford manufactures pens and pencils under many brandnames:

Sanford also owns Berol, and Reynolds, primarily sold in Europe.

Sanford manufactures other office supplies such as CardScan, Dymo, Laurentein, Liquid Paper, mimio, pelouze, and Rolodex.

[edit] References

Sanford, L.P.[2] Newell Rubbermaid [3]

[edit] External Links

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