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Sanford (writing products)

Sanford Brands
Subsidiary
Industry Stationery
Founded 1857; 160 years ago (1857) as Sanford Manufacturing Company
Founder Frederick W. Redington
Tom Sharp
William H. Sanford, Jr.
Walter DeGroft
Headquarters Oak Brook, Illinois, United States
Area served
Worldwide
Products Stationery Products
Owner Newell Brands
Divisions Sharpie
Expo Markers
Paper Mate
Dymo
Elmer's
Krazy Glue
Mr. Sketch
Parker Pens
Uniball
Prismacolor
Rotring
X-Acto
Waterman
Berol
Website www.sanfordb2b.com

Sanford L.P., is a Newell Brands company based in Oak Brook, Illinois, USA. Sanford is the largest writing products manufacturer in the world. It is primarily known for manufacturing Sharpie, Paper Mate, and Prismacolor products.

It was founded in 1857 by Frederick W. Redington and William H. Sanford, Jr. in Massachusetts as the Sanford Manufacturing Company. The company moved to Chicago in 1866 - five years before the Great Chicago Fire destroyed Sanford's Chicago location. New facilities were soon built after the devastation of the fire and operations resumed. 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. In August 1985 Sanford became a public company. On February 14, 1992, Sanford was acquired by the Newell Company, (now called Newell Brands, a Fortune 500 company).

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 technical drawing instruments company. Also in 1998, Sanford split into two divisions: Sanford North America and Sanford International. In 1999 Rubbermaid, Little Tikes, Graco, and Curver were acquired and the company changed its name to Newell Rubbermaid.


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