NEWELL RUBBERMAID

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'Newell Rubbermaid' (NYSE: NWL) is a global marketer of consumer and commercial products, including such well-known brands as Rubbermaid food storage, home organization, and refuse container products; Sharpie, PaperMate, Parker, and Waterman writing instruments; Calphalon gourmet cookware; Goody personal grooming products, Irwin and Lenox tools and accessories, and BernzOmatic torches and patio heaters.
The company's corporate headquarters is in Sandy Springs immediately north of Atlanta, Georgia.
It operates innovation centers and manufacturing and distribution facilities in several U.S. states and around the world.

Contents

The Newell Rubbermaid Merger

Brands

Cleaning, Organization & Decor

Home and Family

Office Products

Tools and Hardware

Divestitures

External links

The Newell Rubbermaid Merger

Newell Company and Rubbermaid merged in 1999, nearly doubling in size and significantly increasing the combined company's portfolio of brands.

Brands

Brand (year of acquisition)

Cleaning, Organization & Decor

★ Rubbermaid (1999)

★ Rubbermaid Home Products (1999)

★ Rubbermaid Commercial Products (1999)

★ Rubbermaid Europe (1999)

★ Rubbermaid Medical Solutions (1999)

★ Levolor blinds (1993)

★ Kirsch (1997)

Home and Family

★ Goody (1993)

★ Calphalon (1998)

★ Graco (1999)

Office Products

★ Sanford writing products (1992), (Sharpie)

★ Eberhard Faber (1994),

★ Berol (1995),

★ Rotring (1998)

★ Reynolds (1999)

★ Paper Mate (2000) (acquired from Gillette)

★ Parker Pen (2000) (acquired from Gillette)

★ Waterman pens (2000) (acquired from Gillette)

★ Liquid Paper (2000) (acquired from Gillette)

★ Dymo (2005) (acquired from Esselte)

★ Mimio

Tools and Hardware

★ EZ Paintr (1973)

★ BernzOmatic hand-held torches and accessories (1982)

★ Amerock cabinet and door hardware (along with Anchor Hocking) (1987)

★ Shur-Line paint applicators (2000)

★ American Tool (2002) (Irwin Industrial Tools Vise-Grip and Quick-Grip)

★ American Saw & Mfg. Co (2003) (Lenox)

★ Pelouze (2006)

★ Lenox Industrial Tools

★ Irwin Industrial Tools

Divestitures

★ Mirro (acq. 1983)

★ Anchor Hocking (acq. 1987)

★ Intercraft (acq. 1992)

★ Curver (acq. 1999)

★ Grumbacher (divested 2006)

★ Little Tikes (divested 2006)

External links

★ Rubbermaid website

★ Rubbermaid Commercial Products website

★ Rubbermaid Medical Solutions website

★ Newell Rubbermaid corporate website

★ IRWIN Industrial Tools website

★ HipSips by Rubbermaid website

★ BernzOmatic website

★ Shur-line website

★ Sharpie website

★ Wal-Mart's influence grows