Esselte Acquires Ampad
June 08, 2010 03:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time
STAMFORD, Conn.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Esselte announced today that it has acquired Ampad, a
leading North American manufacturer of nationally branded and private label office and stationery products. Ampad,
which has its headquarters in Richardson, Texas develops, manufactures and markets innovative and high quality
products in four major categories of writing, filing, envelopes and designer paper.
Ampad is a strategic addition to Esselte’s branded office products business and an expansion for Esselte into the
writing and envelope product categories. The acquisition is part of Esselte’s strategy to strengthen its core categories
and expand its market and global reach.
“This is an exciting opportunity for our company, as we continue our global expansion in office products” said Gary
Brooks, Chief Executive Officer of Esselte. “We look forward to working with the Ampad team and our customers
in order to ensure a seamless transition into one progressive business.”
About Esselte: The Esselte Group is one of the world’s premier manufacturers of organizational solutions.
Esselte is a $1 billion office products company with subsidiaries in 31 countries and distribution in more than
120 countries. The company’s products are sold in Europe primarily under the Esselte® , Leitz®,and Rapid®
brands and in North America primarily under the Pendaflex®, Oxford®, Xyron®, Rapid® and Ampad®
brands.
Contacts
Esselte
Candie Harris, 631-675-3431
Cell: 516-721-1602
Vice President Marketing
charris@esselte.com
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