Acco Brands

What: Acco Brands, Inc., is a company that has several divisions. The two you have probably heard of are Swingline and Gravis. The complete list of divisions is:

• Daytimer - Manufacturer of dayplanners and personal organizers
• Wilson Jones - Manufacturer of document management products
• Swingline - Manufacturer of famous staplers
• Gravis - Manufacturer of game controllers
• Maco - Manufacturer of labels, nametags, etc.
• Apollo - Manufacturer of presentation products (slide machines, etc)
• Kensington - Manufacturer of various computer equipment
• Perma - ???
• Boone - Manufacturer of boards (whiteboards, blackboards, etc)

Acco Brands, Inc., is owned and operated by Fortune Brands.

When: Acco Brands is the name for the merged companies Daytimer, Wilson Jones, Swingline, and Kensington, which merged in 1992.

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Most of this information was gleaned from www.swingline.com. If you have any information to add feel free to /msg me.