![]() In 2000 Gillette sold its writing instruments division to the company Newell Rubbermaid, whose Sanford Stationery Division became the largest writing instrument manufacturers in the world at that time, simultaneously owning such brand names as Rotring, Sharpie, Reynolds as well as Parker, PaperMate, Waterman, and Liquid Paper. In 1993 Parker was purchased by the Gillette Company, which already owned the Paper Mate brand - the best-selling disposable ballpoint. Ī management buyout in 1986, moved the company's headquarters to Newhaven, East Sussex, England, which was the original location of the Valentine Pen Company previously acquired by Parker. ![]() A 1982 spinoff, Sintered Specialties, Inc., became SSI Technologies, a manufacturer of automotive sensors. ![]() In time Manpower provided more revenue than the pen business. In 1976 Parker acquired Manpower just as the temporary staffing market was surging. The company bought retailer and catalog company Norm Thompson in 1973, and then sold it in 1981. To avoid a costly patent fight the companies agreed to share their formulas with each other. Unfortunately, the Scripto company had introduced a similar product called Fluidlead a few months previously. In 1955, the company introduced its Liquid Lead pencil which used liquid graphite to write like a pen. The Jotter would go on to sell over 750 million units during its history. ![]() In 1954 Parker released the Parker Jotter ballpoint pen with its original nylon body and inverted "V" clip. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
December 2022
Categories |