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Newell Rubbermaid <tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; padding:16px 0 16px 0;"></td></tr>
Type	Public NYSE: NWL
Founded	1902, Newell Manufacturing Company, Inc., Ogdensburg, NY.
Headquarters	Atlanta, GA (incorporated in Delaware) <tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Key people</th><td>William D. Marohn, Chairman Mark D. Ketchum, President and CEO J. Patrick Robinson, Vice President and CFO</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Industry</th><td>Consumer goods</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Products</th><td>Variety of Consumer goods</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Revenue</th><td>Image:Red Arrow Down.svg$6,342.5 million (Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 6.0%)USD (2005)</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Employees</th><td>31,100 (2004)</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Website</th><td>http://www.newellco.com</td></tr>

Newell Rubbermaid is a global manufacturer of home organization products, such as plastic outdoor storage sheds in various sizes (which are made by blow-molded panels), kitchen, hardware, seasonal, cleaning products such as brooms, dustpans, and refuse containers, a wide variety of Rubbermaid reusable plastic containers and their lids, and commercial items. In 1994, Rubbermaid was voted America's most admired company. Newell, a major competitor, bought Rubbermaid for $5.8 billion in 1999.

The company moved to Georgia recently, setting up its new headquarters in Sandy Springs immediately north of Atlanta. It operates factories and distribution centers in several U.S. states and abroad.

Contents 1 Brands 1.1 Cleaning and Organization 1.2 Home and Family 1.3 Home Fashions 1.4 Office Products 1.5 Tools and Hardware 1.6 Divestitures 2 External links

[edit] Brands

Brand (year of acquisition)

[edit] Cleaning and Organization

• Rubbermaid (1999)
• Rubbermaid Home Products (1999)
• Rubbermaid Commercial Products (1999)
• Rubbermaid Europe (1999)
• Rubbermaid Medical Solutions (1999)

[edit] Home and Family

• Goody (1993)
• Calphalon (1998)
• Graco (1999)

[edit] Home Fashions

• Newell original curtain rod business of (1902)
• LeeRowan closet organization (1993)
• Levolor blinds (1993)
• Kirsch (1997)
• Swish (1998)
• Gardinia (1998)
• Harrison Drape (1999)

[edit] 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, for $730 Million USD)
• Foohy
• Laurentien (Canada)
• mimio

[edit] 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)
• TaraCorp (2005) (Sterling Solder) and (Dutch Boy Solder)
• Pelouze (2006)
• Lenox Indistrial Tools

[edit] Divestitures

• Mirro (acq. 1983)
• Anchor Hocking (acq. 1987)
• Intercraft (acq. 1992)
• Curver (acq. 1999)
• Grumbacher (divested 2006)
• Little Tikes (divested 2006)

[edit] External links

• Rubbermaid website
• Rubbermaid Commercial Products website
• Newell Rubbermaid corporate website
• IRWIN Industrial Tools website
• HipSips by Rubbermaid website
• BernzOmatic website
• Shur-line website
• Sharpie website