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Zippo Manufacturing Company
 PROFILE
Antismoking sentiment hasn't been hazardous to the health of Zippo Manufacturing, which has found new life in selling its famous windproof lighters as collector's items. Zippo's refillable lighters (which come with a lifetime guarantee) are sold in over 120 countries. Zippo also owns W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery (pocketknives) and makes key holders, money clips, and pocket flashlights. (Lighters account for about 70% of sales.) George Blaisdell founded Zippo in 1932 after watching a friend try to light a cigarette in the wind. His daughters, Harriet Wick and Sarah Dorn (and her sons, George and Paul Duke) own Zippo. Thousands of collectors converge on Bradford, Pennsylvania, for the company's biennial swap meet.

 COMPETITION
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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: December
2000 Sales (mil.): 150.00
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 0.0%
Employees: 1,200
Revenue per employee: $125,000.00

 KEY PEOPLE
• Mike Schuler
    CEO
• Richard Rupe
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
33 Barbour St.
Bradford, PA 16701
US
Phone: 814-368-2700
Fax: 814-368-2874
Online: Web Site

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