of office products and business supplies with subsidiaries in 25 countries and sales in over 120 countries . 1 esselte makes files binders folders covers staplers letter trays and computer accessories under the esselte leitz oxford pendaflex rapid and xyron brands . customers range from wholesalers and direct marketers to office superstores and mass retailers . 2 founded in 1913 in stockholm sweden esselte is today controlled by the boston based private equity firm j.w. childs & associates as a result of a going private acquisition for approximately 560 million originated in 2002 by boston based sequel management see below 1 2 and the parent company itself is domiciled in luxembourg . prior to the acquisition of esselte by j.w. childs the company had been publicly listed on the stockholm and london stock exchanges . 3 contents 1 history 1.1 acquisitions 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit founded in 1913 when 13 swedish printing and graphic businesses joined forces to create the company sveriges litografiska tryckerier abbreviated slt in 1970 the company renamed itself esselte reflecting the pronunciation of the abbreviation . 4 in 2002 the boston ma based us private equity investment firm j.w. childs & associates purchased esselte for approximately 560 million in a transaction originated and introduced by jonathan slater of sequel management a boston based transaction sponsor . at the time of the esselte acquisition by j.w. childs the company was dual listed on the stockholm and london stock exchanges and had revenues in excess of 1 billion . 5 acquisitions edit in 1978 esselte acquired the dymo corporation which grew to revenues of approximately 225 million by 2005 when it was sold to newell rubbermaid for approximately 730 million more than 1.3 x the price j.w. childs paid for esselte itself back in 2002 . 6 in 1998 the company acquired leitz a leading german manufacturer of office products . 7 in 2010 esselte acquired isaberg rapid a leading stapling company based in sweden 8 and ampad a leading north american manufacturer of office products . 9 see also edit wikimedia commons has media related to esselte . ampad leitz j.w. childs associates oxford pendaflex references edit a b esselte . j.w. childs associates . retrieved 27 june 2014 . a b industry center esselte corporation company profile . yahoo . retrieved 27 june 2014 . koncernstruktur . solid business sverige ab . retrieved 27 june 2014 . esselte . nationalencyklopedin . retrieved 27 june 2014 . history . esselte . retrieved 27 june 2014 . newell rubbermaid to acquire dymo from esselte . newell rubbermaid . retrieved 27 june 2014 . pederson jay p. international directory of company histories vol . 48 ed . . st james press . esselte completes acquisition of isaberg rapid . prweb . retrieved 27 june 2014 . esselte acquires ampad . bloomberg news . retrieved 27 june 2014 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title esselte & oldid 717755728 categories companies established in 1913manufacturing companies of swedenoffice supply companiesstationeryswedish brands1913 establishments in swedenhidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschesperantoitaliano svenska edit links this page was last modified on 29 april 2016 at 14 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view