wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources permacharts news newspapers books scholar jstor free images april 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message permacharts inc. type privately held industry study guides founded 1980 headquarters concord ontario canada area served worldwide key people carmine bello m.a.sc . p.eng . website www.permacharts.com permacharts inc. is a canadian company based in concord ontario which specializes in the manufacture of laminated quick reference study guides . 1 along with other study guide manufacturers like sparknotes cliffsnotes and schaum s outlines they control most of the north american market share for study guides . contents 1 history 2 corporate activity 3 geographical spread 4 see also 5 references history edit quick reference chart from permacharts acupuncture points permacharts was founded in 1980 2 by carmine bello m.a.sc . p.eng . he is also noted as an author with a number of literary works to his name . 3 clearkote slotted hinge a proprietary process which is used in the production line of the permachart was developed by bello . permachart products are widely used in a number of schools and universities across north america including harvard university university of california and the eastern illinois university . 4 as of 2011 permacharts lists barnes & noble walmart ekerds and thompson publishing among their key clients and partners . 5 permacharts products are available for hundreds of subjects organized in 11 general categories . authors who work for permacharts include dr. arshad ahmad dr. don cartwright maureen connolly alex fancy dr. ron marken and dr. terry matheson . corporate activity edit along with the hippocrates health institute permacharts inc. is one of the two major sponsors behind the permacharts helping hands program which promotes vegan lifestyle in north america . 6 geographical spread edit the main offices of permacharts are located in concord ontario and cheektowaga new york . the quick reference guides are available world wide through a wide network of distributors or from online book stores like alibris 7 abebooks 8 etc. see also edit study guides homework study skills references edit david milstead . online swap shops offer win win in tough economy . the globe and mail . retrieved 2012 02 09 . permacharts inc . tradezz.com . retrieved 2012 02 09 . carmine bello books . amazon.ca . retrieved 2012 02 09 . eastern illinois university training & development library . eiu.edu . 2008 05 20 . retrieved 2012 02 09 . http www.enduroindia.ca sponsors permacharts.pdf http www.enduroindia.ca corporate sponsors.htm permacharts . alibris . retrieved 2012 02 09 . permacharts . abebooks . 2003 01 05 . retrieved 2012 02 09 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title permacharts & oldid 647235780 categories educational publishing companiestextbook business1980 introductionshidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from april 2013all articles with topics of unclear notabilitypages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 languages add links this page was last modified on 15 february 2015 at 12 08 . 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