verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message acco brands corporation type public nyse acco industry manufacturer founded 2005 merger with acco world and general binding corporation headquarters lake zurich il usa area served north america europe australia south america key people robert keller chairman boris elisman president & ceo neal fenwick executive vice president & cfo products office products revenue 1.8 billion fy 2013 1 operating income 115.2 million fy 2011 1 net income 56.7 million fy 2011 1 total assets 1.1 billion fy 2011 1 total equity 61 million fy 2011 1 number of employees 3 800 december 2011 1 website accobrands.com acco brands corporation is an american manufacturer of office products . it was created by the merger of acco world from fortune brands with general binding corporation gbc . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit in 1903 fred j. kline founded the clipper manufacturing company a maker of paper clips in long island new york . in 1910 the company became the american clip company and first used the name acco as an initialism which became the company s formal name in 1922 . after many acquisitions acco went public in 1983 and was acquired in 1987 by american brands later fortune brands . in 1990 acco acquired hetzel in germany 2 a company selling stationery products . 3 in 1992 acco uk was created from the integration of acco europe and rexel ltd. acco uk is the uk s largest manufacturer of office products . citation needed in 2005 acco was spun off from fortune brands and through the merger with the general binding corporation acco brands was formed . 4 in 2012 acco brands completed a 860 million deal to combine with meadwestvaco s consumer and office products business . 5 the transaction added brands like mead five star trapper keeper at a glance cambridge day runner hilroy tilibra and grafons to acco brands product line . 6 acco brands is also the owner of the rexel brand which sells shredders binding machines and staplers . rexel products are sold both off line in retail outlets and online via e commerce stores worldwide . some leading examples of online stores selling rexel shredders are amazon in the us and altimus office supplies llc in the middle east . it also owns the subsidiary company kensington computer products group which is best known for the kensington security slot and also sells computer accessories and periphery such as computer mice trackballs computer keyboards notebook bags ipod accessories and power supplies . kensington was founded in 1981 with the invention of the system saver a combined cooling fan and surge protector designed for use with the apple ii . they currently produce more than 300 different computer accessory products . see also edit list of companies in the united states derwent cumberland pencil company general binding corporation kensington security slot swingline references edit a b c d e f acco brands corporation 2011 annual report form 10 k filing date feb 23 2012 pdf . secdatabase.com . retrieved june 16 2012 . acco rexel history . acco hetzel products available online . acco brands form 8 k current report filing date jul 21 2005 . secdatabase.com . retrieved dec 29 2012 . acco brands form 8 k current report filing date jan 18 2012 . secdatabase.com . retrieved dec 30 2012 . acco brands form 10 k annual report filing date feb 23 2012 . secdatabase.com . retrieved dec 30 2012 . external links edit acco brands home . official rexel website rexel shredders at officeflux rexel shredders at altimus rexel shredders at amazon v t e illinois based corporations fortune 500 corporations by size 2013 walgreens boots alliance archer daniels midland boeing caterpillar inc. state farm insurance abbott laboratories sears holdings united continental holdings deere & company mondel z international allstate mcdonald s exelon kraft heinz illinois tool works baxter international navistar international rr donnelley cdw hillshire brands discover financial w. w. grainger motorola solutions dover corporation tenneco officemax ingredion anixter cf industries holdings telephone and data systems united stationers old republic international other major public companies alphabetically abbvie acco brands accretive health allscripts amcol international corporation arthur j. gallagher & co. beam inc. brookdale senior living brunswick corporation calamos career education corporation catamaran corporation cboe holdings cme group cna financial continental materials corporation equity residential fortune brands home & security general growth properties hospira hyatt hotels corp. integrys energy group jones lang lasalle kemper corporation nalco holding company nicor rli corp. rubicon technology stericycle titan international tribune media tronc tootsie roll industries ulta beauty usg corporation westell zebra technologies other major private companies alphabetically ace hardware baker & mckenzie blue cross blue shield association claire s country financial danfoss power solutions dot foods eby brown electro motive diesel flex n gate follett corporation gardner denver grant thornton llp health care service corporation heico cos. hendrickson international hub international jenner & block kirkland & ellis marmon group mayer brown medline industries molex nestl frozen pizza osi group pactiv reyes holdings ryerson inc. sidley austin skidmore owings & merrill solo cup company tellabs transunion true value us foods wirtz corporation related topics breweries in illinois companies in the chicago metropolitan area food manufacturers of chicago newspapers in illinois retailers on the magnificent mile wineries in illinois retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title acco brands & oldid 743694749 categories companies listed on the new york stock 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