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| Formerly |
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|---|---|
| Company type | Privately held company (1856–1995) Subsidiary (1995–2010) Brand (2010–present) |
| Industry | Stationery |
| Founded | 1856 |
| Founder | Daniel Berolzheimer |
| Defunct | 2010 [2] |
| Fate | Company acquired by Newell Rubbermaid in 1995, then closed in 2010. Berol survived as a brand. |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Writing implements, art materials |
| Owner | Newell Brands (2010)[3] |
| Subsidiaries | Osmiroid International[1] |
Berol is a former British stationery manufacturing company, based in Lichfield. The company, established in 1845, manufactured a wide range of products including writing implements and art materials. In 1995 it was acquired by Sanford L.P., a division of Newell Brands, becoming a subsidiary of it until the last factory closed in 2010. Since then, Berol survived as a brand of imported products.[4]
Berol's product lines included art materials such as acrylics, pastels, oil pastels, inks, crayons, adhesives, and other mediums; while the writing instruments line composed of pencils, colored pencils, pens, and markers, plus accessories.[5]
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- ^ "Jobs hope after King’s Lynn businessman buys Berol site" Archived 2014-08-19 at the Wayback Machine, Lynn News, 10 Feb 2014
- ^ All products on Berol website (archived), 24 Feb 2018