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| Founded in 1913 in Stockholm, Sweden, Esselte is the leading global office supplies manufacturer. Acquired by U.S.-based private equity investment firm J.W. Childs in July of 2002, Esselte is in the process of executing an aggressive three-pronged growth strategy that includes investing heavily in its core brands, making strategic acquisitions that expand the company's brand portfolio or global reach, and leading the industry in organizational excellence. |
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- The name Esselte is derived from the original thirteen graphics companies that joined together in 1913 to form SLT (Severiges Litografiska Tryckeri).
- Esselte annually sells enough suspension files to store 200 billion pages of information.
- The typical American office worker uses an estimated 200 sheets of paper on a daily basis.
- The average European office worker uses approximately 200 pockets/ folders each year.
- 61% of European managers prefer reading spreadsheets, offers, reports in paper format.
- 60% of European managers say that correction reading is easier on paper than in electronic files.
- 33% of those managers print emails and web pages before they read them. 65% of European managers store paper copies of important documents.
- Paper demand increases by 40% in companies that introduce email systems, because employees tend to print emails before reading them.
- Since 1950 worldwide paper consumption has climbed more than six-fold.
- Copiers, fax machines and printers generate between 860 billion and 1 trillion pages annually.
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