Morris Abrams (1908–1981) was the founder of Arrow Fastener Co., Inc., a manufacturer of

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s that since 1999 has been a subsidiary of

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History

Abrams was the first generation of his family to be born in the

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In 1929, Morris Abrams founded Arrow. At first, he sold staples for staplers currently on the market, but by 1940 he had received his first stapler patent, and by 1943, was assigning his patents to Arrow Fastener, a process he continued into the 1950s as he patented the

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and the

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. One model of his staple gun, the T50, was introduced in the early 1950s, became a

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of the company in 1989, and by 1994, had resulted in over 40 million sales. It continues to be in production into the 21st century. In the 1960s, after Morris Abrams became ill, his son Allan Abrams took over the family business which continued to grow and now also includes

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tools, and

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nailers. Morris died in 1981. In September 1999, Arrow was one of five

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companies purchased by

. It was then purchased by

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in 2017.

References

External links

Official website
for Arrow Fastener Co. {{DEFAULTSORT:Abrams, Morris 1981 deaths 1908 births Fastening tool manufacturers 20th-century American inventors