General Binding Corporation (GBC) is an American office supplies manufacturer which makes equipment and supplies for binding, lamination, and other presentation products. The company is part of

ACCO Brands ACCO Brands Corporation is an American multinational company and is one of the world's largest designers, manufacturers, and marketers of premium business, technology, academic, and consumer products. It was created by the merger of ACCO World ...

. Its headquarters are in

Lake Zurich, Illinois Lake Zurich is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States, a northwest suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 19,759. The village is named after a body of water named "Lake Zurich," which is completely located insid ...

. ACCO's brands include GBC, Quartet, Swingline, AT-A-GLANCE,

Day-Timer Day-Timer is an American manufacturer of personal organizers and other paper-based time management and organizational tools. It was founded in 1951 and by the 1980s had a popular and successful business. In the 21st century, however, the compan ...

, Mead, FiveStar, and

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Company history

GBC was founded in 1947 by William N. Lane II and

Edgar Uihlein Edgar John Uihlein Jr. (October 28, 1916 – May 19, 2005) was an American businessman and the co-founder of General Binding Corporation. Early life Uihlein was the son of Edgar John Uihlein Sr. (1877–1956) of Lake Bluff, Illinois, who was a vi ...

when they purchased a small trade bindery in Chicago, Illinois. In 2005, Fortune Brands, Inc. spun off its ACCO World Corporation office products unit to be merged with General Binding Corporation (GBC); the merged company was named

ACCO Brands Corporation ACCO Brands Corporation is an American multinational company and is one of the world's largest designers, manufacturers, and marketers of premium business, technology, academic, and consumer products. It was created by the merger of ACCO World ...

. In 2009,

Cosmo Films Cosmo Films (Now Cosmo First Limited) is an Indian multinational corporation that manufactures bi-axially oriented polypropylene films (BOPP) for packaging, label, lamination and industrial applications. The company is headquartered in New Delhi ...

acquired GBC Commercial Print Finishing, the thermal lamination division of ACCO Brands.

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External links

Official website
ACCO Brands Companies based in Northbrook, Illinois Lake Zurich, Illinois Companies based in Chicago Companies based in Lake County, Illinois Bookbinding Uihlein Family