Rubbermaid

Rubbermaid

Type	Rubber Goods, Plastic Goods
Industry	Manufacturing
Predecessor(s)	Wooster Rubber Company
Successor(s)	Newell Rubermaid
Founded	Atlanta, Georgia (1920 (1920))
Founder(s)	James R. Caldwell
Headquarters	Wooster, Ohio, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	1933-1959 James Caldwell -- 1959-1980 Don Noble -- 1980-1993 Stanley C. Gault -- 1993-1999 Wolfgang Schmitt
Products	Rubbermaid Home Products and Rubbermaid Commercial Products
Subsidiaries	Newell Rubbermaid
Website	www.rubbermaid.com

Timeline

• 1920 -- Originally established as Wooster Rubber Company
• 1934 -- Introduced dustpans
• 1950 -- Began manufacturing products made from plastic and rubber
• 1955 -- Became a publicly traded company
• 1957 -- Changed name to Rubbermaid
• 1967 -- Divided into 2 divisions: Rubbermaid Home Products and Rubbermaid Commercial Products
• 1983 -- Named to Fortune 500
• 1984 -- Fortune 500's most admired company
• 1984 -- Acquired Little Tikes Company
• 1999 -- Newell Company purchased Rubbermaid
• 1999 -- Rubbermaid would change name to Newell Rubbermaid
• 2003 -- Newell Rubbermaid announced it would relocate from Wooster, Ohio to Atlanta, Georgia

Companies acquired by Rubbermaid

• 1965 -- Dupol - German
• 1981 -- Carlan
• 1984 -- Little Tikes - Later sold in 2006 by Newell Rubbermaid
• 1985 -- Gott corporation
• 1986 -- MicroComputer Accessories
• 1986 -- Seco Industries
• 1987 -- Viking Brush - Canadian
• 1987 -- Anchor Hocking - Later sold in 2001 by Newell Rubbermaid
• 1990 -- Eldon Industries
• 1992 -- Iron Mountain Forge Corporation
• 1994 -- Carax Health Care Products
• 1995 -- Injectaplastic S. A. - French
• 1996 -- Graco (baby products)
• 1997 -- Curver - Europe - Later sold in 2005 by Newell Rubbermaid

Gallery

Historical documents

• 

  Creating Success That Lasts - Remarks by Donald E. Noble at the 1996 Rubbermaid Management Conference

• TE-Talk.pdf

  1995 Thermo Electron Talk to Management by Donald E. Noble in Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Wooster, Ohio Sesquicentennial Celebration, June 14-21, 1958, p. 48.

What Links Here

• Caldwell Dr., Wooster, Ohio ‎ (← links)
• Stanley Carleton Gault ‎ (← links)
• James R. Caldwell ‎ (← links)
• D+S Distribution ‎ (← links)
• Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce. Business Awards ‎ (← links)

External links

• Rubbermaid Wikipedia