ACCO Brands traces its corporate ancestry back to the late 19th-century founding of the American Clip Company, which revolutionized office stationery by inventing and manufacturing metal paper clips and fasteners. Over the ensuing decades, the enterprise expanded massively through a series of strategic mergers, international acquisitions, and corporate integrations, eventually incorporating iconic brands like Mead, Five Star, Swingline, and Kensington. Today, it stands as a premier global provider of branded school, academic, office, and technology workspace products traded publicly on the New York Stock Exchange.