NYSEAMERICAN : ACU

Acme United Corporation — Company profile

Consumer Staples · Household & Personal Products · United States

Last price 67.26 USD (Oct 30, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT) · Market cap 257.86M

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Company profile

Acme United Corporation supplies cutting, measuring, first aid, and sharpening products to the school, home, office, hardware, sporting goods, and industrial markets in the United States, Canada, Europe, and internationally. The company offers scissors, shears, knives, rulers, pencil sharpeners, paper trimmers, safety cutters, lettering products, glue guns, and other craft products under the Westcott brand name; and cutting tools under the Clauss brand. It also provides sharpening knives, scissors, chisels, skis, skates, and other edges under the DMT brand. In addition, the company offers first aid kits and safety solutions under the First Aid Only brand; portable eyewash solution and over-the-counter medication, including active ingredients aspirin, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen under the PhysiciansCare brand; bodily fluid and spill clean-up solution under the Spill Magic brand; various first aid kit, refill, and safety supplies, including CPR kits, burn kits, and automotive and emergency first aid kits under the First Aid Central; first aid kits for the promotional products industry under Safety Made brand; alcohol prep pads, alcohol wipes, benzalkonium chloride wipes, various antiseptic wipes under the Med-Nap brand, and Pac-Kit, as well as My Medic brands. It sells its products directly and through its independent manufacturer representatives to wholesale, contract, and retail stationery distributors; office supply superstores, mass market retailers, industrial and medical distributors, school supply distributors, drug store retailers, sporting goods stores, hardware chains, and wholesale florists, as well as through its websites. The company was formerly known as Acme Shear Company and changed its name to Acme United Corporation in 1971. Acme United Corporation was founded in 1867 and is based in Shelton, Connecticut.

Details

NameAcme United Corporation
SectorConsumer Staples
IndustryHousehold & Personal Products
Employees649
Founded1867
CeoWalter Johnsen
CountryUnited States
ExchangeNYSEAMERICAN
Fiscal YearJanuary - December
Reporting CurrencyUSD
IsinUS0048161048
Cusip004816104
Cik0000002098
Sic3420
Stock TypeCommon Stock

Key executives

NameTitle
Walter C. JohnsenChairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Brian S. OlschanPresident, Chief Operating Officer and Director
Paul G. DriscollVice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
William DossmannVice President and Chief Information Officer
Anne CusickVice President of Sales
Georg BettinManaging Director of Europe
Scott TorresoVice President and Controller

Contact

Address1 Waterview Drive, Suite 200, Shelton, Connecticut 06484, United States
Phone203 254 6060
Websitehttps://www.acmeunited.com