1800's

Julius & Rosalia Baumgarten start manufacturing fine papers in Austria

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1948

Fred Baumgarten starts the family business in the U.S. offering the first hand-held pencil sharpeners

1950

Baumgartens offers the Plastiklip®, the first plastic paper clip in the world

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1966

Baumgartens is incorporated

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1973

​Hans Baumgarten takes over operations at Baumgartens

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