Company Overview

The Origins

In the late 1800's, George Arthur's Savoy began working as a floor boy for National Blank Book Co. Ltd. in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Over time, through hard work and dedication, he rose to the position of General Sales Manager. In 1917, Dominion Blank Book Co. Ltd. was incorporated as the Canadian subsidiary of National. Four years later, George Arthur acquired Dominion and moved his family to Canada.

For nearly thirty years, Dominion grew steadily, from six original employees who had come from the U. S. to over 100 Canadian employees. Upon George Arthur's death in 1951, Harolde James, one of his four sons, took over as President. Over the next 20 years, under his leadership, Dominion became one of the leading manufacturers of office stationery products in Canada.

The year 1972 saw George Morin, the third generation, take over the business and bring in a period of great modernization. In 1981, Dominion Blank Book Co. Ltd. changed its name to Dominion Blueline Inc., incorporating its Blueline trademark and benefiting from the strong market recognition of its blue- covered books.

Dominion returned to its roots in 1986 with the creation of its own American subsidiary, Blueline Inc. Harolde Michael, became the fourth generation to take over as President, in 1988. In 1992, Dominion entered the field of computer accessories with the successful launch of the Connections product line.

Two years later, in 1994, Dominion acquired the Brownline range of seasonal and accounting products, confirming its leadership position in the Canadian marketplace. During the 1990's Dominion also became a truly North American player with its sales effort throughout Central and South America.

In March 1998, Dominion Blueline Inc. completed the sale of its envelope division to Supremex. The sale of this division enabled Dominion to pursue strategic acquisitions and become an important North American supplier.

In September 1998, Blueline acquired Rediform, a division of Moore U. S. A. Inc. Rediform is a key producer of business forms and ad specialty products in the United States, with a manufacturing and distribution facility in Dallas, Texas.

In December 1998, Blueline also acquired the business forms product line of Wilson Jones from ACCO Brands Inc., one of two lines of paper products. This Wilson Jones line will be manufactured and distributed by Rediform throughout the United States.

For Dominion Blueline Inc., 1998 will go down in history as one of the most important in terms of transitioning from an almost exclusive Canadian manufacturer to becoming a truly North American supplier. Finally, in June 1999, Blueline signed a purchase and sale agreement with Avery Dennison Office Products Company for the acquisition of the Avery-brand telephone message book business.

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Legal Name: Dominion Blueline Inc.

Number of Employees: 302

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Products

• Accounting
• Business Forms

  BLUELINE business forms are among the most popular on the market today because of their high quality. They are grouped in four basic categories: book, snap set, continuous and laser. Features:

  White paper with blue print; Most forms have numbered pages in red for easy filing and reference; Available in one, two (duplicate) or three copies (triplicate); Available with carbon paper or carbonless.

• Diaries

  A broad time-management product range featuring Executive and Timanager series in addition to daily, two days per page, weekly and monthly diaries, desk calendar pads, financial calendars and wall calendars. A selection of diaries are available in English, French and Spanish and many are made of recycled fibers. The collection includes hard bound, wirebound, sewn and saddle stitched diaries in all sizes from pocket size to desk size.

• Notabilia

  The notabilia selection of products includes composition books, executive journals, steno and note books, internet, telephone and address books, perpetual date books, appointment and visitor books, tickets and Note-Stix (self-adhesive note pads). All notabilia products, except Note-Stix, are made from recycled paper at no added cost and have a quality look and feel because only premium grade papers are used. All of our composition books are perfect bound;

  each individual sheet is glued to the spine, books can thus open flat without damage to the spine. A full line of both casemade (covers overlap the sheets) and flush cut books are available.

NAICS Categories

• 323119 Other Printing

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