Dominion Blueline Inc.
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.
Company Details
Year Established:
1917
Number of Employees:
302
Company Information
Natalie Coderre
Title:
Director
Area of Responsibility:
Domestic Sales & Marketing
Telephone:
(800) 263-9995
Fax:
(800) 463-6258
Email:
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Lucie Boisseau
Title:
Manager
Telephone:
(450) 346-6827
Fax:
(450) 346-4241
Email:
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Manon Garceau
Title:
Superviseur Service la Clientle
Area of Responsibility:
Customer Service
Telephone:
(800) 323-9055
Fax:
(800) 323-7075
Email:
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Products
Accounting
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.
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.
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.
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