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William H. Spencer founded Alliance Rubber in 1923 in Alliance, Ohio. March 7th, Mr. Spencer began cutting rubber inner tubes in his basement. He went on to revolutionize the rubber band industry with a continuous cure rubber band production line and the patented Open-Ring® style band.
Mr. Spencer pioneered new markets and uses for rubber bands. He traveled from business to business, persuading office supply stores and paper & twine houses to carry his top-quality line. After seeing the Akron, OH Beacon Journal blowing across lawns, he persuaded newspaper managers to try his bands. These were the first newspapers in the world to use rubber bands on home delivery routes. Marking another industry first, Mr. Spencer persuaded produce grocers to quit using string to bundle vegetables and try his rubber bands for faster bundling.
After almost a century, Alliance is still a family owned business with a rich and distinctive American heritage. We are committed to “holding your world together” with products that offer creative solutions for everyday life that are simple, practical, and reliable.
1923 W.H. SPENCER FOUNDED COMPANY IN ALLIANCE, OHIO. INVENTED NEWSPAPER, PRODUCE, TY AND PACKER BANDS
1944 HOT SPRINGS FACILITY OPENED
1957 INVENTED THE OPEN RING BAND
1958 INVENTED QW BUNCHES AND JUMBO PACK
1959 INVENTED SLIDE DISPENSER MASS MARKET, PACK PERFORATED DESK AND OPEN WINDOW BOXES
1959 - 1969 ARCO CIRCULATION SUPPLY SUPPLIED NEWSPAPERS
1963 INVENTED “BRILLIANT BANDS” AND FREEZER BANDS.
1966 DEVELOPED THE FIRST ZIP BANDS
1967 INTRODUCED DEALER’S WINDOW DISPLAY
1969 INSTALLED WORLD’S FIRST CONTINUOUS CURE EXTRUSION LINE.
1970 INVENTED FLEX® BANDS... FIRST PLASTIC BANDS.
1970 - 1983 MANUFACTURED IN WALLDORF, GERMANY
1974 INVENTED BIG BANDS
1984 INVENTED PIC PAC
1986 INVENTED THE WORLD’S FIRST IMPRINTED AD BANDS®
1988 PURCHASED EBERHARD-FABER STAR AND IDEAL BAND LINE
1993 AWARDED BLUE CHIP ENTERPRISE AWARD FROM U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
1995 INTRODUCED PROTAPE® AND DISPENSERS
1996 NAMED ARKANSAS BUSINESS OF THE YEAR BY ARKANSAS BUSINESS MAGAZINE. AWARDED ARKANSAS QUALITY AWARD BY THE STATE.
1997 INVENTED BRITES® BAND LINE
1998 INTRODUCED AUTOBAND® SYSTEM AND BRITES® STATIONERY LINE
1998 PURCHASED MAIL/SHIP LINE FROM ROTEX
1999 NAMED GARLAND COUNTY INDUSTRY OF THE YEAR
2000 RECEIVED GOVERNOR’S AWARD FOR DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE PROGRAM. ADDED CABLE WRAPZ™
2002 INTRODUCED GEAR STRAPZ™ AND STRAC PACK™. ADDED PRICE GUNS
2006 ADDED PALLET BANDS; INTRODUCED LATEX-FREE (ORANGE) BANDS; AND INVENTED FRAGRANCE BANDS™
2007 INVENTED X-TREME FILE BANDS™, COLORED EPDM AND LATEX-FREE BANDS WITH ANTIMICROBIAL PROTECTION
2010 NAMED OFFICE DEPOT HUB SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR. INTRODUCED REUSABLE SOLUTIONS™
2011 RECOGNIZED WITH THE SUPPLIER APPRECIATION AWARD FROM THE NAEPB. INTRODUCED ERASELETS®, WHIFFERS® SCENTED BANDS, SLIP-ON GRIP™, FOTOFLEX™
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