General Info

Smead Manufacturing Company is a global provider of solutions for efficient document management. Smead s products include paper filing supplies, classification folders, adhesive labels, mobile office furniture, shelving, hanging products, expanding files and records management software. Its products are only sold through office products dealers and authorized resellers. Smead Manufacturing Company was founded in Hastings, Minn., in 1906. Charles Smead began the company with one product, The Bandless File, and six employees. Acquired by the Hoffman family in 1916, the company is now in its third generation of family ownership, and has been a woman owned business enterprise since 1955. Smead has manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and the world, including a location in Logan, Ohio. The Logan plant was built in 1964 and serves surrounding states, as well as New England and Canada. The facility ships more than 6 million pounds of product each month.