| 1938 |
Warren
Dorney buys manual printing press to print labels for his business. Bob
and Bill Dorney (Warren's sons) start printing small orders for name cards
and raffle tickets. |
| 1940 |
Bob
and Bill entered into their first mail-order business -- printing birthday
calendars for churches |
| 1942 |
Dorney
Printing registered as a business. |
| 1947 |
Morris
Perkin invents Lawyer's Day. |
| 1948 |
First
building erected to house printing business. |
| 1952 |
Perkin
brings Lawyer's Day to Dorneys to produce. |
| 1950s |
Accountant's
Day, Engineer's Day, and other specifically targeted products added. |
| 1960s |
Time
planning system becomes generic for all professions, and is referred to
as a Day-Timer. Plant added in Canada and franchise distribution in the
U.K. |
| 1962 |
New
1st Class Post Office built in East Texas to accommodate large volume
of mail generated by Day-Timers. |
| 1970 |
First
color mail order
catalog
produced. Day-Timer, Inc. is registered. |
| 1972 |
Day-Timers,
Inc. bought by Beatrice Foods. Plant expanded considerably. Equipment
and machinery added to become self-contained manufacturer. |
| 1980s |
Charles
Hobbs alliance begins to take shape. Day-Timers buys out Hobbs (and Time
Power) and begins to move into the seminar business. Beatrice Foods undergoes
corporate reorganization to solve internal management problems and attempt
to foil takeover bids. Ownership of Day-Timers changes hands several times.
Expands distribution to include Australia & New Zealand. Number of
new formats and sizes introduced. Day-Timer Concepts, Inc. created to
oversee major accounts, seminars, training. |
| 1987 |
Steve
Rowley replaces Bob Dorney as president of Day-Timers. |
| 1988 |
Day-Timers
acquired by American Brands, Inc., is under the umbrella of ACCO World
Corporation (an office products division of American Brands). |
| 1993 |
Loren
Hulber replaces Steve Rowley as president. |
| 1994 |
Day-Timers
enters into joint venture with Kensington, develops & markets personal
organizer software. Expands distribution of Day-Timer system into superstores
(Staples, Office Depot, Office Max, etc.) |
| 1996 |
Mike
Vogel replaces Loren Hulber as president. Day-Timers is the personal productivity
platform of ACCO North America. |
| 1997 |
Day-Timers
introduces first home organization software, Day-Timer HomeLife and makes
it available through all distribution channels. Day-Timers enters into
a marketing and product development venture with Sharp Electronics and
introduces the Sharp Wizard Oz series bundled with Day-Timer Organizer
software. |
| |
The
company's subsidiary, Day-Timer Concepts, announces the creation of the
Day-Timer Center for Productivity Training, which administers the Day-Timer
Concepts' 4-Dimensional Time Management training seminars. |
| |
Day-Timers
marks its 50th Anniversary.
|
Day-Timer, a Division of ACCO Brands
is a subsidiary of 