Type it, print it, staple it, drop it in a folder, and store it in a filing cabinet -- Esselte is there for each step. With more than 20,000 products, the company is a leading manufacturer of office supplies worldwide. Esselte makes paper-based filing and document management items (files, binders, folders, covers), workspace products (staplers, letter trays), and computer accessories under the Esselte, Leitz, Oxford, Pendaflex, Rapid, and Xyron brands. Customers range from wholesalers and direct marketers to office superstores and mass retailers, including Wal-Mart, Target, and Staples. Founded in 1913 in Stockholm, Sweden Esselte is controlled by the Boston-based private equity firm J. W. Childs Associates. In 2017 school and business supplies maker ACCO Brands Corp. agreed to acquire the company.