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Rubbermaid is an American manufacturer and distributor of many household items. It is a subsidiary of Newell Rubbermaid. It is most well known for producing food storage containers and trash cans. Additionally, it produces sheds, step stools, closets and shelving, laundry baskets and other household items.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Homepage )〕 ==History== Founded in 1920 in Wooster, Ohio as the Wooster Rubber company by nine businessmen. Originally Wooster Rubber manufactured toy balloons, sold under the Sunshine brand name.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=encyclopedia.com )〕 In 1933, James R. Caldwell and his wife received a patent for their red rubber dustpan. They called their line of rubber kitchen products Rubbermaid.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Blog )〕 In 1934, Ebert saw Rubbermaid products at a New England department store, and believed such products could help his struggling Wooster Rubber. He engineered a merger of the two enterprises in July 1934. Still named the Wooster Rubber Company, the new group began to produce rubber household products under the Rubbermaid brand name. In 1999, Rubbermaid was purchased by Newell for $6 billion. Then Newell changed its name to Newell Rubbermaid Inc.〔 In 2003, the company announced its move out of Wooster to Atlanta, Georgia; 850 manufacturing and warehouse jobs would be eliminated, and 400 office jobs would move to other locations. Today, a distribution center remains at the former headquarters. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rubbermaid」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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