Acme United Corporation (ACU)
ASE · Household & Personal Products
Sources: Yahoo Finance (quote, statistics) · SEC EDGAR (filings, insider trades, 13F holders) · company filings & press wires
Company overview
Acme United Corporation supplies cutting, measuring, first aid, and sharpening products to the school, home, office, hardware, sporting goods, and industrial markets in the United States, Canada, Europe, and internationally. The company offers scissors, shears, knives, rulers, pencil sharpeners, paper trimmers, safety cutters, lettering products, glue guns, and other craft products under the Westcott brand name; and cutting tools under the Clauss brand. It also provides sharpening knives, scissors, chisels, skis, skates, and other edges under the DMT brand. In addition, the company offers first aid kits and safety solutions under the First Aid Only brand; portable eyewash solution and over-the-counter medication, including active ingredients aspirin, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen under the PhysiciansCare brand; bodily fluid and spill clean-up solution under the Spill Magic brand; various first aid kit, refill, and safety supplies, including CPR kits, burn kits, and automotive and emergency first aid kits under the First Aid Central; first aid kits for the promotional products industry under Safety Made brand; alcohol prep pads, alcohol wipes, benzalkonium chloride wipes, various antiseptic wipes under the Med-Nap brand, and Pac-Kit, as well as My Medic brands. It sells its products directly and through its independent manufacturer representatives to wholesale, contract, and retail stationery distributors; office supply superstores, mass market retailers, industrial and medical distributors, school supply distributors, drug store retailers, sporting goods stores, hardware chains, and wholesale florists, as well as through its websites. The company was formerly known as Acme Shear Company and changed its name to Acme United Corporation in 1971. Acme United Corporation was founded in 1867 and is based in Shelton, Connecticut.
Peers in Household & Personal Products
All in industry →The Procter & Gamble Company
Unilever PLC
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Kenvue Inc.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
The Clorox Company
e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.
Interparfums, Inc.
Recent press releases
April 2026
ACU Sales Rise 14% But Profits Drop 40% on Higher Costs
# 🧾 What This Document Is This is a news release attached to an 8-K filing, where a company reports major news to the SEC. Think of it as Acme United's official announcement of how its first quarter of 2026 went. It's a mix of financial results and management's commentary on what happened and what'
SEC filings
All filings →Insider trades
All insider trades →Acme United Corporation has no reported insider trades in the last 90 days.
Institutional holders
All holders →No 13F holdings have been reported for Acme United Corporation in this window.