Zippo Manufacturing Company

Bradford, PA United States

 

Company Description

Antismoking sentiment hasn't been hazardous to the health of Zippo, which has found new life in selling its iconic windproof lighters to collectors and fashion-conscious consumers. Zippo's refillable lighters (which come with a lifetime guarantee) are sold in more than 120 countries. Its Ronson unit makes cigarette lighters, lighter fluid, flints, torches, and more. Zippo also owns W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery (pocketknives) and makes key holders, money clips, pocket flashlights, tape measures, and writing instruments. George Blaisdell founded Zippo in 1932 after watching a friend try to light a cigarette in the wind. His daughters, Harriet Wick and Sarah Dorn (and her sons, George and Paul Duke), own Zippo.