United Stationers Inc. (NASDAQ: USTR)

1 Parkway N. Blvd., Ste. 100
Deerfield, IL 60015-2559 (Map)
Phone: 847-627-7000
Fax: 847-627-7001
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Overview

Don't think that United Stationers is just another paper pusher. The company is a leading wholesale distributor of office supplies and equipment in North America, offering some 100,000 of its own and national brand products to more than 25,000 customers. Through subsidiaries United Stationers Supply (USS), Lagasse, and ORS Nasco, United Stationers supplies such items as business machines, computer products and peripherals, janitorial supplies, and office products and furniture. It also offers office furniture for such markets as education and health care. United Stationers sells primarily to resellers through catalogs and over the Internet, as well as through its direct sales force.

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Key financials for United Stationers Inc. (NASDAQ: USTR)

Company Type Public (NASDAQ: USTR)
Fiscal Year-End December
2010 Sales (mil.) £3,123.6
1-Year Sales Growth 2.6%
2010 Net Income (mil.) £72.9
1-Year Net Income Growth 11.7%
2010 Employees 5,950
1-Year Employee Growth 4.4%
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Chairman Frederick B. (Fred) Hegi Jr.
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President and CEO P. Cody Phipps
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