Samsill

Samsill is an American office-products manufacturer based in Fort Worth, Texas, best known for ring binders and document-organization products. The company traces its origins to a 1941 promise between brothers Cecil and Tirey Samsill, two of twenty-three children, who vowed in a Texas cornfield to go into business together. That promise became reality on April 1, 1953, when Samsill Brothers Plastic Company was founded in Fort Worth. Early production consisted of hand-folded and hand-sewn items such as shop card holders, menu covers, and protectors, before the business grew into a broad manufacturer of binders and organization goods. More than seventy years later, Samsill remains family-owned and describes itself as the only mass manufacturer of ring binders in the United States. Its product range spans ring binders in sizes from ½-inch round ring to 6-inch D-ring, in hundreds of stock configurations and a wide array of colors and pack sizes, along with padfolios, specialty organizers, journals, sheet protectors, folders, cases, and wall organizers. The company serves students, families, businesses, schools, government agencies, and national retailers, and it also supports procurement and institutional buyers with domestic manufacturing, bulk purchasing, and private-label sourcing. Samsill has positioned itself around American manufacturing and sustainability. Its Earth's Choice line was described as the first plant-based binder on the market and, in 2016, became the world's first USDA Certified Biobased ring binder, made with at least 59% plant-based material and 100% post-consumer recycled chipboard. The company continues to emphasize U.S. production, reliable shipping, and sustainable options for organizations tracking environmental metrics.

Samsill's history begins with a family promise. In the summer of 1941, brothers Cecil and Tirey Samsill — two of twenty-three children — made a vow in a Texas cornfield that when they grew up they would go into business together. Neither yet knew what that business would be. Twelve years later, on April 1, 1953, Samsill Brothers Plastic Company was founded in Fort Worth, Texas. The company's earliest products were hand-folded and hand-sewn items such as shop card holders, menu covers, and protectors, which grew into a broader manufacturing operation. Over the following decades Samsill became a manufacturer of ring binders and organization products. The company states that it has been family-owned in Fort Worth for more than seventy years and that it is the only mass manufacturer of ring binders in the United States. Three generations later, every Samsill ring binder is still manufactured in Fort Worth, Texas. The company offers the widest assortment of binder sizes, colors, and pack configurations available, from economy options to premium builds, from ½-inch round ring to 6-inch D-ring, in hundreds of stock configurations. In the 2010s Samsill moved toward more sustainable products. Its Earth's Choice line was the first plant-based binder on the market, and in 2016 it became the world's first USDA Certified Biobased ring binder. The line is made with at least 59% plant-based material and 100% post-consumer recycled chipboard. The company describes its current chapter as committed to leading the office products industry toward more sustainable choices without compromising performance, while continuing to serve students, families, businesses, schools, government agencies, and national retailers from its Fort Worth base.

• 2016

  Earth's Choice becomes the world's first USDA Certified Biobased ring binder.

• 1953

  Samsill Brothers Plastic Company is founded in Fort Worth, Texas, on April 1.

• 1941

  Brothers Cecil and Tirey Samsill vow in a Texas cornfield to go into business together.

American-made, family-owned manufacturer of ring binders and organization products, emphasizing domestic mass production and sustainable options.

• Ring Binders

  Made in USA, every size and every color, from ½-inch round ring to 6-inch D-ring.

• Padfolios

  Professional presentation and business organization products.

• Specialty Organizers

  Spiral organizers, expanding files, and document storage.

• Journals

  Notebooks, writing journals, and keepsakes.

• Sheet Protectors

  Crystal-clear, non-glare, and archival-safe protection.

• Earth's Choice

  Plant-based ring binders, USDA Certified Biobased with 59% biobased material and 100% recycled chipboard.

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