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| Formerly | Sapirstein Greeting Card Company |
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| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Greeting card |
| Founded | 1906 (as Sapirstein Greeting Card Company) 1938, in Brooklyn, Ohio, United States (as American Greetings) |
| Founder | Jacob Sapirstein |
| Headquarters | 1 American Boulevard[1], , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Revenue | $1.67 billion (2012[2]) |
| $57.2 million (2012[2]) | |
| Owner | Clayton Dubilier & Rice (60%) Century Intermediate Holding Co. (Weiss Family, 40%) |
Number of employees | 27,500 (2012)[2] |
| Subsidiaries | UK Greetings |
| Website | www |
American Greetings Corporation is a privately held American company and is the world's second largest greeting card producer behind Hallmark Cards.[2][3] Based in Westlake, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, the company sells paper greeting cards, electronic greeting cards, gift packaging, stickers and party products. In addition, the company owns the Carlton Cards, Tender Thoughts, Papyrus, Recycled Paper Greetings and Gibson brands.[4][5]
American Greetings' former toy design and licensing division, initially called Those Characters From Cleveland, subsequently renamed AG Properties and American Greetings Entertainment and now separately owned as Cloudco Entertainment. American Greetings also holds an exclusive license for Nickelodeon characters.
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