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| About Cross - The A. T. Cross Company |
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The A. T. Cross Company is a major international manufacturer of fine writing instruments, timepieces, and personal
accessories. Cross products are sold to the consumer gift market through fine stores worldwide. Writing
instruments, timepieces , and personal accessories are sold to the business gift market via a network of
companies specializing in recognition programs.
A. T. Cross Company is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC®
under the symbol ATX.
For more than 158 years, Cross has re-invented writing instruments, combining design ingenuity
with jewelry-quality craftsmanship. We were America's first manufacturer of quality writing instruments, and that
means that we've been making pens people use, depend on and enjoy for a long time.
While our history is a story all its
own, it all began with Richard Cross, who founded the company the same year both the Smithsonian and the sewing
machine were born, just as Samuel Morses magnetic telegraph pushed Westward and America braced for a war with Mexico.
Cross was a highly skilled pen and pencil maker, who passed his knowledge on to his son,
Alonzo Townsend Cross. In 1916, the Cross family sold the company to an employee, Walter R.
Boss, who led our growth into the company you know today. Today, Walter's grandsons are at the
helm of the company, which became a public security traded on the American Stock Exchange in
1971.
What were most proud of, though, isnt all thats changed in the 158 years weve been around.
Its what hasnt changed. Headquartered in beautiful Lincoln, Rhode Island, just outside
Providence, A. T. Cross is proud to still be a part of the community we helped build. And
we still make products unsurpassed in quality and value, one at a time and by hand, just as
Richard Cross did.
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