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Fiskars Wins Best Product - Core Office Products for Cuts+More Scissors at North American Office Products Awards

"With a reputation in the scissors business that dates back over a century, Fiskars is proud to remain an innovative player in the Office Products industry yet today," said Paul Tonnesen, president of Fiskars Americas. "Fiskars recognized that the role scissors play in the modern office has changed and developed the Cuts+More Scissors to satisfy a wide range of consumer needs with one convenient tool."

Fiskars' Cuts+More Scissors were recognized at the NAOPA as an excellent example of a company taking a core office product and improving upon it through innovation. The judges were impressed by the product's simplicity, coupled with its versatility, and Fiskars' ability to showcase its features in a product video.

The Best Product - Core Office Products award is granted by a panel of judges from the Office Products industry based on product innovation, design and functionality. The product must also demonstrate improvement upon previous designs, benefits for the reseller and consumer, and a high level of marketing support in promoting the product to the end user.

Best Product - Core Office Products is one of seven awards distributed at the NAOPA. The top contestants in each category are listed on a shortlist, from which one winner is announced during the S.P. Richards ABC event to kick off the ABC trade show. Over 2,500 people attended the 2011 event including vendors, dealers, dealer group personnel, the trade press and S.P. Richards attendees.

This was the 2nd annual awards program for North American manufacturers, encouraging innovation and recognizing vendors that are working to deliver real value to the dealer community.

In addition to winning Best Product - Core Office Products, Fiskars' Cuts+More Scissors also made the shortlist for the category Product Innovation of the Year. Fiskars' Bamboo Titanium Bypass Trimmer made the shortlist for Environmentally-friendly Product of the Year.

ABOUT FISKARS

Fiskars Corporation is a leading global supplier of consumer products for the home, garden, and outdoors. The world famous orange-handled scissors are a registered trademark of Fiskars Corporation. The group has a strong portfolio of trusted international brands including: Fiskars, the World's #1 Scissors Brand , Iittala, Gerber, Silva, and Buster. Founded in 1649, Fiskars has over 360 years of product quality excellence and is Finland's oldest company. Please visit www.fiskars.com and www.facebook.com/fiskars.

Fiskars Corporation
Amanda Schweger, 608-294-4730
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