ABOUT QUILL

With more than $1 billion in sales, Quill Corporation in Lincolnshire, Illinois, is the nation’s leader in catalog and online distribution of office products, furniture and technology. The company’s reputation for superior customer service, quality and pricing can be traced back to its founding in 1956.  From its humble beginnings in Chicago, where it operated out of the basement of the Miller family’s chicken store, to its sale to Staples in 1998, Quill has pioneered many of the advancements in office supply retailing that are standard practices today.

Its vast array of supply categories include writing instruments, office filing and storage systems, office furniture, paper, technology products like computers and cameras, ink and toner, party supplies, shipping products, cleaning and breakroom items, print shop products including business cards, appointment cards, and many others.    

Over the years, Quill has continued as an office supply industry leader, expanding its product lines and services, further improving its promise of fast delivery, attributed in part to its eleven regional state-of-the-art distribution centers.    

As part of its growth strategy, Quill has acquired complementary companies that expand its customer base and product diversity capabilities.  These units, all fully integrated into Quill’s operating and management systems, are Smilemakers, Medical Arts Press (MAP) and Hayes Marketing, Inc. (HMI), which focus on the medical, dental, chiropractic, veterinary, eye care, school, religious, real estate and financial markets.

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