Sherwood Companies history

In 1938, the Deutsch Company was founded by two brothers.

Deutsch Company introduced the first LPG valves under American Screw Products in 1940.

In 1951, the Deutsch Company incorporated Selwyn Pacific as the design, assembly and marketing arm of American Screw products.

Sherwood Electronic Labs was founded in Chicago in 1953 to manufacture an amplifier designed by legendary audio engineer Ed Miller.

Nate Ellman owned and operated “Softex” in South Africa, and began manufacturing pillows and bedding in 1954.

In 1957, Aluminum & Brass of Lockport, New York began producing SCUBA valves and regulators.

The Deutsch Company merged American Screw Products and Selwyn Pacific under name of Deutsch-Selpac in 1962.

Aluminum & Brass Company purchased Deutsch–Selpac in 1963 and renamed the company under the name Sherwood – Selpac.

Leon joined “Softex” in 1967 with a university degree in accounting, and quickly built the company into one of the largest mattress manufacturers in South Africa.

In 1968, Hill Acme Company (formerly Hill Clutch) acquires Sherwood – Selpac from the Aluminum & Brass Company.

Beginning in 1971, Frydman worked at Lever Brothers (Unilever), the international conglomerate manufacturer of various household goods and packaged foods.

In 1974, Leon made the move to the United StatesA. opening his first United States plant in Florida and then growing his manufacturing footprint as a “Nationwide” supplier with 10 total manufacturing plants.

Frydman worked in that company's planning division until 1977, when he moved to a marketing job at the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

In 1978, son Andrew joined the company as Vice President.

In 1980, Shermet Inc. was founded under Hill Acme and produced continuous brass rod casting and forgings in Cleveland, Ohio.

Uziel Frydman founded Sherwood Brands in 1985 after a full career as a consumer package goods specialist for several global companies.

Harsco Corporation, based in Mechanicsburg, PA acquired Hill Acme in 1986 and retained Sherwood-Selpac, Inc.

Then in 1995 the European company that made Sherwood's Demitasse Tea Biscuits was bought out by private investors and began to run under new management.

Ultimately, the company chose a former textile plant in Chase City, Virginia, and by the fall of 1996, Sherwood was marketing its own domestically produced Demitasse Tea Biscuits.

By 1998 roughly 15 percent of Sherwood's sales were to Wal-Mart, the nation's largest retailer.

Sherwood Brands hoped to pick up a venerable name in American candy in 2000 when it tried to buy the Clark Bar Candy Company.

Revenue had risen steeply, up to almost $60 million for 2001.

Candy Industry (March 2002) described Sherwood's Ruger wafers as a "runaway success." The company began bringing in other candies.

But Sherwood expected steady growth in 2003, especially after it finished expanding and consolidating its manufacturing at its Chase City plant.

In 2007, Wind Point Partners acquired Harsco Gas & Fluid Control Group forming a new corporation, Taylor Wharton International.

On November 1st, 2010 the Ellman’s opened “Sherwood Bedding.” The time away from the industry wasn’t wasted, as they had developed a new approach.

Sherwood Southeast (Orlando, Florida) opened in 2012

Sherwood Texas (Dallas, Texas) opened in 2014