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History
1990 Jack Kahl initiates Manco´s first Duck Challenge Day with a swim in the company duck pond.
1991 Jack Kahl is a runner-up in Inc. Magazine´s Entrepreneur of the Year contest.
Harvard holds the first Ig Nobel Awards, honoring scientific research that shouldn´t have been conducted. 
1992 Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart and one of Jack Kahl´s heroes, passes away on April 5.
The E-Bulb, a 20-year lightbulb, is introduced by Pierre Villere.
1994 Manco introduces its Housewares product line.
1996 Manco´s corporate headquarters move to Avon, Ohio, just west of Cleveland.
1997 Jack Kahl shaves his head at Duck Challenge Day to celebrate $175 million in sales.
John Kahl is promoted to President and COO.
1998 Manco becomes part of The Henkel Group, the world´s #1 consumer adhesives company.
Manco sponsors the Ig Nobel Awards show, featuring the world´s first duct tape opera.
1999 Loctite Consumer products and LePage of Canada are fully integrated into Manco.
Manco enters the invisible tape market with the launch of One Touch Tape.








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