About Block and Company
2021 UPDATE: The Patents, Trademarks and Digital Assets of MMF Industries and Block & Company were purchased by BankSupplies, Inc. on November 10th of 2021. Block and Company will continue to deliver a high standard of reliability and service to all our customers. We are excited to carry the STEELMASTER® brand further into the marketplace.
Since 1934, Block has succeeded by providing industry expertise, innovative solutions and superior service to our customers. From the beginning, our goal has been to understand how we can help you boost productivity, enhance security and increase efficiency.
Moving forward, you will see a resurgence of the well-established Block product traditions and a new energy around the Block brand. We’re strengthening our focus on providing you with the most innovative products, top-notch customer service, new programs and industry-leading partnerships to help your business continue to grow and succeed.
2022 - BlockandCompany.com was reorganized into Block Supplies, LLC and joined forces with BankSupplies, Inc.
2014 - Block’s 80th Anniversary – a milestone year!
1978 - Block patented the tried and true, original Wedgy® Pen, still widely used by banks and retailers nationwide.
1968 - Block moved to the current Wheeling, IL facility. More office and factory space meant expanded customer service and more new products: Security Pens, Key Cabinets, Key Tags, Key Hole Signals and more.
1962 - A sign of the times, Block developed a line of custom counter signs, perpetual calendars and more to serve customer communication and promotional needs.
1960 - Block and Company patented Color Keyed Coin Tubes and 6 years later Porta-Count® Coin Trays, still popular solutions for managing coin today.
1946 - Mitchell expanded the business to serve banks introducing specialty cabinets and anodized aluminum coin trays in bank colors.
1936 - Mitchell personally sourced all products and developed the first Block and Company catalogs.
1934 - Mitchell Block, a young law student, saw the need for specialty office supplies for lawyers and Block and Company was born.