John Sands (company)

John Sands is an Australian printing company and former distributor of games and computer hardware that is now a wholly owned subsidiary of American Greetings.[1]

In 1851, John Sands and Thomas Kenny founded Sands and Kenny in Sydney. The firm later became Sands, Kenny & Co., and then John Sands Ltd.[2]

American Greetings acquired John Sands from Amcor in December 1995 as part of a global expansion.[3]

Distributor

John Sands acted as a distributor for Milton Bradley from the 1960s to the 1990s, releasing board games in Australia including Foxy, The Game of Life, Wonderland, Mix & Match, Stay Alive, Upwords and I Wish I Were.

John Sands Electronics, based at 6 Bay Street Port Melbourne, also distributed Sega computing hardware into the Australian market, including the hardware and software of the Sega SG-1000 game console and SC-3000 computer.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About Us". John Sands. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  2. ↑ Walsh, G. P. (1976). "Sands, John (1818–1873)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "AMERICAN GREETINGS TO BUY AUSTRALIAN CARD UNIT". The New York Times. AP. 5 December 1995. Retrieved 1 December 2016.

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