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WOWT: Happy Birthday ‘Dunder Mifflin’: Real-life Paper Mill Company Featured in ‘The Office’ Turns 100

Happy Birthday ‘Dunder Mifflin’: Real-life Paper Mill Company Featured in ‘The Office’ Turns 100

The Pennsylvania Paper and Supply Co. in Scranton, Pa., marked the special occasion with a ribbon-cutting.

Fans of U.S. sitcom “The Office,” which originally aired on NBC, will recognize the building and associate it with its fictional paper company, Dunder Mifflin.

The family-oriented, real-life paper company is now in its third generation.

PR Newswire: Made Famous by “The Office”, Pennsylvania Paper & Supply Celebrates its 100th Anniversary

Made Famous by “The Office”, Pennsylvania Paper & Supply Celebrates its 100th Anniversary

SCRANTON, Pa., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Office opens on the red brick tower of Pennsylvania Paper & Supply (PPS), a Scranton institution and family business celebrating its 100th anniversary on Friday, May 20, with a by-invitation ribbon-cutting ceremony to symbolize the opening of a new century of serving its customers.

Pennsylvania Paper Digital News: Pennsylvania Paper And Supply 100 Birthday

Pennsylvania Paper And Supply 100 Birthday

Doug Fink is the President of Pennsylvania Paper and Supply. The business sells and services maintenance repair and operating supplies to businesses throughout northeastern and central Pennsylvania, southern tier New York, and northwestern New Jersey.

Aside from furnishing goods and services, the paper company also served as inspiration for the NBC show “The Office.” Fink said that in February 2004 he was contacted by NBC who said that an actor from a new show wanted to meet with him. Initially, Fink thought it was a joke, but John Krasinski actually came to Scranton and met with him and that was when the famous shot of the tower was taken.

FOX 56: Pennsylvania Paper & Supply Celebrates 100th Anniversary

Pennsylvania Paper & Supply Celebrates 100th Anniversary

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO, (WOLF) — Pennsylvania Paper & Supply celebrated its 100th anniversary.

The story began in 1922 with the business started selling paper bags to Scranton grocers.

The company expanded its product line to include janitorial and sanitation supplies.

It might look familiar because the company’s iconic red-brick tower is the opening shot of ‘The Office’ intro.

Yahoo! Finance: Made Famous by “The Office”, Pennsylvania Paper & Supply celebrates its 100th Anniversary

Yahoo! Finance: Made Famous by “The Office”, Pennsylvania Paper & Supply celebrates its 100th Anniversary

SCRANTON, Pa., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Office opens on the red brick tower of Pennsylvania Paper & Supply (PPS), a Scranton institution and family business celebrating its 100th anniversary on Friday, May 20, with a by-invitation ribbon-cutting ceremony to symbolize the opening of a new century of serving its customers

WNEP: Penn Paper & Supply Marks 100 Years

WNEP: Penn Paper & Supply Marks 100 Years

SCRANTON, Pa. — In a ceremony in front of the landmark building that houses Penn Paper and Supply, employees cut the ribbon to mark a new century of business. 

The family-owned company that started by selling grocery bags to local stores now supplies businesses with more than just paper.

“You can’t ever plan to make it 100 years. But if you solve one problem at a time, day after day, the days add up into weeks, months and years, and decades and eventually, you get here,” said Douglas Fink, Penn Paper & Supply CEO.