Dafron

Dafron (Hebrew: דפרון) is an Israeli manufacturer and marketer of paper products, best known for its spiral notebooks, hardcover notebooks, loose-leaf pads, binders and filing products. The company was founded in 1939 by Rafael Dubrovsky, who began making notebooks and pads in a workshop in the Montefiore neighbourhood of Tel Aviv before building a factory in Ramat Gan. In 1955 the enterprise was named "Daf-Ron", later shortened to "Dafron". The company moved to a plant in Petah Tikva in 1973. At its peak in the 1970s and 1980s Dafron generated tens of millions of shekels in revenue, exported to Europe, Africa and later the United States, and employed around 70 workers in its notebook factory and close to 200 across the company. Its notebooks became a de facto standard in Israel, and the company was publicly traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Sales declined with the arrival of cheaper producers from China and the Palestinian Authority and with the shift from handwriting in notebooks to computer use. In 1993 Dafron acquired Ofek, a maker of sophisticated forms, cheques and continuous paper. In early 2007 Ron Weisberg and a group of investors bought 90% of the company's shell on the stock exchange from the Dubrovsky family, while operations remained in the family's hands. In April 2012 the company sold its envelope production line, which represented 80% of its activity, to a private investor for about 10 million shekels. Today Dafron continues in a smaller format under Rafael's sons, Yossi and Shlomo Dubrovsky, alongside a niche called "Dafron Marketing" specialising in special print productions in the field of point-of-sale and digital marketing, managed by Nir Dubrovsky, Rafael's grandson, an internet entrepreneur and owner of Ideal-Logic, and Ran Schreiber. The official website presents Dafron as a maker of spiral notebooks, binders, filing products, hardcover notebooks and back-to-school paper products, sold direct to consumers with free delivery on orders over 200 shekels and factory pricing. The site also references "Ofek Paper Products of the Dafron Group" and describes nearly 80 years of experience in paper product manufacturing.

Dafron was founded in 1939 by Rafael Dubrovsky, who started making notebooks and pads in a workshop in the Montefiore neighbourhood of Tel Aviv. He later built a factory in Ramat Gan, where from 1961 he used automatic equipment for notebook production, quadrupling the plant's output. In 1955 the enterprise was named "Daf-Ron", later shortened to "Dafron". In 1973 it moved to a plant in Petah Tikva. At its peak in the 1970s and 1980s the company generated tens of millions of shekels in business and began exporting to Europe, Africa and later the United States. It employed about 70 workers in the notebook factory and close to 200 employees across the company's departments. The children of Rafael and Ahava Dubrovsky joined the factory, as did the daughter's husband. The notebooks produced by the plant became a de facto standard in Israel, and the company became public, with shares traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Sales later declined due to the entry of cheaper producers from China and the Palestinian Authority and the shift from writing in notebooks to writing on computers. In 1993 Dafron acquired the company "Ofek", which manufactured sophisticated forms, cheques and continuous paper. In early 2007 Ron Weisberg and a group of investors bought 90% of the company's stock-exchange shell from the Dubrovsky family; the company's activity continued to be in the hands of the Dubrovsky family. In April 2012 the company sold its envelope production line, which constituted 80% of its activity, to a private investor for about 10 million shekels. Present-day Dafron continues its activity in a smaller format through Rafael's two sons, Yossi and Shlomo Dubrovsky, as well as in a niche called "Dafron Marketing", which specialises in special print productions in the field of point-of-sale and digital marketing, managed by Nir Dubrovsky, Rafael's grandson, an internet entrepreneur and owner of Ideal-Logic, and Ran Schreiber. The official website presents the company as a maker of spiral notebooks, binders, filing products, hardcover notebooks and back-to-school paper products, sold direct to consumers with free delivery on orders over 200 shekels and factory pricing, and references "Ofek Paper Products of the Dafron Group" and nearly 80 years of experience in paper product manufacturing.

• 2012

  Sold its envelope production line, 80% of its activity, for about 10 million shekels.

• 2007

  Ron Weisberg and investors bought 90% of the stock-exchange shell from the Dubrovsky family.

• 1993

  Acquired Ofek, a maker of sophisticated forms, cheques and continuous paper.

• 1973

  Moved to a plant in Petah Tikva.

• 1961

  Began using automatic notebook production equipment in Ramat Gan, quadrupling output.

• 1955

  Named "Daf-Ron", later shortened to "Dafron".

• 1939

  Founded by Rafael Dubrovsky in a Tel Aviv workshop.

Veteran, family-run Israeli paper products manufacturer offering factory-direct pricing and a broad back-to-school and office range.

• Spiral plastic notebook

• Classic hardcover notebook

• A-4 Mercury 72-page pad

• Classic office binder

1. 1דפרון מוצרי נייר – מחברות ספירל, דפדפותdafron-tech.com
2. 2Dafronwikidata.org
3. 3דפרוןhe.wikipedia.org