Michael M. Kaufmann
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Michael Kaufmann was a Chicago businessman.
In the early 1920s, Kaufmann helped found the Autopoint Company
. He helped pioneer the use of plastics to make mechanical pencils. Around 1925, Kaufmann sold his holdings in Autopoint to the Bakelite Corporation. Later, he invested in a machine shop and operated it.
In the early 1920s, Kaufmann helped found the Autopoint Company
Autopoint Company
The Autopoint Company was a manufacturer of pencils and desk top accessories in Chicago for about 50 years from the 1920s to around 1970. During that period Autopoint sold millions of pencils advertising companies large and small all over the country....
. He helped pioneer the use of plastics to make mechanical pencils. Around 1925, Kaufmann sold his holdings in Autopoint to the Bakelite Corporation. Later, he invested in a machine shop and operated it.