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Newbart Products

​Our story begins in the early 1970’s at a small liberal arts college in Berea, Ohio. Two close friends at Baldwin Wallace College (now known as Baldwin Wallace University), Jim Bartley and Bob Newman, were not only fraternity brothers, they also would work together over the holidays, selling Christmas trees in the parking lot of Mr. Bartley’s father’s Dairy Queen. 250 trees were sold at $1 per foot, and before long, the lot would be empty; Mr. Bartley and Mr. Newman now had money for gifts for their families.

The close friends also shared a dream: one day they would run a business together. The company would combine portions of each of their last names and be called “Newbart”. However, it would be several years until that vision would become a reality.

Having moved to Houston, Texas during the height of the oil boom, Mr. Bartley was working as a district manager for a card lamination company. Some years later, that company changed marketing strategies, and Mr. Bartley was given the opportunity to strike out on his own and become a reseller of their products. That’s when he decided to make the idea dreamt up years ago in a college dorm a reality. In 1983, Newbart was formed.

Meanwhile, Mr. Newman was enjoying a very successful career as a sales manager for an oil field services company. Also having relocated to Houston, he had a staff of more than 40 sales people beneath him and enjoyed tremendous success. However, as is the nature with all commodity booms, there was a bust. His staff now reduced to a quarter of its original size, Mr. Newman left for a new position with GE Aerospace in California.

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