Dunder Mifflin
Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, Inc. is a fictional paper and office supplies wholesale company featured in the American television series The Office. It is analogous to Wernham Hogg in the British original of the series, and Papiers Jennings and Cogirep in the French Canadian and French adaptations, respectively. Originally, the company was completely fictitious, but eventually, the brand was used to sell products at Staples and other office supply outlets.
| Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, Inc. | |
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| Series | The Office |
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| Founded | 1949 |
| Location | Headquarters: New York City Regional branches: Akron Albany [closed] Binghamton [closed] Buffalo [closed] Camden [closed] Nashua Pittsfield [closed] Rochester Scranton (location of show) Stamford [closed] Syracuse Utica Yonkers [closed] |
| Owner | Publicly traded on New York's Stock Exchange (seasons 1–6) Sabre (seasons 6–8) David Wallace (season 9) |
| Key people | Robert Dunder (co-founder) Robert Mifflin (co-founder) Alan Brand (CEO) David Wallace (CFO / Chairman & CEO / owner) |
| Employees | Michael Scott (Regional Manager) Kevin Malone (Accountant) Angela Martin (Accountant) Oscar Martinez (Accountant) Dwight Schrute (Salesman) Jim Halpert (Salesman) Pamela Beesly (Receptionist/Salesman) Stanley Hudson (Salesman) Phyllis Lapin (Salesman) Meredith Palmer (Supplier Relations) Creed Braton (Quality Assurance) Kelly Kapoor (Customer Service) Ryan Howard (Temp) Toby Flenderson (Human Resources) Darryl Philbin (Warehouse Foreman) Andy Bernard (Salesman) Erin Hannon (Receptionist) |
| Products | Paper |
| Slogan | Limitless Paper in a Paperless World OR "The People Person's Paper People" |
| Competitors | Staples Inc. Office Depot Prince Family Paper (closed) Michael Scott Paper Company (bought) Big Red Paper Company Osprey Paper |
Two websites were created to support the fictional company, one with the image of a public website, and one meant to look like the corporation's intranet. NBC sold branded merchandise at its NBC Universal Store website. Its logo was prominently displayed in several locations in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, where the show is set. Scranton has been associated internationally with Dunder Mifflin due to the show's international reach. In a 2008 St. Patrick's Day speech in the suburb of Dickson City, then-Taoiseach (prime minister) of Ireland, Bertie Ahern, referred to the city's fictional branch office.
The name is also at the center of a trademark infringement lawsuit filed by NBCUniversal against Jay Kennette Media Group; when NBC tried to obtain a trademark for the name in 2020, they were denied because Jay Kennette had already registered the trademark in 2017, and was selling merchandise well before NBC.