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The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Graco (baby products) page on 28 September 2019, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Graco (pronounced gray-co) is an American baby products company based in High Point, North Carolina. It is owned and operated by Newell Brands. Graco was founded in 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Russell Gray and Robert Cone (hence the name) as Graco Metal Products, a company that fabricated machine and car parts. Rex Thomas (one of two engineers hired to come up with a sustainable product) watched his wife sitting on the porch, rocking their baby in a swing with a string tied to it, while she read a book. Rex went into work the next day and said "why don't we make an automatic baby swing." After 18 months of research and development, the Swyngomatic - the world's first wind-up, automatic baby swing was born in 1955, designed by company engineer Dave Saint. In 1987, the company pioneered the invention of the Pack N' Play Portable Playard, the world's first portable play yard (designed by Nate Saint, Dave Saint's son).
In 1998, Graco acquired Century, a car seat manufacturer and introduced the SnugRide infant car seat, which has become America's top-selling infant car seat line. Century actually introduced the travel system where a car seat could fit on a stroller for easy transportation. That same year, Graco was acquired by Rubbermaid (the company became Newell Rubbermaid in 1999 and Newell Brands in 2016). In 2002, Graco launched the Turbo Booster, a booster seat designed to help parents stay in compliance with many states' passage of laws requiring children to stay in a car seat longer. In 2007, the company purchased established German baby product brand, Teutonia. The same year, the Nautilus® 3-in-1 car seat debuted, earning the "Best Bet" designation from Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Then, in 2008, Graco acquired Aprica Kassai®, the number one selling baby brand in Japan. In 2014, Newell Rubbermaid acquired American baby brand, Baby Jogger.
Graco offers products including car seats, travel systems, strollers, high chairs, play yards, and baby swings.
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| report date 21 December 2007 | NHTSA Recall 08C001000 Graco ComfortSport CHILD SEAT:MATERIAL/PADDING National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | Recall Page - 1 page |
| report date 10 March 2008 | NHTSA Recall 08C005000 Graco CarGo Booster, Graco Platinum CarGo, Graco Treasured CarGo, Graco Ultra CarGo CHILD SEAT National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | Recall Page - 1 page |
| report date 3 December 2008 | NHTSA Recall 08C009000 Graco ComfortSport CHILD SEAT National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | Recall Page - 1 page |
| 7 February 2014 | Part 573 Report To: Nancy Lewis, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration From: Sean Beckstrom, Graco Children’s Products, Inc. | PDF - 150KB - 3 pages |
| 10 February 2014 | NHTSA Recall 14C001000 Graco Child Safety Seats National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | Recall Page - 1 page |
| 10 February 2014 | Part 573 Report To: Nancy Lewis, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration From: Sean Beckstrom, Graco Children’s Products, Inc. | PDF - 146KB - 3 pages |
| 11 February 2014 | To: Sean Beckstrom, Graco Children’s Products, Inc. From: Jennifer Timian, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 56KB - 7 pages |