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Zippo reaches major milestone

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    American icon makes 500 millionth lighter

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Know them for that famous clicking sound -- Zippo lighters an American icon.

Then after eighty years of being made in America the company behind them is about to reach.

A major milestone Rick Leventhal live at the Zippo factory.

Bradford Bradford I should say Pennsylvania Rick.

-- John I just finished a ceremony here outside the Zippo museum and all of these 620 employees are enjoying it.

-- launch of those that's because of that.

Major milestone that you mention the 500 million.

Zippo lighter was manufactured today all -- employed and have it back to work pretty soon because they're making 60000 left because they wanna show you video.

All of that.

Zippo lighter that was made today the five.

Hundred million that they classic brushed chrome lighter it's and gray with a special two -- logo.

It is.

A pretty big deal for this company the lighter -- pass that was made past and and among all the employees on the line.

A down here two.

This location where the grandson of the founder George -- the grandson George duke -- that lighter.

And talked about this company being based here about -- the house but -- that is and the press.

That it took over for the -- just up and they -- are great to see you didn't tell me about the significance of 500 million.

Well any manufacture any American manufacturer that gets to this point in they're in their history it's amazing thing we we compete.

Globally and we compete successfully and you get to a 500 million slider means nothing but success -- one of the -- that day for one of the things about the group.

The guarantee it world story -- -- free absolutely.

He -- thing happens anything happens it doesn't matter whether you bought it.

Your dad bought it -- your grandfather bought it if something's wrong -- that you send it back we fix it for free that's gonna cost the company on among dives but.

There aren't that many of them that we build quality in the lighter here at the factory and not that -- come -- and John you're the other cool thing about the opposes the basic product hasn't changed in eighty years it really -- the shape is gen general is saying.

We've rounded corners a little bit change the hinge design a little bit change the -- -- a little bit just to make everything a little bit better.

And now you got that world famous Zippo lighter is.

Pretty -- and by the way you can get almost anything -- -- that -- now done so I was fortunate enough.

You get my own personal -- Zippo lighter this was not my idea but I'm pretty.

-- -- That baby right there that is nice.

Rick Leventhal.

Bring them home of those in the museum here OK in the lot fabulous artwork -- -- one -- look at excellent.

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