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Member Spotlight WHEN WAS YOUR COMPANY FOUNDED AND HOW? NAME CAROLYN VOISIN COMPANY ROYLCO INC. TITLE PRESIDENT YEARS IN THE EDUCATION BUSINESS 37 4 essentials | fall 2018 1969. Originally the company was found- ed as a manufacturing company special- izing in custom die-cutting. We serviced a variety of industries from electronics to automotive. Early in the company’s history we purchased a small company that made chalkboard erasers from a man who was retiring. That is how we started manufacturing for the education- al market. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST JOB? I worked at a pub. HOW DID YOU GET STARTED IN THE EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS BUSINESS? I joined the company in 1981 knowing nothing about educational products. WHAT MAKES YOUR COMPANY UNIQUE? We develop and manufacture almost everything we sell in our factories. One is in Canada and the other is in South Carolina. We are a very self- contained company.