Shelton-based lighter manufacturer BIC has acquired Djeep, a French company which makes high-end lighters, for $44.9 million. The move is expected to strengthen BIC’s position in the European market.

Our ancestors learned to control fire roughly 1.8 million years ago. A lot has changed since then, but the utility of fire remains constant, keeping us warm, cooking our food, and lighting the ...

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In July 2022, a TikTok user published a video that supposedly demonstrated how the vast majority of people who use BIC pocket lighters are using this product all wrong. In the video, the narrator says ...

SHELTON, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, BIC, a world leader in manufacturing safe, high-quality lighters, unveiled its inaugural Lighter Safety Report drawing attention to a concerning influx of ...

BIC, which makes one million pocket lighters a day at its Milford factory, has won a trademark fight that blocks hundreds of millions of imitation lighters from being imported into the U.S. from China ...

Clichy, France -16 June 2020 - BIC announced today that it has signed an agreement to enter exclusive negotiations to acquire Djeep for 40 million euros, and a deferred consideration based on Djeep ...