Company Mergers - Celebrate the Anniversary

Company mergers play an important part in the history of many of the big household brands we know today.  These should be celebrated and marked in order that staff & customers understand the culture and background of your brand.

Just the same way as wedding anniversaries, why not choose the theme of your celebration to tie in with traditional gifting trends.   Below are a list of items that are traditional gifts to mark each year of a merger.

Year	U.S.	U.K.
1st	Paper
2nd	Cotton
3rd	Leather
4th	Linen, silk	Fruit and flowers
5th	Wood
6th	Iron	Sugar
7th	Wool, copper	Woollen
8th	Bronze	Salt
9th	Pottery	Copper
10th	Tin/Aluminium
11th	Steel
12th	Silk	Silk and fine linen
13th	Lace
14th	Ivory
15th	Crystal
20th	China
25th	Silver
30th	Pearl
35th	Coral, jade	Coral
40th	Ruby
45th	Sapphire
50th	Golden
55th	Emerald
60th	Diamond
65th	Blue Sapphire
70th	Platinum
75th	Diamond & Gold
80th	Oak
85th	Wine
90th	Stone