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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001026608-20-000002
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200108
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200108
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200108

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ACME UNITED CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000002098
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CUTLERY, HANDTOOLS & GENERAL HARDWARE [3420]
		IRS NUMBER:				060236700
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CT
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-07698
		FILM NUMBER:		20514534

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		55 WALLS DRIVE
		CITY:			FAIRFIELD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06824
		BUSINESS PHONE:		203-254-6060

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		55 WALLS DRIVE
		CITY:			FAIRFIELD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06824

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ACME SHEAR CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19710713
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt/20pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

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event reported): <B>January 8, 2020</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: justify"><B>ITEM 8.01. Other Events.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">On January 7, 2020, Acme United Corporation issued a press
release announcing that it had agreed to acquire the assets of First Aid Central. Based in Laval, Canada, First Aid Central produces
and sells a complete line of first aid kits, refills, and safety products to a broad range of industries and end users. Additional
information related to the acquisition of First Aid Central can be found in the Company&rsquo;s press release dated January 7,
2020. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report.</P>

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    <TD><A HREF="acu_8k010820ex991.htm">99.1</A></TD>
    <TD>Press release dated January 7, 2020. </TD></TR>
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of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 42%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;By</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps">Walter C. Johnsen</FONT></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: top">Walter C. Johnsen</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3">Dated: January 8, 2020</TD></TR>
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    <TD>By</TD>
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G. Driscoll</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: top">Paul G. Driscoll</TD>
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    <TD><A HREF="acu_8k010820ex991.htm">99.1</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt">Press release dated January 7, 2020.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 25%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Acme United Corporation</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 20%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">55 Walls Drive</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 20%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Fairfield, CT 06824</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Phone: (203) 254-6060</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 95%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><U>FOR
    IMMEDIATE RELEASE&nbsp;&nbsp; January 7, 2020</U></FONT></TD>
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CONN. &ndash; January 7, 2020 &ndash; Acme United Corporation (NYSE MKT:ACU) today announced that its Canadian subsidiary has
acquired the assets of First Aid Central, a Canadian first aid and safety supplier. The company had revenues in 2019 of approximately
C$4.3 million. The purchase price was not disclosed. The acquisition is expected to be accretive during 2020.</FONT></P>

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in Laval, Canada and operating since 2007, First Aid Central produces and sells a complete line of first aid kits, refills, and
safety products to a broad range of industries and end users. Its products meet federal Health Canada and provincial regulatory
requirements.</FONT></P>

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United has been in the first aid and safety business in the U.S. for over 40 years, selling under the First Aid Only, PhysiciansCare
and Pac-Kit brands. It has a customer base of safety and industrial distributors, service fleets, mass market retailers, and office
supply superstores and dealers.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Walter
C. Johnsen, Chairman and CEO of Acme United, said &ldquo;We are delighted to bring First Aid Central and its talented team of
employees into our organization. We intend to use the Laval location to expand production. We believe our global customers will
benefit from local production and service of our product line in Canada.&rdquo;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Mr.
Johnsen added that Acme United&rsquo;s first aid and safety segment has been growing steadily due to corporate emphasis on employee
safety, regulations that require first aid kits, and new products that control bleeding as well as Acme United&rsquo;s SafetyHub
replenishment technology.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt/150% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>ACME
UNITED CORPORATION </B>is a leading worldwide supplier of innovative first aid, safety, and cutting products to the school, home,
office, hardware and industrial markets. <FONT STYLE="line-height: 150%">Its leading brands include First Aid Only, PhysiciansCare,
Pac-Kit, Spill Magic, Westcott, Clauss, Camillus, Cuda, and DMT. </FONT></FONT></P>

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statements in this press release, including without limitation, statements related to the Company&rsquo;s plans, strategies, objectives,
expectations, intentions and adequacy of resources, are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including,
without limitation, the following: (i) changes in the Company&rsquo;s plans, strategies, objectives, expectations and intentions,
which may be made at any time at the discretion of the Company; (ii) the impact of uncertainties in global economic conditions,
including the impact on the Company&rsquo;s suppliers and customers; (iii) changes in client needs and consumer spending habits;
(iv) the impact of competition and technological changes on the Company; (v) the Company&rsquo;s ability to manage its growth
effectively, including its ability to successfully integrate any business it might acquire; (vi) currency fluctuations; (vii)
increases in the cost of borrowings resulting from rising interest rates; (viii) international trade policies and their impact
on demand for our products and our competitive position, including the imposition of new tariffs or changes in existing tariff&nbsp;rates;&nbsp;and
(ix) other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time in the Company&rsquo;s filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.</FONT></P>

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