 Sales in Canada represented 5 percent of the company's gross sales.In June 1966, the owners of Sawyer's Inc. revealed that they were considering selling the company to General Aniline & Film Corp. (GAF), of New York and formerly German-owned, and that the two companies had been negotiating on and off since July 1965.A deal was finalized in October 1966, and Sawyer's Inc. was sold to GAF on October 28, 1966.