COMPANY·HISTORIES
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All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (pt)

How the companies in this industry began, and the forces that shaped them.

45companies1849–1999founding years45still active0no longer operating
§ 01

The industry over time

Companies foundedEconomyTechnologyEnvironmentHistory
FoundedFreudenberg & Co.
1849
FoundedBlodgett Holdings, Inc.
1854
FoundedKoch Enterprises, Inc.
1873
FoundedMilacron, Inc.
1884
FoundedNewell Rubbermaid Inc.
1902
1903
TechnologyThe Wright brothers achieve powered flight.
FoundedTennant Company
1909
FoundedEnodis plcFoundedThe Hoover Company
1910
1914
EconomyWorld War I begins; global trade reorders.
FoundedBarnes Group Inc.
1922
FoundedFuji Electric Co., Ltd.
1923
FoundedAmeron International Corporation
1929
EconomyThe stock market crashes; the Great Depression spreads worldwide.
1939
EconomyWorld War II begins; wartime production surges.
1945
EconomyThe war ends; a long global expansion begins.
1947
TechnologyThe transistor is invented.
FoundedIonics, Incorporated
1948
FoundedStandex International Corporation
1955
1958
TechnologyThe integrated circuit is demonstrated.
1962
EnvironmentSilent Spring launches the modern environmental movement.
FoundedFirst Alert, Inc.
1967
1971
EconomyThe dollar leaves the gold standard; currencies float.
1973
EconomyThe OPEC oil embargo triggers a global shock.
1975
TechnologyThe personal-computer era begins.
1979
EconomyA second oil crisis drives inflation higher worldwide.
FoundedMemry Corporation
1981
TechnologyThe IBM PC launches and sets a standard.
FoundedLeatherman Tool Group, Inc.
1983
1984
TechnologyApple ships the Macintosh; the GUI era begins.
1987
EconomyBlack Monday: markets fall sharply around the world.
1989
HistoryThe Berlin Wall falls; global markets open up.
1991
TechnologyThe World Wide Web is released to the public.
FoundedAVTOVAZ Joint Stock Company
1993
TechnologyThe Mosaic browser brings the web to everyone.
1995
TechnologyWindows 95 launches; the internet goes mainstream.
1997
EconomyThe Asian financial crisis rattles global markets.
EnvironmentThe Kyoto Protocol sets the first climate targets.
FoundedFaurecia S.A.
1998
2000
EconomyThe dot-com bubble bursts.
2004
TechnologySocial media and Web 2.0 take hold.
2007
TechnologyThe iPhone launches the smartphone era.
2008
EconomyThe global financial crisis freezes credit worldwide.
2010
TechnologyCloud computing goes mainstream for business.
2015
EnvironmentThe Paris Agreement sets global climate targets.
2020
EconomyThe COVID-19 pandemic upends the global economy.
2022
EconomyInflation spikes; central banks raise rates sharply.
2023
TechnologyGenerative AI reaches mainstream business use.
§ 02

The companies

Freudenberg & Co. →
Active · founded 1849 · Germany
Weinheim, Germany's Freudenberg & Co.
Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik AG (WMF) →
Active · founded 1853 · Germany
Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik AG (WMF) is one of the world's leading manufacturers of commercial coffee makers and…
Blodgett Holdings, Inc. →
Active · founded 1854
Post-Civil War Years: Blodgett rebuilds his business, expanding his line with such new products as deck ovens and…
Crane Co. →
Active · founded 1865
Crane Co.
Sandvik AB →
Active · founded 1868 · Sweden
Sandvik AB is an industrial engineering group based in Sandviken, Sweden, and trading through an international network…
Koch Enterprises, Inc. →
Active · founded 1873
Koch Enterprises, Inc.
BISSELL Inc. →
Active · founded 1883
BISSELL Inc.
Milacron, Inc. →
Active · founded 1884
At the dawn of the 21st century, Cincinnati-based Milacron, Inc.
Anritsu Corporation →
Active · founded 1895 · Japan
Anritsu Corporation is a leading global producer of test and measurement devices, equipment, and systems.
Butler Manufacturing Company →
Active · founded 1901
Butler Manufacturing Company is a leading supplier of building systems, specialty components, and construction services…
Newell Rubbermaid Inc. →
Active · founded 1902
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A.O. Smith Corporation →
Active · founded 1904
A.O.
Tennant Company →
Active · founded 1909
Tennant Company is the world's foremost manufacturer of industrial floor maintenance equipment, including sweepers,…
Vossloh AG →
Active · founded 1909 · Germany
Vossloh AG is the world market leader for switch systems and fasteners of railway tracks.
Applied Power Inc. →
Active · founded 1910
Applied Power Inc.
Enodis plc →
Active · founded 1910 · United Kingdom
Enodis plc is a leading manufacturer of commercial kitchen equipment.
The Black & Decker Corporation →
Active · founded 1910
The Black & Decker Corporation is the leading maker of power tools and accessories in the United States--and is the…
The Hoover Company →
Active · founded 1910
A division of Maytag Corporation since 1989, The Hoover Company is the leading producer of floor care products in the…
CUNO Incorporated →
Active · founded 1912
CUNO Incorporated designs, manufactures, and markets a variety of general filtration, microfiltration, and…
SIFCO Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1913
SIFCO Industries, Inc.
Barnes Group Inc. →
Active · founded 1922
Barnes Group Inc.
Ecolab Inc. →
Active · founded 1923
Ecolab Inc.
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. →
Active · founded 1923 · Japan
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG →
Active · founded 1926 · Germany
World War II Years:Stihl plant is destroyed by bombs; production is moved to Waiblingen; German surrender brings halt…
NTN Corporation →
Active · founded 1927 · Japan
NTN Corporation is one of Japan's largest manufacturers of bearings, second in domestic market share only to longtime…
Ameron International Corporation →
Active · founded 1929
Ameron International Corporation is a manufacturer of highly engineered products that are sold to customers in the…
Makita Corporation →
Active · founded 1938 · Japan
Makita Corporation is Japan's number one manufacturer and exporter of electric power tools.
Ionics, Incorporated →
Active · founded 1948
Ionics, Incorporated is a leading water purification company active throughout the world in the supply of water and…
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. →
Active · founded 1950 · Japan
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
Dover Corporation →
Active · founded 1955
Dover Corporation is a diversified industrial manufacturing holding company composed of about 50 subsidiaries with…
Standex International Corporation →
Active · founded 1955
Standex International Corporation operates as a global multi-industry conglomerate that manufactures over 48,000…
Siemens AG →
Active · founded 1966 · Germany
Founded to manufacture and install telegraphic systems, Germany-based Siemens AG has prospered and grown over 155 years…
First Alert, Inc. →
Active · founded 1967
For more than 25 years, First Alert, Inc., along with its subsidiaries, has been a leading worldwide manufacturer and…
Flow International Corporation →
Active · founded 1980
Flow International Corporation, an industry pioneer, designs and manufactures cutting and cleaning systems that use…
American Power Conversion Corporation →
Active · founded 1981
American Power Conversion Corporation (APC) designs and manufactures power protection and management solutions for…
Memry Corporation →
Active · founded 1981
Memry Corporation ranks as the largest independent manufacturer of Nitinol components to the medical device industry…
Engineered Support Systems, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Engineered Support Systems, Inc.
Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.
Raytech Corporation →
Active · founded 1986
Based in Shelton, Connecticut, Raytech Corporation and its subsidiaries manufacture and distribute engineered products…
Tilia Inc. →
Active · founded 1990
Tilia Inc.
AVTOVAZ Joint Stock Company →
Active · founded 1993 · Russia
AVTOVAZ Joint Stock Company, or OAO AVTOVAZ (Avtovaz), manufactures nearly three-quarters of the light automobiles sold…
AptarGroup, Inc. →
Active · founded 1993
AptarGroup, Inc.
Faurecia S.A. →
Active · founded 1998 · France
Faurecia S.A.
Teledyne Technologies Inc. →
Active · founded 1999
Teledyne Technologies Inc.
Thyssen Krupp AG →
Active · founded 1999 · Germany
Thyssen Krupp AG was created in March 1999 from the merger of two of Germany's oldest industrial giants, Thyssen AG and…
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