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

40companies1649–1999founding years40still active0no longer operating
§ 01

The industry over time

Companies foundedEconomyTechnologyEnvironmentHistory
FoundedFiskars Corporation
1649
FoundedMenasha Corporation
1872
FoundedWheaton Science Products
1888
FoundedNewell Rubbermaid Inc.
1902
1903
TechnologyThe Wright brothers achieve powered flight.
FoundedCristalerias de Chile S.A.
1904
FoundedRexam PLC
1910
1914
EconomyWorld War I begins; global trade reorders.
FoundedTOTO LTD.
1917
FoundedMelitta Unternehmensgruppe Bentz KG
1923
FoundedCrown Cork & Seal Company, Inc.
1927
FoundedChris-Craft Industries, Inc.
1928
FoundedRockford Products Corporation
1929
EconomyThe stock market crashes; the Great Depression spreads worldwide.
FoundedTecumseh Products Company
1930
1939
EconomyWorld War II begins; wartime production surges.
1945
EconomyThe war ends; a long global expansion begins.
1947
TechnologyThe transistor is invented.
FoundedDover CorporationFoundedUniversal Forest Products, Inc.
1955
1958
TechnologyThe integrated circuit is demonstrated.
FoundedSealed Air Corporation
1960
1962
EnvironmentSilent Spring launches the modern environmental movement.
FoundedLund International Holdings, Inc.
1965
1971
EconomyThe dollar leaves the gold standard; currencies float.
FoundedRock-Tenn Company
1973
EconomyThe OPEC oil embargo triggers a global shock.
1975
TechnologyThe personal-computer era begins.
FoundedFountain Powerboats Industries, Inc.
1979
EconomyA second oil crisis drives inflation higher worldwide.
1981
TechnologyThe IBM PC launches and sets a standard.
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.
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.
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

Fiskars Corporation →
Active · founded 1649 · Finland
Fiskars Corporation, headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, is one of the oldest companies in the western world, having…
Crane Co. →
Active · founded 1865
Crane Co.
Menasha Corporation →
Active · founded 1872
The third oldest privately held manufacturing company in the United States, Menasha Corporation is a holding company…
The Lamson & Sessions Co. →
Active · founded 1883
Mid- to Late 1960s: Diversification outside fastener sector begins.
Wheaton Science Products →
Active · founded 1888
With origins in glass production dating back to 1888, Wheaton Science Products is a wholly owned subsidiary of and…
Zodiac S.A. →
Active · founded 1897 · France
Zodiac S.A.
Newell Rubbermaid Inc. →
Active · founded 1902
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CLARCOR Inc. →
Active · founded 1904
CLARCOR Inc.
Cristalerias de Chile S.A. →
Active · founded 1904 · Chile
Cristalerias de Chile S.A., or Cristalchile, is that country's leading producer of glass and plastic containers and…
Becton, Dickinson & Company →
Active · founded 1906
Becton, Dickinson & Company manufactures and markets medical supplies and devices and diagnostic systems for use by…
Applied Power Inc. →
Active · founded 1910
Applied Power Inc.
Rexam PLC →
Active · founded 1910 · United Kingdom
Rexam PLC is one of the world's ten largest consumer packaging companies.
CertainTeed Corporation →
Active · founded 1917
CertainTeed Corporation is a leading U.S.
TOTO LTD. →
Active · founded 1917 · Japan
TOTO LTD.
Royal Packaging Industries Van Leer N.V. →
Active · founded 1919 · The Netherlands
Royal Packaging Industries Van Leer N.V.
Melitta Unternehmensgruppe Bentz KG →
Active · founded 1923 · Germany
Melitta Unternehmensgruppe Bentz KG is the holding company of the Germany-based Melitta group of companies, a leading…
Sweetheart Cup Company, Inc. →
Active · founded 1926
Sweetheart Cup Company, Inc.
Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. →
Active · founded 1927
Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc.
Georgia-Pacific Corporation →
Active · founded 1927
Georgia-Pacific Corporation is a leading manufacturer and distributor of paper-based consumer products, pulp, office…
A. Schulman, Inc. →
Active · founded 1928
Mid-1940s:[fs22]A.
Chris-Craft Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1928
s: 51312 Television Broadcasting; 326199 All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing; 326113 Unsupported Plastics Film and…
Masco Corporation →
Active · founded 1929
Masco Corporation is the world's largest faucet manufacturer as well as the leading U.S.
Rockford Products Corporation →
Active · founded 1929
Based in Rockford, Illinois, Rockford Products Corporation is a worldwide manufacturer, importer, and distributor of…
The Testor Corporation →
Active · founded 1929
Based in Rockford, Illinois, The Testor Corporation manufactures a wide variety of products for plastic and metallic…
Tecumseh Products Company →
Active · founded 1930
Tecumseh Products Company manufactures compressors for refrigeration and air conditioning equipment, gasoline engines…
Tupperware Corporation →
Active · founded 1946
Tupperware Corporation, whose well-known Tupperware parties have spread to more than 100 countries, is one of the…
Dover Corporation →
Active · founded 1955
Dover Corporation is a diversified industrial manufacturing holding company composed of about 50 subsidiaries with…
Furon Company →
Active · founded 1955
Furon Company is the world's leader in the design and manufacture of specialized polymer components and parts for a…
Universal Forest Products, Inc. →
Active · founded 1955
Universal Forest Products, Inc.
Raven Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1956
Raven Industries, Inc.
Griffon Corporation →
Active · founded 1959
Griffon Corporation is a diversified manufacturing company with operations in four business segments: garage doors,…
Sealed Air Corporation →
Active · founded 1960
Sealed Air Corporation is one of the world's leading manufacturers of food, protective, and specialty packaging…
Tyco International Ltd. →
Active · founded 1962 · Bermuda
Tyco International Ltd.
Lund International Holdings, Inc. →
Active · founded 1965
Lund International Holdings, Inc.
Mark IV Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1970
Mark IV Industries, Inc.
Rock-Tenn Company →
Active · founded 1973
Rock-Tenn Company is one of the largest U.S.
Phoenix Mecano AG →
Active · founded 1975 · Switzerland
Phoenix Mecano AG produces a variety of electrotechnical and mechanical components.
Fountain Powerboats Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1979
Fountain Powerboats Industries, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary Fountain Powerboats, Inc., is one of the…
Alltrista Corporation →
Active · founded 1993
Alltrista Corporation was previously a wholly owned subsidiary of Ball Corporation, which spun it off in 1993.
Water Pik Technologies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1999
Water Pik Technologies, Inc.
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