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| − | + | Company name: [[Akron Brass Company]] | |
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| + | Website |[http://www.akronbrass.com/ Akron Brass Company] | ||
** ''formerly'' Akron Brass Manufacturing Company | ** ''formerly'' Akron Brass Manufacturing Company | ||
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==Established== | ==Established== | ||
* 1918 in [[Akron, Ohio]], relocated to [[Wooster, Ohio]] in 1920 | * 1918 in [[Akron, Ohio]], relocated to [[Wooster, Ohio]] in 1920 | ||
| + | * [[343 Venture Blvd.]], [[Wooster, Killbuck Township, Wayne County, Ohio]], 1926- | ||
==Location== | ==Location== | ||
Revision as of 17:45, 13 August 2014
Company name: Akron Brass Company Type: Private
Website |Akron Brass Company
- formerly Akron Brass Manufacturing Company
Proprietor
Company directory
Manager
Established
- 1918 in Akron, Ohio, relocated to Wooster, Ohio in 1920
- 343 Venture Blvd., Wooster, Killbuck Township, Wayne County, Ohio, 1926-
Location
- 1450 Spruce St., Wooster, Killbuck Township, Wayne County, Ohio Main Corporate offices and Research & Development Activities
- 1415 Bowman St., Wooster, Killbuck Township, Wayne County, Ohio Machine shop and foundry
- Old Mansfield Rd., Wooster, Killbuck Township, Wayne County, Ohio Other operations
History
1914-1933, War, Prosperity, and Depression
- 1918 - Opened in Akron, Ohio
- 1920 - Relocated to Wooster, Ohio
1933-1945, New Deal and WWII
1945-1960, Postwar America
1960-1980, Vietnam Era
1980-2000, End of the Century
2001- , New Millennium
Newspaper articles
- 2 Ma 1920 - "Start to Build the Brass Factory Walls" The Daily Record, p. 3.
- Aug - "In Wooster Factories: Today The Akron Brass Mfg. Co.
- 5 Dec 1936 - "Wooster Industries" The Daily Record
- 4 Apr 1964 - "Akron Brass Does More Development" The Daily Record.
- 28 Jul 1964 - "Akron Brass Looks Ahead"
- 25 Sep 1967 - "Akron Brass Grown From Early World War I Beginning" The Daily Record, Guy Richard.
- 5 Oct 2000 - "Akron Brass double size, adds a lake at new site"
- 4 Mar 2002 - "'They were friends' Akron Brass Celebrates Growth" pp. 1-2.