* 1918 - Opened in Akron, Ohio, in a leased portion of an American cereal company building in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akron,_Ohio Akron, Ohio]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodrich_Corporation B.F. Goodrich Rubber company] employees formed the [[Akron Brass Manufacturing Company]] with the intent of producing couplings for the rapidly growing rubber lined fire hose market. | * 1918 - Opened in Akron, Ohio, in a leased portion of an American cereal company building in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akron,_Ohio Akron, Ohio]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodrich_Corporation B.F. Goodrich Rubber company] employees formed the [[Akron Brass Manufacturing Company]] with the intent of producing couplings for the rapidly growing rubber lined fire hose market. |