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Container Corporation of America (CCA) was founded in 1926 and manufactured corrugated boxes. [1] In 1968 CCA merged with Montgomery Ward & Company, Inc. , becoming MARCOR. MARCOR maintained separate management for the operations of each company, but had a joint board of directors .
The Farm Crest Bakeries building, also known as the Hoffman Container Factory, was a historic building in the Driving Park neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio.The Streamline Moderne building was constructed from 1947 to 1949, and was lauded at its opening as a modern and innovative facility.
Continental Can Company (CCC) was an American producer of metal containers and packaging company, that was based in Stamford, Connecticut. [ 1 ] The Continental Can Company was founded by Edwin Norton [ 2 ] T.G. Cranwell in 1904, [ 3 ] three years after the formation of its greatest rival, American Can Company . [ 3 ]
A fall from grace. Founded in 1978, The Container Store went public on Nov. 1, 2013, pricing its initial public offering at $525 per share. By the close of trading that day, shares closed at $543.
O-I Glass, Inc. is an American company that specializes in container glass products. [2] It is one of the world's leading manufacturers of packaging products, holding the position of largest manufacturer of glass containers in North America , South America , Asia-Pacific and Europe (after acquiring BSN Glasspack in 2004 [ 3 ] ).
In 2009, the company opened a new design center and project-management facility in Hong Kong, operating under the name Packaging Corporation of Asia Limited. The company has acquired many companies, including Boise Inc. in 2013, [ 5 ] TimBar Corporation [ 6 ] and Columbus Container, Inc. [ 7 ] in 2016, Sacramento Container Corporation in 2017 ...
The company was an early adopter of electric motors, and one of the first American manufacturers to build a mining locomotive powered from an overhead wire, in 1888. [7] This was followed by a line of electrically-driven coal mining machines. [8] By 1911, the company's plant in Columbus occupied more than 30 acres.
While the holding company resides in Columbus, the units operate in many other locations including: Columbus, Wilmington, and Mason, Ohio and Atlanta, Georgia. Founded by Robert S. Crane Sr. in 1947, the company has remained a private, family operated business, with Tanny B. Crane as CEO. The company employs over 1300, mostly in Ohio.