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In February 2012, U.S. President Barack Obama visited the Master Lock headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and lauded the company's recent return of jobs from overseas locations. [16] As of that time, it was reported that the company had returned about 100 jobs from overseas during the preceding two-year period. [16]
In 1921, he founded the Master Lock company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [3] The company built locks based on Soref's designs using laminated steel to build strong yet inexpensive locks; he received over 80 patents for his designs. [1] Soref and his wife Bertha had five children. [1] He died in 1957 in Phoenix, Arizona, aged 70. [4]
John C. Pritzlaff was an immigrant from Pomerania, Prussia, who came to Milwaukee in 1841, before Wisconsin was a state. [1] In 1850 he, August Suelflohn, and Henry Nazro opened a small hardware store on Third Street called John Pritzlaff and Company. Pritzlaff became the sole owner in 1866. [2]
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. (or "Fortune Brands") is an American manufacturer of home and security products, headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.Its portfolio of businesses and brands includes Moen and the House of Rohl; outdoor living and security products from Therma-Tru, Larson, Fiberon, Master Lock and SentrySafe; and MasterBrand Cabinets.
Brady Corporation was founded as W.H. Brady Co. in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, in 1914, by William Henry Brady (1879–1953). [2] In 1984, the company went public and began trading on the NASDAQ market. In 1998, W.H. Brady Co. became Brady Corporation and in 1999, the company began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BRC ...
Also in 1917 the company was once again renamed when W. E. Fraim bought into the company and the company's new name became the Slaymaker Lock Company. W.E. Fraim's father, E.T. Fraim, owned the rival E.T. Fraim lock company and had died that year (1917) and W.E. Fraim had had a falling out with his family after his father's death.
Vennture Brew Company is a microbrewery and coffee shop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, that opened in 2018. Vennture was created by three photographers who turned their hobby projects in coffee and beer into a successful business; in 2022, Yelp listed them as the best brewery in the state of Wisconsin.
The tower made an appearance on the NASCAR Busch Series race car of Mike Bliss in 2004. To celebrate Rockwell Automation and Allen-Bradley's 100-year association, the #20 Rockwell Automation car was painted black with gold accents, along with the Rockwell/Allen-Bradley 100 Years symbol on the hood and quarter panels.