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The trade name "Superior" under the Superior Trade Co. was first used in 1892 and manufacturing began in Springfield, Ohio. They imprinted in their advertising, "The Best in the World". American Civil War Capt. Edward Lyon Buchwalter was one of the organizers of the Superior Drill Company and president of the same from 1883 to 1903.
Lear Siegler Incorporated (LSI) is a diverse American corporation established in 1962.Its products range from car seats and brakes to weapons control systems for military fighter planes.
As a result of a joint venture with Makino Milling Machine, LeBlond Makino Machine Tool Company was formed in 1981. In 1996, LeBlond Makino Machine Tool Company changed its name to Makino. Then in 1997, LeBlond Lathe Parts was founded to focus on the service and support of all LeBlond lathe equipment manufactured since 1887.
The Galion Iron Works Company of Galion, Ohio, was founded by David Charles Boyd and his three brothers in 1907.In its early years, the Galion produced a wide range of road-building and other construction equipment, such as drag scrapers, plows, wagons, stone unloaders, rock crushers, and a variety of other "experimental machines".
Also in 2007, Lear's board of directors agreed to a $2.3 billion takeover offer from American Real Estate Partners, an affiliate of financier Carl Icahn, subject to shareholder approval. Lear has said it will continue to talk to other interested parties, however, Icahn would receive a $100 million fee should another offer be accepted.
The firm was the successor to the firm of Owens, Ebert & Dyer (founded in 1845 by Job E. Owens) which went into receivership in 1876. [1]In 1882, George A. Rentschler, J. C. Hooven, Henry C. Sohn, George H. Helvey, and James E. Campbell merged the firm with the iron works of Sohn and Rentschler, [1] [2] and adopted the name Hooven, Owens, Rentschler Co.
Crescent Machine Company was founded in Leetonia, Ohio in 1893. It manufactured a line of industrial woodworking machinery, particularly band saws . In 1940, it was bought by Pittsburgh Equitable Meter and Manufacturing Company , which became the Rockwell Manufacturing Company in 1946.
White began supplying sewing machines to Sears Roebuck and Co in the 1920s. By the 1930s, all Sears sewing machines were Whites rebadged as Kenmore, Franklin, Minnesota, and other house brands. [1] A White Rotary Electric Series 77 machine was placed in the Crypt of Civilization. [1] [note 1] [2] A rare White Gem (USA) from about 1887