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Harvey Cory patented his glass filter rod design (No. 114097), for which the patent was granted in 1939. [1] In 1951, the Cory Corporation, a Chicago company, bought Autopoint from Union Carbide. Cory operated Autopoint as a division appointing the president. In the 1967, the Hershey Chocolate Corporation bought the Cory Corporation. [2]
In 2022 Daprato Rigali Studios [9] completed the restoration of Grand Army of the Republic rotunda stained glass dome in the Chicago Cultural Center. [10] The 40-foot diameter Tiffany-designed stained-glass dome had become covered in grime and paint and cut off the natural light that brought out the brilliant colors of the glass. [11]
Marsco Manufacturing (later Engineered Glass Products) was founded in 1947 as a manufacturer of specialized glass products, most importantly customized dials and gauges. [1] With the arrival of television , Marsco became one of the first manufacturers to produce protective gray glass shields for television tubes.
Corelle Brands, LLC is an American kitchenware products maker and distributor based in Downers Grove, Illinois.. The company began as the Corning Consumer Products Company, a division of the glassmaker Corning Inc., and was also known as "World Kitchen" from 2000 until 2018.
Oldcastle glass was created through the merging of multiple glass manufacturers, including Hordis Brothers (marketed as "Arm-R-Clad"), HGP Industries, [1] United Tempering Systems, North American Glass, O&W Glass, Downey Glass, Glass Distributors of America, General Glass, Tempglass, Armourguard Glass Products, Wescan Glass Industries, Free State Glass Industries, and Oldcastle Specialty Glass.
While undergoing cancer treatment in 1995, Lee Rhodes's husband Emery produced small glass cups which Lee would light with tea light candles to find solace during treatments. [2] Encouraged by the demand from her friends, Rhodes hired local glassblowers in 1998 to produce more glassybaby, and began selling them out of her garage.
Actually made of poured concrete, the cup stands about 68.1 feet (20.8 m) tall. Sweetheart Cup Company was a North American company that made paper cups, plastic cups and related products. In 2004, Sweetheart was acquired by the Solo Cup Company, which itself was acquired by Dart Container on May 4, 2012. [2]
Simon, one of numerous games designed by Marvin Glass and Associates. Marvin Glass and Associates (MGA) was a toy design and engineering firm based in Chicago.Marvin Glass (1914–1974) and his employees created some of the most successful toys and games of the twentieth century such as Mr. Machine, Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, Lite Brite, Ants in the Pants, [1] Mouse Trap, Operation, Simon, Body ...