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It is located in a tri-county area of Northeast Ohio that is home to the nation's largest population of Amish, some 56,000 in number. [2] Its location made it a natural place from which to do business with the area's Amish population, and its proximity to U.S. Route 30 has also made it a popular stop among tourists who are visiting Amish Country.
Cleveland entrepreneurs William Bingham and Henry C. Blossom purchased the Clark & Murfey hardware store in 1841, and incorporated it as the W. Bingham Co. in 1888. [2]In April 1913, the W. Bingham Co. announced it would construct a new building in the city's Warehouse District as its new headquarters. [3]
Area code 440 was established on August 16, 1997, in a three-way split of area code 216, one of the original North American area codes, [1] to provide relief from central office prefix exhaustion from increasing popularity of cellular phones and population pressure. [2]
In 1964, Quikut, a manufacturer of cutlery and plastics of Fremont, Ohio was purchased, and began a core group to produce plastic injection molded components for other Scott Fetzer divisions, mainly The Kirby Company and Wayne Home Equipment. In 1971, it acquired ScotLabs, a carpeting and floor care company, founded in 1962 in Chagrin Falls ...
Central and southeastern Ohio except Columbus: December 6, 1997: 220: April 22, 2015: 614: Columbus: October 1947: 380: February 27, 2016: 937: Southwestern part of Ohio including Dayton, Springfield, public parts of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and areas north and east of the Cincinnati metropolitan area: September 28, 1996: 326: March 8 ...
Mac Tools (previously, Mechanics Tool and Forge Company) is an American company that distributes and markets professional tools and related equipment. It is headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, United States. The Mac Tools line consists of over 8,000 professional tools, including screwdrivers, ratchets, wrenches, and assorted air tools.
Irwin was founded in 1885 in Martinsville, Ohio as the Irwin Auger Bit Company by Charles Irwin, a pharmacist. Irwin had bought the rights to a solid-center auger bit from a local blacksmith. [3] In 1924, another blacksmith, Danish immigrant William Petersen of DeWitt, Nebraska, invented the first locking pliers [4] and named them Vise-Grips. [5]
A successor company to Janentzky & Weber Manufacturers & Importers, F. Weber & Company, Inc. was established in 1853, [4] and has been known for quality and innovation throughout its history, for example in the late 19th and early 20th centuries—the golden years of the prestigious World Fair—F. Weber & Co. frequently won gold medals for its fine quality products.