The Ohio Brass Company was founded on October 17, 1888 by Frank B. Black in Manfield, Ohio. Its industry is electrical transmission equipment, mining materials, and transist products and its headquarters were in Mansfield, Ohio (1888-1988) and Wadsworth, Ohio (1988-present) In February 1978, the company was acquired by Harvey Hubbell, Inc.
SUBSIDIARIES[]
- Canadian Ohio Brass Company, Ltd. (Ontario)
- Ohio Insulator Company
ACQUISITIONS[]
- Linham Dado Machine Company (1900)
PLANTS[]
- Aiken, South Carolina (est. 1984)
- Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Barberton, Ohio (1910-1985)
- Bayamon, Puerto Rico
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Griffin, Georgia
- Mansfield, Ohio (closed 1990)
- Newell, West Virginia (1966-1985)
- Niagara Falls, Ontario (est. 1922)
- Oak Hill, West Virginia
- Pointe Claire, Quebec (est. 1966)
- Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
- Wadsworth, Ohio (est. 1978)
- Willoughby, Ohio
ADVERTISEMENTS[]
The Wood-Worker (March 1901)
Domestic Engineering (Jan. 21, 1905)
Domestic Engineering (Jan. 4, 1908)
Mill Supplies (December 1911)
Electric Railway Journal (June 5, 1915)
Modern Mining (December 1925)
Domestic Engineering (July 12, 1930)
Industrial Equipment News (November 1954)
Industrial Equipment News (November 1954)