Kamfanin Sterling Plumbing

 

Sterling Plumbing shine alamar-sunan layin kayan aikin famfo da Kohler Co. Kamfanin ya kera tare da kera nau'ikan samfura daban-daban don dafa abinci da wanka, gami da famfo, bayan gida, tankuna, baho, ƙofofin shawa da kayan wanka.

Tarihi

Shekaru na farko

Tushen farko na kamfanin ya koma a cikin shekara ta 1907 lokacin da wasu 'yan'uwa biyu daga Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Clark da John M. Beggs, suka gina masana'anta a Crafton, Pennsylvania don samar da bawul ɗin gas na gida don murhu da tukunyar girki. A cikin wannan shekarar da muke ciki, wani mutum da ake kira John Wesley "J.W." Ruby, ya fara aiki a cikin masana'anta a matsayin buffer.

J.W. Daga baya Ruby zai zama shugaban kamfanin. A cikin 1913, An kafa Kamfanin Specialty na Sterling na Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A wannan shekarar, kamfanin ya gina wani wuri a Newcomerstown, Ohio.

A cikin shekara ta 1931, an sake canza sunan kamfanin a matsayin Kamfanin Sterling Faucet. Kamfanin ya kware wajen samar da famfo. Kamfanin ya kuma ba da sabis na chrome da nickel plating don sassa na motoci da na kayan aikin likitanci da na likitan hakora.

Ranar 1 ga Oktoba, 1936, kamfanin ya bukaci kotun tarayya da ta ayyana su da rashin biya da kuma ba da izini don sake tsarawa a ƙarƙashin dokokin fatarar kuɗi na Amurka.

Ranar 16 ga Maris, 1939, gobara ta lalata ginin Sterling Faucet na Newcomerstown, Ohio. Bayan da aka kashe wutar, babu tabbas ko za a sake gina wurin ko a'a. Kamfanin yana da kusan ma'aikata 80 a lokacin da gobarar ta tashi.

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A ranar 9 ga Afrilu, 1940, an sanar da Kamfanin Sterling Faucet za a koma Morgantown, West Virginia. A ranar 12 ga Yuni, 1940, an bayar da rahoton cewa Kamfanin Sterling Faucet ya kammala mika kadarorinsa zuwa tsohon wurin aikin Sabraton Works na Kamfanin Sheet na Amurka da Tin Plate. J.W. An sanya Ruby mai kula da ginin Morgantown.

Lokacin da Amurka ta shiga yakin duniya na biyu, Sterling ya canza ayyukan tagulla zuwa masana'antar soja..

A ranar 20 ga Oktoba, 1944, Sterling Faucet Co. ya sanar da tsare-tsare na fadada shuka.

A ranar 13 ga Satumba, 1948, an kafa kamfanin Sa-Mor Quality Brass, Inc. a Morgantown, West Virginia.

A cikin shekara ta 1952, Kamfanin Sterling Faucet ya shirya kamfanoni uku a Reedsville, West Virginia: Kamfanin Pittsburgh Valve, Kamfanin Manufacturing Sterling da Kamfanin Kera Brass Hardware. A shekara ta 1953 kamfanoni uku a Reedsville suna da ma'aikata 62.

A ranar 9 ga Yuli, 1953, Kamfanin Sterling Faucet ya haɗa Sa-Mor Quality Brass, Inc. a matsayin sabon reshe mai sunan Sterling Tubular Products. A cikin 1953, masana'antar Sterling Tubular Products tana da ma'aikata 87 yayin da kamfanin na Sterling Faucet yana da ma'aikata 57.

Ranar 24 ga Disamba, na shekara ta 1958, Shugaban Sterling, J. Wesley Ruby, ya ba da sanarwar siyan Glauber na Texas, Inc. wanda ya kasance masana'antar sarrafa tagulla da ke Tyler, Texas tare da ma'aikata 115. A cikin sanarwar manema labarai guda ɗaya, an sanar da cewa za a haɗa wasu tsire-tsire guda biyu, ɗaya a Ohio da ɗaya a Massachusetts tare da biyar da kamfanin ke aiki a West Virginia.

A watan Agustan 1961, reshen Kanada Sterling, Sterling Faucet Canada Ltd ya saya daga United Carr Fastener Canada Ltd wata shuka a Oakville, Ontario, Kanada tare da manufar kafa kayan aiki don kera samfuran tagulla na famfo. Kamfanin ya yi niyyar daukar ma'aikata 50 aiki a cikin shekarar farko.

A watan Agusta 1962, Kamfanin Reynolds Gas Regulator Company (reshen Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company) ya ba da sanarwar gina mai sarrafa iskar gas da wurin mitoci a Sheridan, Arkansas. Bayan shekara guda (a watan Agustan 1963) yayin da ake gina masana'antar, Arkla Industries Inc. ya sayar da shukar ga Kamfanin Rockwell Manufacturing Co. Daga baya, shukar za ta zama wurin kera famfo.

By 1967, Sterling Faucet Co. ya kai dalar Amurka miliyan 28 a tallace-tallace. Kamfanin Sterling Faucet yana sarrafa tsire-tsire a Reedsville, West Virginia, Tyler, Texas, da Oakville, Ontario, Kanada yana ɗaukar ma'aikata kusan 2,000.

A ranar 18 ga Nuwamba, 1968, Rockwell Manufacturing Co. ya amince ya sayi Sterling Faucet Co. da rassa uku, Sterling Manufacturing Co., Sterling Tubular Products Inc. da Sterling Faucet Canada Ltd. Lokacin da siyan ya cika, Kamfanin Sterling Faucet ya zama wani reshe. na Rockwell na shekaru masu zuwa.

Ƙarshen ƙarni na 20

A cikin 1973, Rockwell International Corp., ya sake suna sashin Sterling Faucet a matsayin Sashin Abubuwan Gine-gine. Rockwell ya fara kera famfo a ƙarƙashin alamar Rockwell.

A ranar 10 ga Janairu, 1974, rukunin Gine-gine na Rockwell International ya sanar da rufe masana'antarsa ​​a Tyler Texas yana ambaton kwafin wuraren samarwa. Kamfanin yana da ma'aikata 150 a lokacin sanarwar.

A ranar 7 ga Nuwamba, 1977, Rockwell International Corp, ya sanar da cewa yana iya siyar da sashin Gine-gine tunda akwai masu son siye da yawa. An kuma sanar da cewa za ta rufe shukar Reedsville, West Virginia tare da hada shi da ayyukan masana'antar a Morgantown, West Virginia. Bayan rufe Reedsville Plant, ayyukan sashen sun kasance a cikin tsire-tsire na Sheridan, Arkansas, da Morgantown, West Virginia.

A cikin 1978, William W. Boyd da David C. Wright sun sayi kamfanin zuwa Rockwell International kuma suka sake masa suna a matsayin Kamfanin Faucet na Sterling. An sake fasalin kamfanin a matsayin kamfani mai zaman kansa.

a cikin 1980, Sterling ya gabatar da alamar Accent na famfo a kasuwa.

A ranar 26 ga Janairu, 1984, Kohler Co. ya ba da sanarwar siyan Sterling Faucet Co. Kohler jami'an da aka ambata siyan zai ba wa kamfanin damar shiga cikin tattalin arzikin ƙarshen kasuwar famfo, faɗaɗa kasuwanninsa da faɗaɗa layin samfuran. A matsayin wani ɓangare na saye, da tagulla foundry da allura gyare-gyaren na Morgantown, West Virginia da taro da kuma allura gyare-gyare shuka Sheridan, Arkansas (su ne 700 da 250 ma'aikata da aka aiki bi da bi) ya zama wani ɓangare na Kohler. Alamar Sterling da Lafazin an haɗa su cikin dangin samfuran Kohler Kitchen & Bath. Bayan sayan, Kohler ya fara faɗaɗa ba da samfuran samfuran Sterling a cikin shekaru masu zuwa, kofofin bututu, ƙofofin shawa, wuraren shawa na kusurwa, kayan wanka, kayan aikin china vitreous, da sauran kayan aikin gidan wanka zuwa layin faucets ɗin da ake da su.

A ranar 29 ga Disamba, 1986, Sterling Faucet Co. ya sanar da samun Polar Stainless Products Inc. wanda ya mallaki shuka a Searcy, Arkansas tun 1965 kuma ya ɗauki ma'aikata 150 aiki. Sayen ya kawo kwandon bakin karfe ga dangin Sterling.

A cikin 1987, Sterling Faucet Co. ya sayi Rukunin Samfuran Bath da fasahar haƙƙin mallaka na kamfani mai fama, Owens Corning. Sayen ya haɗa da masana'antar masana'anta a Huntsville, Alabama wanda aka gina a cikin 1972. Wannan siyan ya kawo layin Vikrell (wani poly-resin / filastik da fiberglass fili) na kayan wanka na wanka zuwa Sterling.

A ranar 31 ga Maris, 1988, an sake sunan kamfanin a matsayin Sterling Plumbing Group Inc. Kamfanin Sterling Plumbing Group ya mai da hankali kan masana'antu da tallata samfuran cikakken layin kayan aikin famfo don Cibiyar Hardware/Gida, Plumbing da Hardware wholesale, magini da Specialized OEM kasuwar tashoshi.

Ranar 16 ga Nuwamba, 1988, Sterling ya sayi masana'antar Kinkead (wani reshen USG Corporation) da masana'anta a Union City, Tennessee. Wannan siyan ya ƙara ƙofofin shawa mai naɗewa, baho da wuraren shawa ga dangin Sterling.

Daga 1994 zuwa 1996, an tura ayyukan famfo a Morgantown, West Virginia zuwa wurare a cikin garuruwan Sheridan da Malvern, Arkansas. A lokaci guda, ofisoshin kamfanoni sun koma Rolling Meadows, Illinois.

A ranar 2 ga Yuli, 1999, kamfanin Sterling Plumbing Group Inc. ya haɗu da Kohler Co. A ƙarshen shekara, tambarin da ke cikin kayan aikin Sterling Plumbing Group an maye gurbinsu da tambarin Kohler.

Karni na 21

A cikin Janairu 2003, a cikin sanarwar manema labarai, Sterling Plumbing ya sanar da dakatar da duk layin samfurin famfo don mayar da hankali ga sauran rukunin samfuran famfo. An ci gaba da samar da famfo a cikin wurare daban-daban na Kohler a ƙarƙashin alamar Kohler. Katsewa ya haɗa da layukan famfo Nova™, Starflo™, Gemini™, Tribute™, Eminence™, Progression™, magudanar ruwa/shawa da kayan haɗi.

Janairu 13, 2012, Kohler co. ya sanar da cewa za a rufe kayan aikin famfo a Malvern Arkansas kuma za a tura ayyukan da ake yi zuwa wuraren da ke Sheridan Arkansas da Kohler Wisconsin.

A cikin 2015, Sterling ya gabatar da wani bakin karfen dafa abinci wanda ya haɗa da famfon ɗin da aka ciro na dafa abinci tare da mai ba da sabulu. Wannan ya dawo, a cikin iyakataccen hanya, famfon dafa abinci zuwa layin samfuran Sterling na yanzu, wanda bai faru ba tun 2004.

Dubi kuma

• Kohler Co.
• Kamfanin Vollrath