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Lear Corporation was launched as American Metal Products in 1917 in Detroit, Michigan. At the time of its founding it was engaged in the manufacture of tubular, welded and stamped assemblies for the aircraft and automobile industries. [5] Lear grew during the 1980s and 1990s through a series of acquisitions.
Ironworks and steel mills in the United States (5 C, ... Wyman-Gordon (3 P) Pages in category "Metal companies of the United States" ... Detroit and Lake Superior ...
John William Murray, born 1862, in Ann Arbor, Michigan formed the J W Murray Mfg. Co. in 1913 to supply sheet metal parts for the automobile factories in the Detroit area. [1] The first plant was located in Detroit, at 1975 Clay Street, which is next to the Grand Trunk Western Railroad line and borders Fordyce, Morrow, Marston and Clay Streets ...
Steel production by countries. United States steel production faced a steep decline in the 1970s. As the only major steel maker not harmed during World War II, the United States iron and steel industry reached its maximum world importance during and just after World War II. In 1945, the US produced 67% of the world's pig iron, and 72% of the steel.
Also, in February 2014, it was reported and confirmed that most of the Detroit/Hamtramck manufacturing site had been sold [6] to a California-based Industrial Realty Group, IRG LLC who specialize in the use of industrial buildings for other developments such as apartment complexes. In 2014, American Axle continued to own its headquarters and ...
The Detroit plant, in collaboration with DuPont, was commissioned to assist the United States Mint in the production of a new copper and copper-nickel composite coin to replace silver coins in 1964. The Detroit plant was responsible for the hot rolling process of the coinage metal, according to a June 3, 2013 article in Coin World News.
John B. Dyar, manager and owner of the Detroit Metal & Heating Works, was the main promoter. [1] Clarence M. Woolley joined the firm in 1887. [2] The Detroit Radiator Company was founded in 1882 by Henry C. and Charles C. Hodges. [1] The Pierce Steam Heating Company was founded in 1881 by John B. Pierce and Joseph Bond in Buffalo. [3]
In 1954, $6,000,000 of the $100,000,000 expansion plan for the new Trenton plant was used to install two 4-high reversing cold rolling mills here. With this new addition to the Detroit plant, stainless steel production increased to 52,000 net tons per year. The Detroit plant was a finishing facility for sheet and strip products only.