ComputerControlCompany, Inc. 1953 1966 , informally known as 3C, was a pioneering minicomputer company known for its DDP series Digital Data Processor computers, notably the 1963 16 bit DDP 116 and the 24 bit DDP 24 . It was founded in 1953 by Dr. Louis Fein , the physicist who had earlier designed the Raytheon RAYDAC computer. ref Background, Vol. 7, No. 2 Aug., 1963 , pp. 109 110 published by Blackwell Publishing on behalf of The International Studies Association ref The company moved to Framingham, Massachusetts in 1959. Prior to the introduction of the DDP series it developed a series of digital logical modules, initially based on vacuum tubes. In 1966 it was sold to Honeywell Honeywell, Inc. . As the Computer Controls division of Honeywell, it introduced further DDP series computer, and was a 100,000,000 business until 1970 when Honeywell purchased GE s computer division and discontinued development of the DDP line. ref cite web url http www.series16.adrianwise.co.uk history ccc.html title ComputerControlCompany publisher Adrian Wise author Adrian Wise accessdate 2008 06 09 ref In a 1970 essay, Murray Bookchin used the DDP 124 as his example of computer progress cquote In 1945, J. Presper Eckert , Jr. and John W. Mauchly of the University of Pennsylvania unveiled the ENIAC ... erratically... Some twenty years later, the ComputerControlCompany of Framingham, Massachusetts offered the DDP 124 for sale. The DDP 124 is a small, compact computer that resembles a bedside AM ... stub compu company stub See Digital Pioneering by Robert L. Massard, former 3C VP, a retrospective on the development of Raytheon s RAYDAC Computer and the ComputerControlCompany. ... , University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Fein discusses establishing computer science as an academic ... in 1953 Category Minicomputers Category Computer companies of the United States Category Defunct computer hardware companies Category Defunct computer companies of the United States Category Companies ... more details
Infobox Company name Computer Peripherals, Inc. logo File Computer Peripherals Inc.png 160px type Privately held company Private genre fate Merged predecessor Holley Computer Products successor Centronics foundation 1964 founder defunct End date 1982 location city Rochester, Michigan Rochester , Michigan location country United States location locations area served key people industry products Printers services market cap revenue operating income net income aum assets equity owner num employees parent Control Data Corporation divisions subsid homepage footnotes intl Computer Peripherals, Inc. CPI was an American manufacturer of Printer computing computer printers , based in Rochester, Michigan . CPI s precursor, Holley Computer Products, was formed as a joint venture between Control Data Corporation CDC and the Holley Performance Products Holley Carburetor Company in April 1962. Holley developed and produced a series of drum printers. In June 1964, CDC bought out Holley and partnered with NCR Corporation NCR and International Computers Limited ICL to form CPI in Rochester. ref name babbage cite web url http www.cbi.umn.edu collections inv cdc cbi00080 01.html title CDC Records Acquisitions, Subsidiaries, and Joint Ventures, 1952 1991 work Charles Babbage Institute accessdate 2006 07 07 ref In the early 1970s CPI also had a branch in Valley Forge, PA. This division made punched card readers and 9 track magnetic tape drives for both parent companies CDC and NCR . In 1978 CDC bought controlling interest of CPI. CPI produced several train printers under the CDC and Fastrain brands, including the CDC Model 512 1967 , the Fastrain A 1200 LPM 1969 and the Fastrain 9372 III 2000 LPM .... References Reflist Category Control Data Corporation Category Defunct computer companies of the United ... in 1964 Category Computer printer companies Category Companies disestablished in 1982 Category Defunct companies based in Michigan US manufacturing company stub tech company stub ... more details
Many computer user interface s use a control panel metaphor to give the user control of software and hardware features. Computer History The term control panel was used for the plugboard s in unit record equipment and in the early computers of the 1940s and 50s. In the 1980s, the Xerox Star and the Apple Lisa , which pioneered the first graphical user interface metaphors, controlled user settings by single click selections and variable fields. In 1984 the Apple Macintosh in its initial release made use of fundamental graphic representation of a control panel board imitating the operation of slider controls, on off buttons and radio select buttons that corresponded to user settings. br clear all Different types In Microsoft Windows operating system s, the Control Panel Windows Control Panel is where various computer settings can be modified. In Mac OS Macintosh operating systems prior to Mac OS X , a Control panel Mac OS control panel served a similar purpose. In current iterations of the Mac operating system the equivalent to control panels are referred to as System Preferences . In web hosting , Web browser browser based Web hosting control panel control panels , such as CPanel and Plesk , are used to manage servers, web services and users. There are different control panels in free desktops, like GNOME , KDE , Webmin ... See also Control panel engineering Category User interfaces software stub es Panel de control pl panel administracyjny ... more details
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Unreferenced date February 2007 Computer Consoles Inc. or CCI was a telephony and computercompany located ... a line of 68k based Unix computers and the Power 6 32 Unix supermini . History Computer Consoles Inc ... of the smart computer terminal, and the expertise the company gained in understanding Operator Services, the company started development programs to offer networked computer systems that provided contract ... & BT and became an integral aspect of the parent company. CCI Israel, Inc. CCI Israel, Inc ..., NY, Irvine, CA and Reston, VA operations of Computer Consoles, Inc CCI . It was first established ... company from 1968 to 1990. CCI provided worldwide telephone companies with Directory Assistance ..., and Jeffrey Tai, to develop one of the earliest versions of a smart computer terminal, principally ... audio authored either by CCI or the local phone company. Digital Switching To provide even higher ..., Perpetual Processing Operating System To provide better control over transaction processing, significant ... PERPOS S, which was originally a Version 7 Unix Version 7 derived kernel computer science kernel ... III compatibility. Later, Computer Consoles opened a development center in Irvine, California , USA ..., and the Computer Systems Research Group at the University of California, Berkeley also ported 4.3BSD ... http articles.sun sentinel.com 1985 06 04 business 8501220335 1 computer systems division harris corp minicomputer title New Harris Computer Introduced accessdate 2011 11 04 ref A companion 68010 based ... with, and ultimately acquired, a small company in Reston, Virginia , called RLG, to develop ... access via a compact desktop smart terminal backed by a mini, or super mini computer. Although the system ... Inc CCI Europe Inc was the wholly owned European Sales and Support operations based in West London and established ... America & the Middle East. Having had a long computer industry career, he recruited industry professionals ... CCI range of computer and telephony products. CCI Europe maintained close co operation with Rochester ... more details
Computer Memories Inc. CMI was a Chatsworth, California manufacturer of hard disk s during the early 1980s. CMI made basic stepper motor based drives, with low cost in mind. In August 1984 they secured a major contract as sole producer of 20 megabyte hard drives for the base model of the IBM PC AT . Unfortunately, the Singapore manufactured CM6000 drives proved highly unreliable. Dealers reported failure rates as high as 25 to 30 percent. ref Borrett, Lloyd. http www.borrett.id.au computing art 1985 09 01.htm Megabyte Tarnish , PC Australia , September 1985 url accessed June 17, 2006 ref Part of the problem was high demand for the PC AT IBM increased its order from 90,000 units in 1984 to 240,000 in 1985, and manufacturing quality suffered. Second, the design of the disk drive subsystem itself was flawed. ref http do info.com feature cmi ibm.html CMI s IBM Contract Blessing or Curse , Data Storage Report July 1985 ref At the same time, Quantum Corporation sued CMI for patent infringement relating to the Servomechanism servo mechanism in the entire CM6600 line of drives. Instead of putting the tracking grating on the head arm and driving the arm directly from a voice coil , like the Quantum designs, CMI made a composite motor that would bolt to the drive in place of the usual stepper motor, with the voice coil on the bottom and the tracking mechanism on top similar to DC servo motors used in process controls and robotics . CMI connected the motor to the arm with a metal band pulley ... Attempts were made in 1987 to sell the remainder of the company to movie producer Hemdale Film Corporation ... American Holdings, Inc. In 1995 it was renamed Pure World, Inc. after its largest subsidiary, a supplier ..., a French competitor. References references External links http www.fundinguniverse.com company histories Pure World IncCompany History.html Funding Universe Pure World, Inc. Hard disk drive manufacturers Category Defunct computer companies of the United States Category Computer storage companies ... more details
Infobox Companycompany name Tera Computercompany logo company slogan Parallelism, not placement. company type Manufacturing foundation 1987 location Seattle, Washington key people num employees products Computer software and hardware The Tera ComputerCompany was a manufacturer of high performance computing computer software software and computer hardware hardware , founded in 1987 in Washington, D.C. and moved 1988 to Seattle, Washington by James Rottsolk and Burton Smith . ref http www.cray.com About History.aspx Cray Inc., History ref The company s first supercomputer product, named Cray MTA MTA , featured interleaved Multithreading computer architecture multi threading , i.e. a barrel processor . It also had no data cache, relying instead on switching between threads for latency tolerance, and used a deeply pipelined memory system to handle many simultaneous requests, with address randomization to avoid memory hot spots. ref cite web year 1999 title Multi processor Performance on the Tera MTA url http cseweb.ucsd.edu carter Papers tera2.html ref Although it was not a commercial success, the company was a pioneer in multi threading technology. Whom? date December 2010 Upon acquiring the Cray Research division of Silicon Graphics in 2000, the company was renamed to Cray Inc. ref cite news year 2000 title Supercomputer maker to buy Cray, change name url http news.cnet.com 2100 1001 237517.html work cnet news ref See Also Denelcor Inc. Heterogeneous Element Processor References references Category Companies based in Seattle, Washington Category Companies established in 1987 tech company stub de Tera Computer ru Tera Computer ... more details
in New York city. On October 3, 1955 Computer Usage Company, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware . George ...Infobox companycompany name Computer Usage Companycompany logo Image Computer Usage Company logo.jpg 200px caption The company logo featured an abacus fate Bankruptcy founder Elmer C. Kubie br John W ... computer software Computer Usage Company 1955 1986 , sometimes called Computer Usage Corporation , was the first independent company to market computer software . History Computer Usage Company ... computer vendors of the time. CUC is generally considered the first company to develop software ... an office in Los Angeles . ref cite web title Annual Report 1961 publisher Computer Usage Company url http archive.computerhistory.org resources text Computer Usage Company cuc.annual report.1961.102651923.pdf ... cite book title Programming the IBM system 360 author Computer Usage Company year 1966 publisher Wiley .... Reynolds joined as President of the new Computer Usage Development Company subsidiary in 1966. Reynolds ... compiler for the TI Advanced Scientific Computer . ref name timeline During that time, the company ... url http archive.computerhistory.org resources text Computer Usage Company 070910 download computerusagecompany.cu .... ref name cch CUC declared its first loss as a public company in 1969. Other competitors such as Computer ... a contract to manage computer facilities at the Firemans Fund Insurance Company , which restored ... DEFAULTSORT Computer Usage Company Category Software industry Category Companies established in 1955 ... develop computer programs. The initial investment of US 40,000 supported the founders and a staff of five. ref cite journal title Recollections of the first software company author Elmer C. Kubie ... issue 2 publisher IEEE Computer Society date Summer 1994 pages 65 71 doi 10.1109 85.279238 ref Although ... of oil. ref cite web title Computer Usage Corporation CUC work Computer Museum web site url http ... . Trimble headed a project to computerize the air traffic control system of the Federal Aviation Administration ... more details
People s ComputerCompany PCC was an organization, a newsletter the People s ComputerCompany Newsletter and, later, a quasiperiodical called the dragonsmoke. PCC was founded and produced by Bob Albrecht & George Firedrake in Menlo Park, California in the early 1970s. The first newsletter announced itself with the following introduction blockquote Computers are mostly used against people instead of for people used to control people instead of to free them Time to change all that we need a... Peoples ComputerCompany. blockquote PCC was one of the first organizations to recognize the potential of Tiny BASIC in the nascent field of personal computing when it published that language s design specification in their newsletter. This ultimately led to the design of an interpreter that was published in a publication, which they named Dr. Dobb s Journal of Tiny BASIC Calisthenics and Orthodonti, dedicated to Tiny BASIC. The newsletter s title was changed to Dr. Dobb s Journal of Computer Calisthenics & Orthodontia for the second issue the popular reaction to it eventually led to the long running computer magazine Dr. Dobb s Journal which continued publication until 2009. The history of PCC and its role in the evolution of the personal computer was described in Steven Levy s book, Hackers Heroes of the Computer Revolution ref Levy, S Hackers Heroes of the Computer Revolution . Anchor Press Doubleday, 1984. ref . In Levy s book, some of the values and ethics of PCC s founders are examined ... What to Do After You Hit Return or P.C.C. s First Book of Computer Games What to Do After You Hit Return, or P.C.C. s First Book of Computer Games Hacker Ethic Community Memory Microcomputer revolution External links http www.digibarn.com collections newsletters peoples computer index.html Site that is the home of the history of the Peoples ComputerCompany http www.svipx.com pcc The PCC alumni pages Category Defunct American computer magazines Category Computer clubs Category Menlo Park, California ... more details
Brothers London Ltd Elliott Brothers London Ltd was an early computercompany of the 1950s&ndash ... as authoring his own computer aided design CAD applications. In 1966 the company established ... merged with English Electric in 1967. The data processing computer part of the company was then taken ... Government, who believed that the UK required a strong national computercompany. The combined company was called International Computers Limited ICL . The real time computer part of Elliott Automation remained, and was renamed Marconi Elliott Computer Systems Limited in 1969 and GEC Computers GEC ... up in 1946. The first Elliott 152 computer appeared in 1950. Elliott s was a pioneer of Head up display s HUDs. The well known computer scientist, Sir C. A. R. Hoare Tony Hoare was an employee there from ... on an operating system Elliott 503 Mark II for the computer, although this was less successful and abandoned ...?id 358561 The Emperor s Old Clothes John Lansdown pioneered the use of Computer aided design computers as an aid to planning making perspective drawings on an Elliott 803 computer in 1963, modelling ... over of English Electric by General Electric Company plc GEC . Elliott Automation Image Elliott Automation ... 1990s. The agreement which governed the split of computer technologies between the two companies disallowed ICT from developing real time computer systems and disallowed Elliott Automation from developing data processing computer systems for a few years after the split. The remainder of Elliott Automation which produced aircraft instruments and control systems, was retained by English Electric ... a limited company, at its headquarters in Lyon Way. It evolved its proprietary EMPRENT an early ..., including Admiral Computing which later merged with Logica . EASAMS Ltd was an independent company within General Electric Company GEC , founded in 1962 to provide services in system design , operational ... Systems before losing its identity. Computers The following Elliott computer models were produced Elliott ... more details
Infobox Company name California Pacific ComputerCompany logo type foundation founder Al Remmers location city Davis, CA location country USA key people Steve Gibson, chief programmer industry Computer and video game industry Computer and video games num employees 9 parent California Pacific ComputerCompany is a defunct software design company that published games and related software for the Apple II series Apple II family of computers in the late 1970s and early 1980s. California Pacific is best known as the publisher of the first installment of Richard Garriott s popular Ultima video game series Ultima game series, and for Super Invader computer game Super Invader , a Space Invaders clone voted the most popular software of 1978 80. ref cite web url http apple2history.org history appy aha78.html title Most Popular Software of 1978 80 accessdate 2008 11 05 year 1980 publisher Softalk ref Software Akalabeth World of Doom by Richard Garriott 1979 Ultima I The First Age of Darkness by Richard Garriott 1980 Super Invader computer game Super Invader by M. Hata 1980 Space Album by Bill Budge 1980 Trilogy of Games by Bill Budge 1980 including Night Driver , Pinball and Space War 3 D Game Tool by Bill Budge 1981 Pacific Coast Freeway computer game Pacific Coast Freeway by Chuck Bueche 1982 Lady Tut by Greggy 1983 References references External links http www.mobygames.com company california pacific computer California Pacific Computer entry at MobyGames Category Video game companies of the United States Category Defunct software companies Category Defunct video game companies Category Defunct companies based in California US software company stub ... more details
third party date June 2011 Cleanup laundry date June 2011 Infobox companycompany name Damage Control Engineering company type Private company Private foundation 2004 location Westlake Village, California industry Consumer electronics products Guitar effects pedals homepage http www.damagecontrolusa.com Damage Control is a manufacturer of guitar effects pedals and preamps. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Westlake Village, CA. They are best known for their line of pedals that integrate dual 12AX7 tubes. Products The Damage Control product line includes several guitar preamps, distortions, multi effects ref http www.premierguitar.com Magazine Issue 2010 Feb Damage Control Glass Nexus Multi Effects Review.aspx ref , and delays. They recently teamed up with Strymon Engineering and co developed a range of boutique guitar effects pedals. Effects Pedals Demonizer Tube preamp, direct recording preamp, and high gain tube distortion pedal. Womanizer Tube preamp, direct recording preamp, and tube distortion pedal. Liquid Blues Dual 12AX7 class A tube distortion pedal. TimeLine Dual 12AX7 stereo parametric delay multi effects pedal. Solid Metal Dual tube high gain distortion effects pedal. Glass Nexus Dual tube modulation, delay and reverb multi effects pedal. References See http en.wikipedia.org wiki Wikipedia Footnotes on how to create references using ref ref tags which will then appear here automatically Reflist External links http www.damagecontrolusa.com damagecontrolusa.com Categories Category Electronics companies of the United States Category Music equipment manufacturers Category Companies based in Ventura County, California Category Guitar effects manufacturing companies musical instrument company stub US manufacturing company stub ... more details
otheruses2 Entropia Infobox Defunct Companycompany name Entropia, Inc. company logo fate closed foundation 1997 defunct 2004 location Image Flag of the United States.svg 20px USA key people Scott Kurowski founder num employees industry Software development products Software Entropia, Inc. was a company law company founded in 1997 that sold distributed computing software for CPU scavenging . Their product s server infrastructure was based on Microsoft Windows . Entropia ceased commercial operations in 2004, although no formal announcement to that effect was ever made. Public Projects Entropia ran the Server computing server for GIMPS , a distributed computing project researching Mersenne prime numbers. Founder Scott Kurowski , who left the company in 2001, now runs the server. Entropia also helped with research on AIDS with their FightAIDS Home project, which was operated in cooperation with The Scripps Research Institute . In May 2003, that relationship ended and later the project was relaunched with World Community Grid . External links http www.cs.ucsd.edu users calder papers JPDC Entropia.pdf Description of Entropia s Architecture for GRID Computing http www.cs.ucsd.edu users calder papers VEE 05 EVM.pdf Description of Entropia s Virtual Machine for GRID Computing cite web url http www.entropia.com title Entropia PC Grid Computing Official Website archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20030203160941 http www.entropia.com archivedate 2003 02 03 DEFAULTSORT Entropia, Inc. Company Category Companies established in 1997 Category Defunct computer companies of the United States Category Distributed computing projects Category Grid computing products Category Defunct software companies Category Companies disestablished in 2004 ict company stub ... more details
Infobox Companycompany name Kunzler & Company, Inc. company logo Image Kunzler.PNG center company type Public company Public company slogan It s All We Know. foundation 1901 location Lancaster, Pennsylvania , USA key people num employees industry Food processing products bologna, steaks, scrapple, hot dogs, sausage homepage http www.kunzler.com www.kunzler.com Kunzler & Company, Inc. is an United States of America American food manufacturer and processor. It was founded in 1901 Germany German butcher named Christian Kunzler who moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania . The company is still based in the city of Lancaster and produces such products as natural hardwood smoked bacon, ham, bologna smoked with native Pennsylvania hardwoods, beef and grill hot dog franks , Pennsylvania Dutch scrapple , and Midwestern, hand trimmed steak. Kunzler & Company, Inc. produces the official hot dog of the Lancaster Barnstormers baseball team. External links http www.kunzler.com Official website Category Companies based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania Category Brand name meats Category Brand name hot dogs US manufacturing company stub ... more details
Infobox nrhp name Londontown Manufacturing Company, Inc. nrhp type image LondontownPlant 08 11.jpg caption Londontown Manufacturing Company, Inc., August 2011 location 3600 Clipper Mill Rd., Baltimore, Maryland lat degrees 39 lat minutes 19 lat seconds 53 lat direction N long degrees 76 long minutes 38 long seconds 34 long direction W locmapin Maryland area built 1877 architecture added January 12, 1973 governing body Private refnum 73002188 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref Londontown Manufacturing Company, Inc. , also known as Meadow Mill, is a historic cotton mill complex located at Baltimore , Maryland , United States . It is a three story, Italianate architecture Italianate brick structure that features a square tower structure with a truncated spire like roof having an open bell cupola . It was erected in 1877 as one of five mills which comprised the Woodberry Manufacturing Company. It was intended for the manufacture of twine seine twines . ref cite web url http mht.maryland.gov nr NRDetail.aspx?HDID 116&COUNTY Baltimore 20City&FROM NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY Baltimore 20City title Maryland Historical Trust date 2008 11 21 work Londontown Manufacturing Company, Inc., Baltimore City publisher Maryland Historical Trust ref It was home to London Fog company London Fog , prior to its move to Eldersburg, Maryland . Londontown Manufacturing Company, Inc. was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. ref name nris References reflist External links http mht.maryland.gov nr NRDetail.aspx?HDID 116&COUNTY Baltimore 20City&FROM NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY Baltimore 20City Londontown Manufacturing Company, Inc., Baltimore City , including photo from 1969, at Maryland Historical Trust National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Category Buildings and structures in Baltimore, Maryland Category Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Baltimore, Maryland Category Buildings and structures completed in 1877 Category Italianate ... more details
Infobox Companycompany name Parallax Inc. company logo Image Parallax chrome.png Parallax logo company type Private Company Private company slogan foundation 1987 Rocklin, California location Rocklin, California key people Chip Gracey , President industry Technology products Basic Stamp , Parallax SX , Parallax Propeller , BASIC Stamp Javelin homepage http www.parallax.com www.parallax.com Parallax Inc. is a privately held company in Rocklin, California . Parallax Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells BASIC Stamp microcontroller s, Propeller microcontroller s, microcontroller accessories such as LCDs, sensors, RF modules, etc. , educational robot kits, and educational curriculum. Parallax, although headquartered in Rocklin, also has an office in Hong Kong . The Rocklin office employs forty two people in Research and Development, Sales, Manufacturing, Education, Marketing, and Technical Support. Parallax Inc. has over seventy distributors around the world, ref http www.parallax.com Company ..., CA, Parallax, Inc. manufactured products such as the ISEPIC, TopRAM, and the first third party ... is one of the company s most popular products and the anchor of the Stamps in Class educational program. In 1998, Parallax, Inc. formed a partnership with Ubicom formerly Scenix Semiconductor to develop tools and BASIC Stamps using their new Parallax SX SX microcontrollers . Company founder Chip Gracey ..., Parallax, Inc. and Ubicom formed an agreement in which Parallax, Inc. is the exclusive supplier ... Bot One of Parallax, Inc. s all time best selling robots. The Boe Bot is a programmable and reprogrammable ... how to program the microcontroller for use in process control, measurement and signal generation and robotics ... the expo, the company was joined by a second sponsor the company Gadget Gangster. Unofficial Propeller ... default.aspx Parallax Forums http www.flickr.com parallax inc photos Parallax Events Photos Robot ... based in California nl Parallax bedrijf sv Parallax Inc. ... more details
Infobox Companycompany name Mercantile Stores CompanyInc. company logo fate bought by Dillard s Dillard s, Inc. company type department stores foundation 1914 defunct 1998 location 9450 Seward Road, Fairfield, Ohio , 45014 Cincinnati, Ohio industry Retail products Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares. Phone 513 881 8000 homepage Was http www.mercstores.com Mercantile Stores CompanyInc. until 1998, was a traditional department store retailer operating 102 fashion apparel stores and 16 home fashion stores in 17 states. The stores were operated under 13 different nameplates and varied in size, with the average store approximating convert 170000 sqft m2 abbr on . Store names included Bacon s , Castner Knott , deLendrecie s , Gayfers , Hennessy s , J. B. White , The Jones Store Company , Joslins , Lion Store , Maison Blanche , McAlpin s , and Root s . Each store offered a wide selection of merchandise with special emphasis placed of fashion apparel, accessories and fashion home furnishings. This was aimed at middle and upper middle income consumers. In addition to its department store operations the company maintained a partnership position in five operating shopping center ventures. Each of these centers had a retail outlet of the company. The store chain was formed in 1914 out of the bankruptcy of H.B. Claflin & Company . Its stores were separated into two store chains, Associated Dry Goods with brands such as Lord & Taylor and Hengerer s and Mercantile Stores Company. In May 1998 Mercantile Stores was acquired by Dillard s of Little Rock, Arkansas, for 2.9 billion. Later that year, Dillard s announced plans to sell off 26 of the newly acquired locations where there already were Dillard s stores. References reflist cite journal ...&pg PA49&dq 22Mercantile Stores Company 22, Inc.&q 22Mercantile 20Stores 20Company 22 2C 20Inc. issn doi id accessdate September 4, 2009 retail company stub Mercantile coord 39.32329 N 84.49216 ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Rome Company, Inc. was a furniture business in Rome, New York which became bankrupt in September 1935, during the Great Depression . ref name furniture It had branches in many sections of the United States . ref name defunct The corporation s fate illustrates the bleak economic climate in the United States during the 1930s. ref name furniture The retailer s failure is significant in the history of Rome. It was one of several of the town s establishments which closed in 1935, a consequence of the ongoing deflation . To avoid bankruptcy Rome Brewery, Inc., filed a petition of reorganization under Section 77B of the Bankruptcy Act of 1898 , in May 1935. ref Business Records , New York Times, May 3, 1935, pg. 38. ref Insolvency details A court in Malone village , New York Malone, New York rejected a plan for reorganization offered by Rome Company, Inc., under Section 77B of the Bankruptcy Act of 1898. The furniture dealer had net assets of 793,000 at this time. A court date was set for October 3, 1935 for the Rome Products Association to purchase assets for 725,000, not including cash, receivables, securities, and real estate. ref name furniture Furniture Concern Fails , New York Times , Saturday, September 21, 1935, pg. 20. ref Sale of the assets of Rome CompanyInc., to the Rome Products Association for 725,000, was completed on October 4, 1935. Rome and Boston Real Estate was not included in the purchase. Rome CompanyInc., had book assets of 2,500,000 and liabilities of 1,991,705. ref name defunct Business Records , New York Times, October 5, 1935, pg. 28. ref References references Category Defunct companies based in New York Category Oneida County, New York Category Utica Rome metropolitan area Category Companies based in New York Category Companies disestablished in 1935 ... more details
File Cyberdyne Inc Building day photo01.jpg thumb Company headquarters. Cyberdyne is a Japanese robotics and technology company most noted for the marketing and distribution of the HAL 5 robotic Powered exoskeleton exoskeleton suit. ref http tech.msn.com products articlecnet.aspx?cp documentid 19386182>1 40000 ref History Cyberdyne was founded on June 24, 2004, by Yoshiyuki Sankai, a professor at the University of Tsukuba . ref http www.cyberdyne.jp english company index.html ref The name, Cyberdyne , comes from the Cyberdyne Systems fictional company that manufactured Skynet Terminator Skynet in the Terminator franchise Terminator film series. In early 2009, Cyberdyne attracted international News media media attention with the announcement that it will be marketing and distributing the HAL 5 hybrid assist exoskeleton ref http www.cyberdyne.jp english robotsuithal index.html ref which they claim augments body movement and increases user strength by up to ten times. ref cite web url http www.hplusmagazine.com articles robotics i am ironman title Ironman Body Suit accessdate 2009 07 12 ref References Portal Companies Robotics Reflist External links Commons category Cyberdyne Inc. official http www.cyberdyne.jp english index.html Category Companies established in 2004 Category Companies of Japan Category Robotics companies robot stub ja ... more details
advert date October 2010 Spiral Binding Company, Inc. first opened its doors in 1932 as the first mechanical binding company in the United States. They have had many significant contributions to the post printing industry with the largest being the original metal spiral coil binding. Spiral Binding created the Spiralastic a popular plastic coil to replace wire during World War II. Spiral Binding acquired James Burn North America in 2007. James Burn North America was renamed James Burn USA, thus creating the largest family owned document finishing company in America. Image SpiralBindingNJ.jpg thumb right Spiral Binding Corporate Headquarters History 1930s In 1932 Frank Amato of Italy worked in a manufacturing metal spiral coil binding and binding books in France for the European market. Mr. Amato worked out a deal to become the exclusive U.S. rep for metal spiral coil binding, and in the height of the depression he founded Spiral Binding Company, Inc., America s first mechanical bindery, in New York City in 1932. Both the news industry and the education market are two of the lightest hit industries during the depression, which enabled Spiral Binding to enjoy success during a tumultuous period in American history. The application for a patent was filed by W. Walter Grumbacher. The application was filed on March 1, 1935. The title of the patent was Binding Construction and Method. It describes in detail the construction of a spiral bound notebook. The patent was assigned to the Spiral Binding Co, Inc. of New York . Grumbacher signed over the license for this design to the Spiral Binding Co., Inc. ref Grumbacher, W. 1935 , U.S. Patent No. 2,136,878 New York, NY U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ref Gregg Shorthand Systems became Spiral Binding s first big client. The company hired Spiral to bind their stenographer notebooks in the new metal spiral coil, enabling them to open ... stopped using Spiral Binding to bind their books in order to gain more control of their process ... more details
COI date January 2008 Orphan date January 2008 The Boyd Company, Inc. , is a corporate site selection firm founded in Princeton, New Jersey , in 1975. Boyd provides location counsel throughout North America for corporations seeking new manufacturing, office, research, and distribution sites. Boyd clients include PepsiCo , Time Inc. , JP Morgan Chase , Pratt & Whitney , Visa International , and others. Boyd s findings and business climate analyses are routinely cited in newspaper and business publications nationwide. References These are news articles from the company s archives. http www.theboydcompany.com Archived 20Sites Data Center Journal Space.pdf Data Center Space May Become Harder to Find .pdf http www.theboydcompany.com Archived 20Sites bergen record 10 10 06.pdf N.J. Fighting to Keep Jobs from Leaving .pdf http www.theboydcompany.com Archived 20Sites austinamericanstatesman5 7 2006.htm Charter Amendments Spur Debate on Incentives http www.theboydcompany.com Archived 20Sites ShowPR.aspx.htm Asia s Emerging R&D Hotspots http www.theboydcompany.com Archived 20Sites Bloomberg 20News.htm Delaware Residents Say MBNA s Takeover Will Cost Jobs, Revenue http www.theboydcompany.com Archived 20Sites palmbeachpost 207 18 05.htm Storms Plunge Panhandle into Tug of War for its Soul http www.theboydcompany.com Archived 20Sites Bizweek 20Full.htm Rewriting the Location Handbook http www.theboydcompany.com Archived 20Sites Wall 20Street 20Journal.htm Global Goods Jugglers... http www.theboydcompany.com Archived 20Sites Las 20Vegas 20Review 20Journal 20Print 20Version.htm No Personal Income Tax in Las Vegas Helps Lure Businesses External links http www.theboydcompany.com Company website DEFAULTSORT Boyd CompanyInc Category Real estate companies of the United States US company stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Refimprove date October 2008 F. Weber & Company, Inc. , successors to Janentzky & Weber Manufacturers & Importers, was established in 1853 and incorporated in 1920. The company manufactured artists supplies, including painting and drawing supplies, mathematical instrument s, materials for gilders, sign and coach painters, china decorators, engineers, lithographers, etchers and engravers, as well as materials for pyrography or Pyrography wood burning , and wax and paper flowers. Their main office was located at 1125 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , and branch houses existed at 709 Locust St., St.Louis, Missouri, and 5 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland . Frederick Weber was a chemist, author, lecturer and painter. ref http archives.getty.edu 8082 cgi f findaid findaid idx?cc utf8a c utf8a view reslist subview standard didno US 3A 3ACMalG 3A 3A950018 focusrgn bioghist byte 9141255Gibbs, Gibbs, Jocelyn. Inventory of the F. Weber & Company, Inc. Records, 1865 1973. Los Angeles, Calif. Research Library, Getty Research Institute. 1996, rev. 2005. ref External links http hdl.handle.net 10020 cifa950018 F. Weber & Company records, 1865 1973. Getty Research Institute. Los Angeles, California. Manufacturer of artists materials, including paints, papers, and other supplies. Records contain trade catalogs and price lists, paint formula books, sample books, and business papers, trade catalogs and sample books of other companies, and lectures written and delivered by F. Weber. ref http archives.getty.edu 8082 cgi f findaid findaid idx?cc utf8a c utf8a view reslist subview standard didno US 3A 3ACMalG 3A 3A950018 Gibbs, Jocelyn. Inventory of the F. Weber & Company, Inc. Records, 1865 1973. Los Angeles, Calif. Research Library, Getty Research Institute. 1996, rev. 2005. ref Footnotes Reflist Category Manufacturing companies based in Pennsylvania Category Companies established in 1853 Category Companies based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ... more details
Infobox company name Tonner Doll Company, Inc. logo type Privately held company Private genre fate predecessor successor founded 1991 founder Robert Tonner defunct location city Hurley, New York location country U.S.A location locations area served World Wide key people industry High End Fashion Doll Design, Production, Marketing and Distribution products services market cap revenue operating income net income aum assets equity owner num employees parent divisions subsid homepage http www.tonnerdoll.com Official Website footnotes intl Tonner Doll Company, Inc. is a collectible doll design and distribution company located in Hurley, New York . Founded by Robert Tonner in 1991, Tonner Doll designs and markets original doll lines as well as a number of licensed dolls for movies such as Harry Potter , Spider Man 3 , and The Twilight Saga film series Twilight . Its original products include the Tyler Wentworth , Kitty Collier and Antoinette series. History Tonner Doll Company, Inc. was founded in 1991 by Robert Tonner under the original name Robert Tonner Doll Designs RTDD . Originally the company ... Doll Company, Inc. to obtain the rights to several classic characters from the company s century ... Company 2006 The Robert Tonner Story Dreams and Dolls. By Stephanie Finnegan. Portfolio Press 2000 http www.tonnerdoll.com abouttonner.htm Company Website External links http www.tonnerdoll.com The Tonner Doll CompanyInc. Official Website http www.effanbeedoll.com Effanbee Official Website http ... was one of the initial mainstream commercial successes of the company. Over the coming years, RTDD began to grow the size of its staff to accommodate the rising demand. This growth would lead the company to be renamed the Tonner Doll Company a move that Tonner felt reflected the growth of an independent artist driven company to what was becoming a professional business. By the year 2000, Tonner ... 2011 12 26 publisher Tonner Doll ref In the company s history, Tonner Doll has also licensed the Twilight ... more details
Infobox Defunct Companycompany name Oppenheim Collins & Company, Inc. company logo fate Bankruptcy foundation 1871 ref H. Wilson, compiler, Trow s New York City Directory New York John F. Trow, 1872 , 881. ref defunct 1979 location 35 W 34th St, New York, New York industry Retail key people Albert D. Oppenheim , Charles J. Oppenheim , founders, and Isaac D. Levy products Fashion apparel, shoes, accessories, and cosmetics. num employees parent City Stores Company subsid Oppenheim Collins was a major women s specialty clothing store, headquartered in New York City, New York . History Founding Oppenheim Collins & Company, Inc. was founded by Albert D. Oppenheim and Charles J. Oppenheim , and was later joined by Isaac D. Levy . ref New York Times , Albert D. Oppenheim Dead, December 9, 1914, p. 13. ref Their first store was opened in 1901 in downtown New York City. ref Unsourced newspaper clipping City Stores Co. 2,000,000 Deal is Completed. ref Branch Stores In 1905, a branch store opened at 534 Main Street, in Buffalo, New York . ref Rizzo, Michael F. 2007 Nine Nine Eight The Glory Days of Buffalo Shopping. Lulu Enterprises, Inc. Morrisville, North Carolina. ISBN 978 1 4303 1386 1. ref The store expanded to include the Miss Vincent s Tea Room and was remodeled in 1935 and in 1951. In 1956, a suburban Buffalo location opened at Thruway Plaza in Cheektowaga, New York . The Top of the Town restaurant operated out of the Downtown Buffalo store. The Buffalo area stores closed in 1979, along with others in the Franklin Simon & Co. chain with the bankruptcy of City Stores . Later expansion in the 1950 s, led to the first store outside of New York. In 1958, Oppenheim Collins opened ... CIO , struck against the company. ref cite web url http books.google.com books?id s2vZ8bU8hUgC ... Stores Company in 1945. In the 1950s, the store was merged with Franklin Simon & Co. although the two ... Inc.html Css Industries, Inc. Business Information, Profile, and History. ref until the Oppenheim ... more details
Infobox Company name Koehler Instrument Company, Inc. logo Image Koehler picture.jpg 220px foundation 1947 location Bohemia, New York Bohemia , New York NY , United States USA key people Roy Westerhaus br small President small area served World wide industry Petroleum industry br Petroleum products Petroleum Testing Equipment homepage http www.koehlerinstrument.com KoehlerInstrument.com Koehler Instrument , or Koehler , is a company which provides petroleum and petrochemical testing equipment and technical support services to testing laboratories worldwide. The company has offices in Bohemia, New York Bohemia , New York and Houston, Texas Houston , Texas . Industry Involvement Koehler Instrument Company has been an active member of the American Society for Testing Materials, or ASTM , since 1947. Image ASTM Certificate.jpg thumb left Koehler ASTM Certification, 1947 Other organizations that Koehler holds membership with include the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers ref http www.stle.org resources corporate default.aspx ref and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. ref http www.aiche.org MemberCenter CompanyNames.aspx Membership of Tribologists and Lubrication ref Koehler is also an active member of the National Association of Lubricating Grease Manufacturers, Inc. NLGI , with a representative on the Board of Directors. ref http www.nlgi.org about us board of directors.php Membership of National Association of Lubricating Grease Manufacturers ref Each year, Koehler Instrument Company attends conferences and expositions related to the petroleum testing industry. ref http www.koehlerinstrument.com conference index.html The conference records ref Some of the conferences that Koehler has exhibited at during recent years include the Pittsburgh Conference and Exposition, ref http www.pittcon.org archive index.html Pittsburgh Conference records ref National ... Instrument Company manufactures over 150 different types of instruments. All of these manufactured ... more details
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