Frederick and Louis Upton founded what American multinational manufacturer and marketer of home appliances, headquartered in Benton Charter Township, Michigan, United States, near Benton Harbor, Michigan?
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Frederick and Louis Upton Frederick Stanley Upton (June 20, 1890 – June 11, 1986) and Louis Cassius Upton (October 10, 1886 – October 9, 1952) were brothers who founded the Whirlpool Corporation.
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Whirlpool Corporation The Whirlpool Corporation is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of home appliances, headquartered in Benton Charter Township, Michigan, United States, near Benton Harbor, Michigan. The Fortune 500 company has annual revenue of approximately $21 billion, 100,000 employees, and more than 70 manufacturing and technology research centers around the world. The company markets Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, Amana, Gladiator GarageWorks, Inglis, Estate, Brastemp, Bauknecht, Indesit, Hotpoint and Consul.
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Systel Systel, Inc. is a U.S.-based Award Winning multinational provider of integrated technology and business services. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Systel services its clients through global development centers in India and the United States and is a certified Minority business enterprise (MBE).
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Eaton Corporation Eaton Corporation Plc is a multinational power management company with 2016 sales of $19.7 billion, founded in the United States with corporate headquarters in Dublin, Ireland. Eaton has approximately 95,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 175 countries.
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Sonoco Founded in 1899, Sonoco Products Company () is a United States-based international provider of diversified consumer packaging, industrial products, protective packaging, and packaging supply chain services, and the world's largest producer of composite cans, tubes, and cores. With annualized net sales of approximately $4.9 billion, Sonoco has 19,900 employees in more than 335 operations in 33 countries, serving more than 85 nations. The company is headquartered in Hartsville, South Carolina, and is South Carolina's largest corporation in terms of sales.
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STØR STØR Furnishings International Inc. was an American furniture chain based in City of Industry, CA, that opened in 1987. It sold European-style furniture and ready-to-assemble furnishings. Advertisements for the chain ended with the statement "STØR: without the 'E'". One such advertisement patterned after the "tastes great [vs.] less filling" Miller Lite slogan featured two such tradeoffs, "furniture [vs.] accessories" and "low prices [vs.] style".
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Ted Drewes Ted Drewes is a family-owned frozen custard company in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The business was founded by Ted Drewes, Sr. in 1929. The shop on Chippewa Street (designated as a section of historic U.S. Route 66) is open much of the year, while the South Grand Boulevard location is open from mid-May through late August.
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MasterCraft MasterCraft is a United States-based manufacturer of luxury high-performance boats that was founded in 1968 and is currently headquartered in Vonore, Tennessee. MasterCraft boats are the most popular and recognized brand for use in waterskiing, wakeboarding and wakesurfing, though the company has also produced several boats that are not focused on water sports.
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Pioneer Surgical Technology Pioneer Surgical Technology, based in Marquette, Michigan, United States, is Michigan's largest private medical technology company. The company was founded in 1992 by Matthew Songer and its first major product was the Songer Cable, used in spine surgeries. The Songer Cable was featured in the book, "Contemporary Management of Spinal Cord Injuries: From Impact to Rehabilitation."
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Herbert H. Dow House The Herbert H. Dow House is a historic house located in the Dow Gardens of Midland, Michigan. Built in 1899, it was the home of Herbert H. Dow (b. 1866), founder of Dow Chemical Company, from then until his death in 1930. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976. The house is open for guided tours; admission is charged.
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Palm Harbor Homes Palm Harbor Homes is an American manufacturer and marketer of factory-built homes. Palm Harbor Homes is one of the nation's largest builders of manufactured homes and modular homes. The company markets nationwide through vertically integrated operations, encompassing manufactured and modular housing, finance and insurance. Palm Harbor markets its homes through 87 company-owned model centers, 12 building centers and approximately 275 independent dealers, builders and developers in 27 states. Based in Addison, Texas, a North Dallas suburb.
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Rexair Rexair LLC is an American manufacturer of home cleaning systems based in Troy, Michigan. Rexair is predominately known for its production and marketing of a home cleaning system that uses water as its primary filter.
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Haier Haier Group Corporation is a Chinese collective multinational consumer electronics and home appliances company headquartered in Qingdao, Shandong province, China. It designs, develops, manufactures and sells products including air conditioners, mobile phones, computers, microwave ovens, washing machines, refrigerators, and televisions.
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All American Foods All American Foods, Inc. (AAFI) is a food ingredient manufacturer, headquartered in Mankato, Minnesota. AAFI operates four manufacturing facilities in Southern Minnesota that produce over 100 dairy and non-dairy food ingredients for human consumption. AAFI produces ingredients for bakery, confectionery, soups and sauce, and flavor applications. All American Foods also provides custom toll processing and packaging of food ingredients.
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Rheem Rheem Manufacturing Company is an American privately held manufacturer that produces residential and commercial water heaters and boilers, as well as heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment. The company also produces and sells products under the Ruud brand name. It is a subsidiary of Paloma Industries. What became Rheem started in 1925 as a supplier of packaging to the petroleum industry, and is currently headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States. The company is one of the largest manufacturers of both water heating and HVAC equipment in the United States, and also produces and markets products in Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, Iraq, Kuwait, Mexico, New Zealand, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, UAE, and Ukraine.
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Henry L. Haskell Henry Lincoln Haskell (January 2, 1863 – April 3, 1940) was a businessman and inventor. He ran manufacturing businesses related to plywood and lived in Ludington, Michigan, US.
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Master Lock Master Lock is an American company that develops padlocks, combination locks, safes and related security products. Now a subsidiary of Fortune Brands Home & Security, Master Lock Company LLC was formed in 1921 by locksmith-inventor Harry E. Soref, and is headquartered in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. In 1970, the company was purchased by American Brands from Soref's heirs. American Brands was later renamed to Fortune Brands, which then split on October 3, 2011 to create the Fortune Brands Home & Security company and the beverages company Beam Inc. (which was then soon purchased by Suntory).
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W. C. Bradley Co. The W.C. Bradley Co. is a company that manufactures home and leisure lifestyle consumer goods, and is headquartered in Columbus, Georgia. Founded in Georgia in 1885 as a “cotton factoring” business, it now manufactures consumer goods, with locations in the United States, Canada, Europe, and China. Its list of subsidiaries includes Char-Broil, LLC, Zebco Brands, Lamplight Farms Incorporated, and W.C. Bradley Co. Real Estate, LLC.
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Frederick Walton Frederick Edward Walton (13 March 183416 May 1928), was an English manufacturer and inventor whose invention of Linoleum in Staines was patented in 1860. He also invented Lincrusta in 1877.
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Coby Electronics Corporation Coby Electronics Corporation was an American manufacturer of consumer electronics products headquartered in Lake Success, New York, with offices and factories around the world (including the United States, Mexico, and China). With the joint efforts of Coby Electronics Co. of Hong Kong and Coby Electronics Corp. of the United States the products reached consumers in Asia, North America, South America and Europe; however, the company mostly sold in Europe and the United States. Coby also served as an OEM manufacturer for brands including Samsung, NEC, RadioShack's Presidian brand and Hyundai. Coby formerly provided OEM manufacturing for Daewoo, which is now defunct. Although Coby shutdown their products are still widely spread and used today.
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Gerber Products Company Gerber Products Company is a purveyor of baby food and baby products. A formerly American-owned company headquartered in Fremont, Michigan, Gerber is now a subsidiary of Nestlé Group. Its subsidiary, Gerber Life Insurance Company, is headquartered in White Plains, New York.
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Walmart Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ( ), doing business as Walmart, is an American multinational retailing corporation that operates as a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores. Headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, the company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and incorporated on October 31, 1969. s of 31, 2017 , Walmart has 11,695 stores and clubs in 28countries, under a total of 63banners. The company operates under the name Walmart in the United States and Canada. It operates as Walmart de México y Centroamérica in Mexico and Central America, as Asda in the United Kingdom, as the Seiyu Group in Japan, and as Best Price in India. It has wholly owned operations in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, and Canada. It also owns and operates the Sam's Club retail warehouses.