Manufacturing companies

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 53. Chapters: John Crane Inc., Rakon, BAE Systems Land & Armaments, Barden Corporation, Polymer Char, Pilot, Servo Robot Group, FANUC, Net Optics, Moleskine, MakerBot Industries, Reynolds American, Nemotek Technologie, Rubb, Andritz AG, Asian Paints, Testor Corporation, AMPCO METAL, Société Bic, Trane, Volvo Penta, Mac Papers, Pentel, Doppelmayr Garaventa Group, Métaux Précieux SA Métalor, Woodlawn Manufacturing, Atos Hydraulics, Rea Magnet Wire, Steelfab, Indramat, Royal Selangor, Molex, Practical Solar, Inc., Mappin and Webb, CGV - Compagnie Generale de Videotechnique, Aladdin, Nabeya Bi-tech Kaisha, Rotring, Remington Products, Hawk Model Company, Klingspor Abrasives, Berendsohn, Sena Cases, Nokian Footwear, Peikko Group, Zebra, UT Models, Environmental Dynamics Inc., Fenner plc, Permacel, Zinsco, Thermos L.L.C., Victrex, Combine, The Ford Meter Box Company, Hermes Abrasives, Cestné a Stavebné Mechanizmy Tisovec, Karmazin Products Corporation, Mihajlo Pupin Institute, P. R. Mallory and Co Inc, Endotec, DICRO Oy, Rathbornes Candles, Tollycraft, Stillen, Parlok, Ensto, Liftbyggarna, Favelle Favco Group, Flame-Spray Industries, Inc., Tecom, Micromass, Umarex, General Cable, Kinkisharyo-Mitsui, PEC Power Electric Cooperation, Kronospan, U. S. Steel KoSice, s.r.o., Eveready East Africa, Korogard, Snow Machines, Inc., Epos, Norema, Gomco, Rusk Incorporated. Excerpt: John Crane Inc. is a subsidiary of Smiths Group, which is a British company listed on the London Stock Exchange. John Crane designs and manufactures mechanical seals (including gas lubricated seals), sealing support systems, gland packing, asset management systems, power transmission couplings, bearings and bearing isolators for the oil & gas, chemical, pharmaceutical, pulp and paper and mining sectors. The business has 20 manufacturing sites and more than 6,400 employees located in 50 countries. Old John Crane HeadquartersJohn Crane was originally founded in 1917 as John Crane Packaging Company. Before founding his company, engineer John Crane patented a flexible, lubricated metallic packing (#956,042) in 1910. In 1915, Crane patented the manufacturing method for flexible metallic packing (#1,151,344). He discovered that wrapping his flax packing in metallic foil increased its longevity and kept the cylinders' surface smooth and uniform. Frank Payne, a sales representative for the Warren Packing Company, recognized the potential of Crane's innovation. John Crane Packing Company initially manufactured packing and gasketing, which is still offered today. Prior to World War II, Crane Packaging sold its England-based operations to Tube Investments, known today as TI Group PLC. Condenser Tube Packing was introduced in 1922 and in 1928, Metallic water pump packing were used on Chevrolet and Ford cars. An estimated 25 million motors were using Crane Packing materials by the mid-1930s. By 1938, all Chrysler cars used Crane Packing mechanical seals on their water pumps . In 1939, the company invented the first automotive mechanical seal. In the early 1940s, John Crane developed and introduced patented end face shaft seals and an elastomer bellows seal . The U.S. Navy relied on packing solutions from Crane Packing for a host of applications, including expansion joints, stern tube service, cargo pumps, rotary steam and air compressors, water-tight closures, metallic condenser