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Ho*.r Cur Commv Has Grow* 290i2--19^0 1902--Incorporated on January 27, 1902 with V. D. Sargent as its 1903--0* H* Cutler -was elected president, succeeding Mr. Sargent. Purchased McPherson Frog & Switch Company of Niagara Falls and consolidated it with the Ramapo Iron Works at Killbum. Acquired half-interest in Standard Brake Shoe Company. 19Co-*--Organiizou Canadian Ila: :ipo Iron i.'orha as a wholly owned subsidiary, Commenced manufacturing 22 ^ganece steel at Chicago Heights plant. 1910--Acquired control of the Edgar Allen American Manganese Steel Company. Acquired Featherstone Foundry Sc Machine Company. 1911--Acquired Columbia Brake Shoe Company. 1913--Organized the Southern Wheel Company as a subsidiary of the AES!? Co. 1915-----Organized Dominion Brake Shoe Company, Ltd. ' 1916--Purchased the American Halleables Conroany which became a subsidiary of the ABS&? Co. Organized Manganese Steel Pail Company. Reincorporated the company under the laws of Delaware. (Formerly a New Jersey corporation.) W. G. Pearce was elected president, succeeding Mr. Cutler who became Chairman of the Board of Directors. Company had 22 plants in operation, including those of its domestic sub sidiaries. 1917--Acquired business and assets of Vulcan Brake Shoe & Equipment Company. Acquired plants and assets of United States Brake Shoe Conroany. 1 1918--Organized the American Brake Shoe & Foundry Company of California to handle brake shoes and miscellaneous castings on the West Coast. 1919--Organized and started the Southern Foundry & Machine Company with one plant at Chattanooga. This leased to an outside group. J. B. Terbell was elected President, succeeding Mr. Pearce who became Chairman of the Executive Committee. 1920----- Organized American Forge Conroany under control of our conroany. Acquired plant and equipment of Colorado Brake Shoe 2c Foundry Company. ont* a r\*r> * j.922- Ramapo Ajax Corporation was organized with our company a controlling factor. 1923-----Acquired National Car Wheel Company which became part of Southern Wheel Company. Acquired minority interest in Southern Manganese Steel Company. I924--Acquired Pittsburgh Brake Shoe Company. Acquired Pennsylvania Castings i Machine Works. Acquired Elliot Frog & Switch Company which became a part of Rairapo Ajax ccrooration. 1926--Formed American Brake Materials Corporation to manufacture American Brakeolok brake lining. Acquired New York Car Wheel Company of Indiana. 1927----- Ranapo Ajax Corporation acquired controlling interest in the Magnetic Signal Company. 1928--Formed the Racor Pacific Frog Switch Company. Acquired controlling interest in National Searing Metals Corporation of St. Louis. 1929--W. B. Given, Jr* was elected president of the company. Mr. Terhell served as Board Chairman until his death. 1930----- Dissolved the Southern Manganese Steel Company. 1932---- Psamapo Ajax Corporation acquired controlling interest in the Manganese Steel Pail Company. 1936--Dissolved American Malleables Company. Dissolved Southern Foundry & Machine Company. Dissolved Manganese Steel Rail Company. Southern Wheel became a Division of the company. 1937---Dissolved Pamapo Ajax Corporation. Ramapo Ajax became a Division of the company. Formed American Manganese Steel Division- of the company. Formed American Brakeblok Division of the company. Formed American Forge Division of the cormany. 1938----- Dissolved the American Brake Shoe & Foundry Company of California. Formed the Pacific Coast Division of the company. SPIM0185 1939-----Acquired Kellogg Manufacturing Company of Rochester, W Y Formed the Kellogg Division of the company. Formed Brake Shoe & Castings Division of the company. Company had 47 plants in operation excluding 3 plants of its foreign sub sidiaries and $ plants of the National Bearing Corporation. 1940--Acquired Great lakes Forge Company of Chicago. This became part of Amforge Division for manufacture of drop forgings. 1941----Dissolved ?aci 'ic Coast Division, merging it with BS1C Division. 1943----Acquired Crown Spray Gun Kfg. of Los Angeles which became part of a.e. .022 division. Acquired Electro-Alloys Corporation of Elyria, Ohio as a subsidiary for production of high nickel chromium alloys. Changed the name of the company to American Brake Shoe Company. 1944----Formed the National Bearing Division of the company. Formed the liectrc-Alloys Division cf the company. Completed construction of the Experimental Foundry at the Research Center in 1-iahvffi.h, Hew Jersey. 1945-- Commenced extensive plant replacement program. 1946-- Acquired Joliette Steel, Ltd. in Joliette, Quebec, Canada which became a subsidiary for manufacture of manganese castings in Canada. Acquired Progressive Foundry Works, Inc. in Rochester, N. Y. Formed Engineered Castings Division from above. 1947--Completed plant replacement program. Hew Plants at Meadville, ?a. Niles, Ohio Elyria, Ohio Meadow Lands, ?a. Winchester, 7a. Lindsay, Ontario, Canada Mew Chemical Research Laboratory at Research. Center, Mahwah, Hew Jersey. 194S----- Acquired Morden Frog & Crossing Works in Chicago, Illinois. This became a part of Ramapo Ajax Division. 1949--Acquired former-million dollar government plant in Buffalo which joined Ramapo Division. Ramapo closed its old plants in Hillbum, Hew York and Niagara Falls, New York. SPIM0186