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to be incorporated a New York corporation named American Brake Materials Corporation. In 1933, American Brake Materials Corporation changed its name to American Brakeblok Corporation. In 1937, American Brakeblok Corporation merged with the American Brake Shoe and Foundry Company, and was thereafter operated as the American Brakeblok Division of that company. In 1943, the American Brake Shoe and Foundry Company changed its name to the American Brake Shoe Company. In 1966, the American Brake Shoe Company changed its name to Abex Corporation. In 1968, Abex Corporation became a wholly owned subsidiary of Illinois Central Industries, Inc. Illinois Central Industries, Inc. later changed its name to 1C Industries, Inc. Abex later became a wholly owned subsidiary of 1C Products Company, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of 1C Industries, Inc. (1C Industries, Inc. changed its name to Whitman Corporation in 1988). In 1990, Abex was absorbed into its parent corporation, now known as Pneumo Abex Corporation. -11-