American Structural Products is now Kimble Glass.

[Newspaper]

Publication: The Muncie Evening Press

Muncie, IN, United States
vol. 60, no. 95, p. 5, col. 4-5

It's Kimble

Glass Co. Now

 

The Owens-Illinois Glass Com­pany at Toledo announced that its subsidiary here, the American Structural Products Company, has changed its name to Kimble Glass Company, and on June 1 will acquire the business and assets of the Kimble Glass Division. Net assets of the subsidiary will then total more than $20,000,000 with total employment more than 5,000.

The Kimble Division produces glass tubing and rod, scientific laboratory glassware and con­tainer specialties, with plants at Vineland, N. J., Chicago Heights, Ill., Warsaw, Ind., and Toledo.

The name Kimble Glass has been widely-known in the glass industry from the time the original company was formed in Chicago, 1901. The company was acquired by Owens-Illinois in 1946. American Structural Products Company was organized as a subsidiary of Owens-Illinois in 1947.

Keywords:Hemingray : Owens-Illinois Glass Company : Kimble Glass Company
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Researcher:Bob Stahr
Date completed:February 3, 2023 by: Bob Stahr;