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American Can Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...This container industry giant was created in 1901 through the merger of dozens of plants around the...
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| 442 |
Andrew Corp., (
Business Dictionary
) ...Park. The expansion of the telecommunications industry in the 1980s drove growth at Andrew, which...
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| 443 |
Southwest Airlines Inc., (
Business Dictionary
) ...Chicago area. As the rest of the airline industry floundered in the early 2000s, Southwest remained...
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| 444 |
Chicago's Social Geography, Janice L. Reiff(
Rich Map (Essay)
) ...growth took place on the city's edges where new industries created new neighborhoods. More distant...
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| 445 |
Street Life, Perry R. Duis(
Authored Entry
) ...tradition of street trading. And the taxicab industry continued to allow the kind of low-capital...
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| 446 |
Elgin National Watch Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...into the 1980s under the name Elgin National Industries, its days as a leading enterprise had ended....
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| 447 |
Leisure, Steven A. Riess(
Authored Entry
) ...110,000. In 1933 the Museum of Science and Industry opened with popular presentations of scientific...
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| 448 |
Alberto-Culver Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...of hair care products to the entertainment industry. The company built a new plant and headquarters...
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| 449 |
Andrews (A. H.) & Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...largest firm in the city's robust furniture industry, employing about 500 people and manufacturing...
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| 450 |
Automatic Canteen Co. of America, (
Business Dictionary
) ...leading firm in the American vending-machine industry was founded in 1929 by Nathaniel Leverone, who...
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| 451 |
Ceco Corp., (
Business Dictionary
) ...bars used by the com- mercial construction industry to create buildings out of concrete. By the end...
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| 452 |
Continental Can Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...Group, a conglomerate with operations in many industries. By the end of the 1980s, the remnants of...
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| 453 |
Fairbank (N. K.) & Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...generated by the city's large meatpacking industry, the company expanded. By 1870, its new plant at...
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| 454 |
Fansteel Inc., (
Business Dictionary
) ...supplied specialty components for the aerospace industry and other users of exotic metallic goods....
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| 455 |
FMC Corp., (
Business Dictionary
) ...products and services for the oil and gas industries. At the end of the century, with annual sales...
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| 456 |
Kimball (W. W.) Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...the top 10 manufacturers in the U.S. piano industry. During the 1950s, when it moved its main plant...
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| 457 |
Link-Belt Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...other machines for use in agriculture and industry. In 1906, Ewart Manufacturing merged with Link-...
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| 458 |
National Packing Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...1912, leaving the structure of the American meat industry about the same as it had been before 1902....
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| 459 |
Republic Steel Corp., (
Business Dictionary
) ...time, however, hurt the entire American steel industry, and LTV declared reorganization bankruptcy...
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| 460 |
Signode Steel Strapping Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...1980s, when the company became known as Signode Industries Inc. , it employed nearly 2,000 people in...
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