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|name = The Chicago Faucet Company
The '''Chicago Faucet Company''', founded on the near west side of [[Chicago, Illinois]], has been producing [[faucet]]s and other plumbing fixtures since 1911. The company founder, Albert C. Brown, invented a valve in 1913 that worked with the flow of water that made it both easy to open and close the spigots and forestalled the development of leaks. In 2002 the [[Swiss]] [[Geberit Group]] acquired Chicago Faucet. Currently the Chicago Faucet Company has its headquarters in [[Des Plaines, Illinois]], and employs over 500 people in Des Plaines, [[Milwaukee]], [[Elyria, Ohio]], [[Michigan City, Indiana]] and [[Huntsville, Alabama]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagofaucets.com/history.php |accessdate=2007-06-08|publisher=The Chicago Faucet Company|year=2007|title=Company History}}</ref> Chicago Faucet has sales in the neighborhood of $70 million a year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arcat.com/arcatcos/cos31/arc31418.html |accessdate=2007-06-08|publisher=contractormag.com|year=2005|title=Geberit buys Chicago Faucet}}</ref>
|logo = Logo of Chicago Faucets.svg
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| foundation = {{Start date and age|1901}}<ref name="A1">{{cite web |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=2572278 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118221239/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=2572278 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 18, 2013 |title=Company Description: Chicago Faucet |work=businessweek.com |publisher=[[BusinessWeek]] |accessdate=29 September 2012}}</ref>
| founder = Albert Brown<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hoovers.com/company/The_Chicago_Faucet_Company/ccsyci-1.html |title=The Chicago Faucet Company |publisher=Hoovers.com |accessdate=29 September 2012}}</ref>
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| location_city = [[Des Plaines]]
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| key_people = Andreas Nowak<br /><small>([[President (corporate title)|President]])</small><ref name="A1"/>
| industry = [[Plumbing]]
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| revenue = US$270 million <small>(2017)</small><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20020710/NEWS01/20005931/chicago-faucet-sells-for-33m |title=Chicago Faucet sells for $33M |author=Riley, Key |work=chicagobusiness.com |publisher=[[Crain's Chicago Business]] |date=10 July 2002 |accessdate=29 September 2012}}</ref>
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The '''Chicago Faucet Company''', founded on the near-west side of [[Chicago, Illinois]], United States, has been producing [[faucet]]s and other plumbing fixtures since 1901.<ref name="faucetdepot">{{Cite web |url=http://www.faucetdepot.com/history/Chicago%20Faucets-39.asp |title=History of Chicago Faucets |access-date=2011-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916032933/http://www.faucetdepot.com/history/Chicago%20Faucets-39.asp |archive-date=2011-09-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The company founder, Albert C. Brown, invented the Quaturn Cartridge in 1913 that worked with the flow of water to make it both easy to open and close the spigots and forestalled leak development.
==Notes==
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The Great Depression hit the company hard because of a decline in new construction. The company persevered by participating in the Chicago World's Fair of 1933 and briefly converted to the production of nuts, bolts, screws, and parachute hooks during World War II.<ref name="apartmentTherapy">[http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/chicago/history/how-chicago-faucets-grew-and-survived-the-great-depression-110590 How Chicago Faucets survived the Great Depression]</ref>
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In 2002 the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[Geberit AG]] acquired Chicago Faucet.
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[[Category:Des Plaines, Illinois]]

Currently the Chicago Faucet Company has its headquarters in [[Des Plaines, Illinois]], and employs over 200 people in Des Plaines, [[Milwaukee]], [[Elyria, Ohio]], and [[Michigan City, Indiana]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagofaucets.com/history.php |accessdate=2007-06-08 |publisher=The Chicago Faucet Company |year=2007 |title=Company History |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070513130444/http://www.chicagofaucets.com/history.php |archive-date=2007-05-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Chicago Faucet has sales in the neighborhood of $270 million a year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arcat.com/arcatcos/cos31/arc31418.html |accessdate=2007-06-08|publisher=contractormag.com|year=2005|title=Geberit buys Chicago Faucet}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Companies based in Cook County, Illinois]]
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Latest revision as of 18:48, 16 June 2024

The Chicago Faucet Company
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryPlumbing
Founded1901; 123 years ago (1901)[1]
FounderAlbert Brown[2]
Headquarters
Des Plaines
,
United States of America[1]
Key people
Andreas Nowak
(President)[1]
RevenueUS$270 million (2017)[3]
ParentGeberit
Websitewww.chicagofaucet.com

The Chicago Faucet Company, founded on the near-west side of Chicago, Illinois, United States, has been producing faucets and other plumbing fixtures since 1901.[4] The company founder, Albert C. Brown, invented the Quaturn Cartridge in 1913 that worked with the flow of water to make it both easy to open and close the spigots and forestalled leak development.

The Great Depression hit the company hard because of a decline in new construction. The company persevered by participating in the Chicago World's Fair of 1933 and briefly converted to the production of nuts, bolts, screws, and parachute hooks during World War II.[5]

In 2002 the Swiss Geberit AG acquired Chicago Faucet.

Currently the Chicago Faucet Company has its headquarters in Des Plaines, Illinois, and employs over 200 people in Des Plaines, Milwaukee, Elyria, Ohio, and Michigan City, Indiana.[6]

Chicago Faucet has sales in the neighborhood of $270 million a year.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Company Description: Chicago Faucet". businessweek.com. BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  2. ^ "The Chicago Faucet Company". Hoovers.com. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  3. ^ Riley, Key (10 July 2002). "Chicago Faucet sells for $33M". chicagobusiness.com. Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  4. ^ "History of Chicago Faucets". Archived from the original on 2011-09-16. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  5. ^ How Chicago Faucets survived the Great Depression
  6. ^ "Company History". The Chicago Faucet Company. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-05-13. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
  7. ^ "Geberit buys Chicago Faucet". contractormag.com. 2005. Retrieved 2007-06-08.


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