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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 |
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> |
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Revision as of 03:23, 17 August 2008
The Chicago Faucet Company, founded on the near west side of Chicago, Illinois, has been producing faucets 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.[1] Chicago Faucet has sales in the neighborhood of $70 million a year.[2]
Notes
- ^ "Company History". The Chicago Faucet Company. 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
- ^ "Geberit buys Chicago Faucet". contractormag.com. 2005. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
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