A Little history of the company that UAW local 294 has it beginning

A Little history of the company that UAW local 294 has it beginning

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BELLOWS-VALVAIR

In 1954 J. C. Collins of Akron, Ohio, owner of Sinclair-Collins Valve Co. decided to expand production facilities and chose his home town, Canton, PA to build a manufacturing plant. In 1958, the late Mr. Collins sold his business interest to International Basic Economy Corporation, IBEC. Bellows-Valvair with headquarters in Akron, Ohio, a division of IBEC, manufactures and distributes a complete line of hydraulic and pneumatic equipment for industrial application.

Five companies, The Bellows Company, Sinclair-Collins-Valvair, The Hunt Valve Co., Hyquip Co., and Jackson Electronics, long established in the development and manufacture of air and hydraulic cylinders, valves, electric controls and related products, provided the base for the Bellow’s Valvair organization.

The Bellows Air Motor, an air cylinder with integral valve, was the principal product of the Bellows Company. The Sinclair-Collins Valve Company offered its first two-pressure hydraulic valve with a diaphragm in the early thirties and from this basic design came the present line of Sinclair-Collins valves. The Hunt Valve Company brought an extensive line of both hydraulic and pneumatic valves to the Bellows-Valvair Group. Hyquip hydraulic cylinders with their patented key-locked cylinder-to-head design, were being used by many steel-makers when that company joined Bellows-Valvair in 1960. Hyquip added hydraulic power units, heavy duty air and hydraulic cylinders, to the Bellows-Valvair line of products. Jackson Electronic provided electronic and electric controls for a number of major manufacturers in the field of aircraft and missiles, automated machines, and its addition to Bellows-Valvair in 1959 rounded out the hydraulic-pneumatic-electric control systems to meet customer requirements.

Schrader-Bellows a Div of Scovill Inc. 1977 - 1985

Due to the severe weather conditions on January 20, 1978 Plant #2 (1000 Home Ave.) was closed at 12:00 Noon. Second shift did not work (cancelled).

Due to the severe weather conditions on January 26, 1978 Plant #2 (1000 Home Ave.) was closed at 10:00 a.m.. Second shift did not work (cancelled).

On February 17, 1978 1000 Home Ave. had a reported bomb threat shop was working 9.5 hour daily and 5 on Saturday on that day, day shift got only 9 hours and 2nd shift started 4:30pm

By 1985, Schrader-Bellows had been acquired by Scovill, and in January 1985 when Canada's Belzberg family acquired Scovill Inc. and later sold its Waterbury offices also in that year Parker-Hannifin purchased Scovill in 1985. Scovill was a major competitor to Parker-Hannifin and the parent company for Schrader-Bellows

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Thanks to Denny for the Bellows Bulletin picture at page top