The Scott Fetzer Company began as a machine shop in 1914 in Cleveland, Ohio, founded by George Scott and Carl Fetzer. Inventor Jim Kirby, also from Cleveland, partnered with the businessmen to produce the first Kirby vacuum cleaner. Kirby vacuums remained the company’s mainstay product until the 1960s, when it began a program of expansion and acquisition.
Today, Scott Fetzer is a diversified manufacturer and marketer comprised of more than 20 businesses. In addition to The Kirby Company, some of its best known businesses are World Book (encyclopedias and reference materials), Douglas/Quikut (maker of Ginsu knives), Adalet (explosion-proof enclosures), United Consumer Financial Services (consumer financing), Meriam (instrumentation), Halex (electrical fittings), Carefree (RV accessories), Wayne Water Systems (sump and utility pumps), and Western Enterprises (compression gas fittings).
Subject ID: 74062
MoreThe Scott Fetzer Company began as a machine shop in 1914 in Cleveland, Ohio, founded by George Scott and Carl Fetzer. Inventor Jim Kirby, also from Cleveland, partnered with the businessmen to produce the first Kirby vacuum cleaner. Kirby vacuums remained the company’s mainstay product until the 1960s, when it began a program of expansion and acquisition.
Today, Scott Fetzer is a diversified manufacturer and marketer comprised of more than 20 businesses. In addition to The Kirby Company, some of its best known businesses are World Book (encyclopedias and reference materials), Douglas/Quikut (maker of Ginsu knives), Adalet (explosion-proof enclosures), United Consumer Financial Services (consumer financing), Meriam (instrumentation), Halex (electrical fittings), Carefree (RV accessories), Wayne Water Systems (sump and utility pumps), and Western Enterprises (compression gas fittings).
Subject ID: 74062
Subject ID: 74062