NOCSIA members and guests toured the East and West plants on Thursday October 20th, 2011.
The East Plant was opened in 1966 and the West Plant opened in 1970. Approximately 900 robots are operational in the new body shop. Tour will begin at 10:00AM at the East Plant:
GM Lordstown Assembly …
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Lordstown GM Plant Tour
October 20, 2011 by
Tour of Bettcher Industries
September 20, 2011 by
On Nov. 10, 19 members gathered for a buffet lunch followed by a tour of Bettcher Industries, Inc. in Birmingham, O., the world’s leading meat trimming equipment manufacturer. Larry Bettcher welcomed the group and gave a brief history of the company. Bettcher Industries, Inc. was originally …
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Conn Instruments (H. N. White Co. – King Instruments )
July 14, 2011 by
The tour of the Conn Instruments Eastlake Plant for NOCSIA members was rescheduled for January 26, 2012. The Eastlake plant manufactures brass musical instruments. It was limited to 20 members, in two groups of 10.
Conn-Selmer is a subsidiary of Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. and was founded …
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Star Calendar and Printing
January 15, 2011 by
Our first tour for 2011 was on Thursday, February 3 at 10:00am. We visited Star Calendar and Printing on Pearl Road to see a working Heidelberg printing press and linotype machine.
Star Calendar and Printing Company opened its doors in 1946 and has continued operations from the same location at …
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Cleveland Gear
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NOCSIA members toured the factory of Cleveland Gear on Wednesday, September 1, 2010. Cleveland Gear was founded in 1912 and moved to its current building in the 1930s. …
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Empire Plow
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NOCSIA members toured the Empire Plow factory on East 65th Street in Cleveland on Tuesday March 23, 2010.
Empire Plow began manufacturing farm implements in Georgia in 1840. The company relocated to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before the Civil War. In the 1890's Republic Steel offered incentives for …
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Tyler Village
July 11, 2009 by
On Saturday July 11, 2009, the Northern Ohio Chapter of the Society for Industrial Archeology (NOCSIA) will be touring the former W.S. Tyler building complex at 36th and Superior in Cleveland. We will meet at 2:00 in the parking lot of 3615 Superior Ave. The driveway to the parking lot is behind …
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Rose Iron Works
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Tour of Rose Iron Works Inc., 1536 E. 43rd Street, Cleveland Ohio on June 19, 2008. …
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Cleveland Track Materials
August 10, 2007 by
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Tour of Cleveland Track Material, Inc., 7000 Central Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio on August 10, 2007
Using an array of older and historic machinery, CTM produces the most complete line of products of any track work supplier in the industry, including joint bars, compromise …
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