Berkshire Manufactured Products history

Omaha, city, seat (1855) of Douglas county, eastern Nebraska, United States It is situated on the west bank of the Missouri River opposite Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Incorporated as a city in 1857, Omaha had 1,883 residents by the eve of the American Civil War.

Abraham Lincoln essentially designated Omaha–Council Bluffs the eastern terminus of the first transcontinental railroad, which, when completed in 1869, placed Omaha at the eastern end of the country’s first rail link to the West and enhanced its stature as an emerging urban centre.

The bridging of the Missouri River in 1872 helped integrate Omaha–Council Bluffs into a national rail network.

The establishment of the Union Stock Yards in 1884 soon brought major meat packers to the suburban community of South Omaha, linking the urban area to a vast rural hinterland.

During 1915–17 several suburban communities, including South Omaha, were annexed.

Berkshire Hathaway liquidated its textile operations in 1985, by which time it was well-established as a holding company for Buffett’s other investments and corporate acquisitions.

In 1995, Berkshire Corporation’s Quality Management System received registration to the ISO9000 Standard, the globally recognized quality management system standard developed by the International Organization of Standardization.

The stockyards closed in 1999, but meatpacking remained a significant part of the local economy; the steak survived as an Omaha icon, and the city remained a food-processing innovator.

Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing (BSM) was founded in 2014 by three industry experts totaling more than 50 years of experience in sterile drug manufacturing.