Moore Industries history

The passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) in 1971 helped set up a whole new niche market of industrial operations seeking quality color-coded coatings to meet the new safety standards.

He professionalized sales representatives' training and followed through on the firm's internationalization, increasing Moore's interest in Lamson Industries to 52% in 1973.

At home in 1974 Moore merged its Dominion Paper Box Company Limited with Canada's Reid Press Limited to establish Reid Dominion Packaging Limited.

Barr became chairman in 1976, when Richard W. Hamilton, who had been with Moore 35 years, moved into the presidency.

In a 1983 celebration of its centennial anniversary, Benjamin Moore made exception to its administrative secrecy, compiling an in-house brochure titled '100 Years of Progress,' which included biographical information on the founders and accounts of the company's early history.

Maurice Workman, Moore's president at the time, told the Business Journal of New Jersey on June 13, 1985 that the computer sales were not income producing for the paint company, but were offered as a means of increasing paint sales for its dealers.

Listed as a forerunner of the modern fieldbus strategies, the CCS's ability to concentrate hundreds of analog and discrete signals onto one twisted wire pair made history when it was first introduced in 1987.

Nothing will be released to either the sewers or the air,' said Ron Hoare, senior vice-president of the plant, in a November 1991 Coatings article.

In August 1992, the company began a transition from mainframe-based data processing to client-server computing by installing a nationwide network of 17 IBM AS/400s and 150 PCs.

One particularly resourceful marketing tool was a 1993 company publication entitled A Stroke of Brilliance, a book packed with information and tips on how consumers could apply color and paints to their decorating needs.

In addition, the data compiled by the campaign was used for profiling the creation of models for prospecting, according to deGruchy in an April 18, 1994 DM News article.

In 1996 Benjamin Moore extended its commitment to environmental concerns when it joined the Coatings Care Program, a project spearheaded by the National Paints & Coatings Association.

As it approached the year 2000, Benjamin Moore had positioned itself as one of the leading paint manufacturers in North America and one of the top 500 private companies.