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Myers Electric, Inc company history timeline

1876

Robbins had invested $500 in a gray-iron foundry in 1876, and was joined two years later by Myers.

1878

The company was originally established in 1878 by Chandler Robbins and James Myers in Springfield, Ohio, near Dayton.

1897

Robbins & Myers entered this burgeoning new market in 1897, when the company began manufacturing electric desk, ceiling, oscillating and ventilating fans.

1910

In 1910 Charles Kettering called on Robbins & Myers to help him design and manufacture a very efficient armature for his revolutionary DELCO (Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company) automobile starter motor.

1938

In 1938 Carl Norden, inventor of the “Norden bombsight,” asked R&M to build the motors used in these strategic devices.

1978

Wall, Fred G., The Standard of the Industry: The Story of Robbins & Myers, Inc.. New York: Newcomen Society, 1978.

1983

Myers Electric was founded in 1983 by Jim Myers.

1986

The company recorded annual losses in four of the decade's first five years, a string of negatives that culminated in the departure of company President Fred Walls in 1986.

The company recorded annual losses in four of the decade’s first five years, a string of negatives that culminated in the departure of company President Fred Walls in 1986.

1987

The new CEO lead Robbins & Myers to its first profit in two years in 1987, in part by divesting unprofitable divisions.

1995

Purchased in 1995, Pharaoh Corp. and Cannon Process Equipment augmented this business.

2022

"Robbins & Myers Inc. ." International Directory of Company Histories. . Retrieved June 22, 2022 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/politics-and-business-magazines/robbins-myers-inc

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