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Syratech Corporation company history timeline

1986

Towle filed for protection from its creditors under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code in March 1986.

The former company derived from Robert Wallace, who manufactured the first spoons made in the United States of German or nickel silver in 1835. It bought money-losing Wallace International Silversmiths from Katy Industries Inc. in September 1986.

1990

Florence reacquired four Towle units--Towle Canada, Towle Hong Kong, Towle Retail, and the Silversmiths division--in July 1990 for $20 million and merged them into Syratech.

1991

Of $127.7 million in sales in 1991, tableware and giftware accounted for 65 percent, furniture and accessories for 35 percent.

1994

Sterling silver and silverplated giftware products, including holloware, were being manufactured in North Dighton, Massachusetts. (The Newburyport plant was closed in 1994.) Products were also being purchased from about 160 foreign manufacturers.

1995

In 1995 Syratech sold Syroco to Marley plc, a British company, for $140 million.

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