Anchor Hocking
{{Short description|Manufacturer of glassware}}
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Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation
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| industry = Glassware and other consumer products
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| founded = {{start date|1905||}} in Lancaster, Ohio, United States{{cite web|url=http://www.anchorhocking.com/heritage.html|website=Anchor Hocking|title=Heritage|archive-date=21 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121034913/http://www.anchorhocking.com/heritage.html}}
| founders = Isaac J. Collins and E.B. Good
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Anchor Hocking Company is a manufacturer of glassware. The Hocking Glass Company was founded in 1905 by Isaac Jacob (Ike) Collins in Lancaster, Ohio, and named after the Hocking River.[http://www.anchorhockingmuseum.com/History%20of%20Anchor%20Hocking.html History of Anchor Hocking] Anchor Hocking Museum.Trenton Evening Times, October 23, 1975, Page 23. That company merged with the Anchor Cap and Closure Corporation in 1937.{{Cite web|last1=Lockhart|first1=Bill|last2=Shreiver|first2=Beau|last3=Lindsey|first3=Bill|last4=Serr|first4=Carol|title=Anchor Hocking Glass Corp.|url=http://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/AnchorHocking.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911090612/http://sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/AnchorHocking.pdf |archive-date=September 11, 2015 }}
From 1937 to 1983, the company operated the oldest glass-manufacturing facility in the United States, established in 1863, in Salem, New Jersey.{{cite news | last = Williams | first = Michael | title = Under a new name and ownership, Salem City glass plant celebrates 150 years in operation | newspaper = South Jersey Times | date = June 23, 2013 | url = http://www.nj.com/salem/index.ssf/2013/06/under_a_new_name_and_ownership_salem_citys_glass_plant_celebrates_150_years_in_operation.html | access-date = 2013-07-25 }} Anchor Hocking's wine and spirit bottles were crafted at a factory in Monaca, Pennsylvania.{{cite web|url=http://www.anchorhockingbottles.com/|title=Anchor Hocking|website=Anchor Hocking|access-date=8 December 2018|archive-date=November 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123031130/http://www.anchorhockingbottles.com/|url-status=dead}} It also had facilities in Elmira, New York, and Streator, Illinois.
The company was the sponsor of the radio drama Casey, Crime Photographer. It was also slated to sponsor television's first late-night talk show, The Don Hornsby Show, before Hornsby suddenly died shortly before its debut.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}
Anchor Hocking and their headquarters in Lancaster, Ohio, are a focus of Brian Alexander's February 2017 book Glass House.{{Cite book|last=Alexander|first=Brian|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/947146034|title=Glass house : the 1% economy and the shattering of the all-American town|date=2017|isbn=978-1-250-08580-1|edition=First|location=New York|oclc=947146034}}
Corporate history
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In 1905, the Hocking Glass Company was founded by Isaac Jacob (Ike) Collins in Lancaster, Ohio, and named after the Hocking River. In 1937, that company merged with the Anchor Cap and Closure Corporation, thus becoming Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation.
In 1934, Hocking Glass and a subsidiary, General Glass, developed the first nonreturnable beer bottle, considered a significant development in the field.{{cite news |title=The history of Anchor Hocking: Bankruptcy filing for Anchor Hocking |agency=Lancaster Eagle - Gazette |publisher=Gannet Media Corp. |date=April 11, 2006 |page=A1}}
In 1987, the Newell Company acquired Anchor Hocking Corporation.{{Cite news |date=July 2, 1987 |title=Anchor Hocking Shareholders Approve Merger With Newell |language=en |work=AP News |url=https://apnews.com/article/7505e44f246c251a958dc7570014b80f |access-date=2022-01-31}}
In 2004, Newell Rubbermaid sold Anchor Hocking to New York City-based Global Home Products, LLC, an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management LP.
When Global Home Products declared bankruptcy in 2007, Anchor Hocking was sold to Monomoy Capital Partners,{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Paul |title=Anchor Hocking to be sold again |url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2007/03/24/anchor-hocking-to-be-sold/23407540007/# |publisher=The Columbus Dispatch |access-date=6 June 2023 |date=April 2, 2007 |quote=Last year, Global Home declared bankruptcy then sold its WearEver division and the Burnes Group, leaving Anchor Hocking as the only remaining part of the company.}} who merged Anchor Hocking with Oneida in 2012 and created EveryWare Global.{{cite news|last1=Witkowsky|first1=Chris|title=Monomoy-backed EveryWare Global to file for bankruptcy|url=https://www.pehub.com/2015/04/monomoy-backed-everyware-global-to-file-for-bankruptcy/ |url-access=registration |access-date=15 February 2016|publisher=PE Hub Network|date=April 7, 2015}} In January 2014, EveryWare Global announced its plans to close its regional office and the Oneida outlet store, both in Sherrill, New York, with the process starting in April.{{cite news|last1=Moriarty |first1=Rick |title=Last piece of Oneida Ltd. leaving Sherrill |url=http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2014/01/last_piece_of_oneida_ltd_leaving_sherrill.html |access-date=15 February 2016 |publisher=Syracuse Media Group |date=January 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222200444/http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2014/01/last_piece_of_oneida_ltd_leaving_sherrill.html |archive-date=2016-02-22 |url-status=dead }}
The original Oneida outlet store in Sherrill, New York, was closed April 26, 2014.{{Cite news|last=Will|first=Nick|date=July 3, 2014|title=Oneida Company Store in Sherrill closing April 26|work=Oneida Daily Dispatch|url=http://www.oneidadispatch.com/article/OD/20140307/NEWS/140309371|url-status=dead|access-date=May 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311165728/http://www.oneidadispatch.com/article/OD/20140307/NEWS/140309371|archive-date=March 11, 2016}} EveryWare Global filed for bankruptcy in 2015. EveryWare Global was renamed The Oneida Group in 2017.{{cite press release|url=http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/01/09/904578/0/en/EveryWare-Global-Changes-Corporate-Name-to-The-Oneida-Group.html|title=EveryWare Global Changes Corporate Name to The Oneida Group|author=The Oneida Group|date=9 January 2017|website=GlobeNewswire News Room|access-date=8 December 2018}}
In June 2021, Oneida Consumer LLC, including the Oneida brand, was acquired by Lenox Corporation.{{cite press release |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lenox-corporation-americas-leading-tabletop-giftware-and-home-entertaining-company-announces-acquisition-of-oneida-consumer-llc-301305412.html |title=Lenox Corporation, America's Leading Tabletop, Giftware and Home Entertaining Company, Announces Acquisition of Oneida Consumer LLC |website=PR Newswire |author=Lenox Corporation |author-link=Lenox (company) |date=June 3, 2021 |access-date=2023-04-29}} Reflecting its remaining activities, in July 2021, The Oneida Group was renamed to Anchor Hocking Holdings, Inc.{{cite web |url=https://bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/api/report/GetImageByNum/039002251035124205227022023077009197106213047039 |title=A0872555 |date=February 15, 2022 |website=California Business Search |publisher=California Secretary of State |access-date=2023-04-29}}
Locations
Most of the original Anchor Hocking glass container plants then operating were "spun off” in 1983 to form the newly created Anchor Glass Container Corporation (AGGC), with headquarters in Tampa, Florida. A wide variety of glass containers for many types of foods, beverages, and other products was produced. AGCC filed for bankruptcy in 2011. Their "stylized anchor" trademark logo, which consists of two angular letter, G oriented back-to-back (or “mirrored” ) was registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on February 19, 1985. Anchor Glass Container has manufacturing facilities in China; Tampa, Florida; Jacksonville, Florida; Warner Robins, Georgia; Lawrenceburg, Indiana; Henryetta, Oklahoma; Shakopee, Minnesota; and Elmira, New York.{{cite web|url=https://anchorglass.com/about/locations/|title=Our Locations|publisher=Anchor Glass Container|access-date = October 3, 2019}}
In March 2021, Anchor Hocking's Monaca, Pennsylvania factory was sold to Austrian manufacturer Stölzle Glass.{{cite web |url=https://www.stoelzle.com/stoelzle-glass-group-acquires-us-glass-plant/ |title=Stoelzle Glass Group acquires US glass plant |date=March 8, 2021 |website=Stoelzle Glass Group |access-date=2023-04-29}}
Depression glass
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The company was a major producer of Depression glass. The first glassware produced as Anchor Hocking Glass Company was Royal Ruby in 1939. In addition, Anchor Hocking produced Forest Green Glass and Fire-King and Anchor Ovenware.
See also
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External links
{{commons category|Anchor Hocking}}
- {{Official website|http://www.anchorhocking.com/}}
- [https://glassbottlemarks.com/anchor-hocking-glass-corporation/ Brief overview of Anchor Hocking, with info showing some marks used over the years on their glassware]
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