Rohn Industries
{{short description|American communications tower company}}
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| name = ROHN Products, LLC
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| type = Private
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| foundation = {{Start date and age|1948}}
Bellevue, Illinois, U.S.
| founder = Dwight Rohn
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| location = Peoria, Illinois, U.S.
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| area_served = Worldwide
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| products = {{Collapsible list
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|1=Self Supporting Towers
|2=Guyed Mast
|3=Poles
|4=Utility Structures
|5=Platforms
|6=Telescoping Masts
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| parent = O'Brien Steel Service Company
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| website = {{URL|www.rohnnet.com/}}
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ROHN Products, LLC, formerly ROHN Industries, Inc. and UNR Industries, Inc., is a manufacturer of telecommunications towers, poles, utility structures, mounts, and other materials. ROHN products include support structures for antennae, private microwave, cellular telephone, personal communications systems, commercial broadcasting, and amateur radio.
History
ROHN Manufacturing was founded in 1948 by Dwight Rohn, who at the time was manager of the Peoria Airport. The first tower he built was for airport use.{{cite web
|url = https://www.peoriamagazines.com/ibi/2001/may/interview-brian-pemberton
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202141/https://www.peoriamagazines.com/ibi/2001/may/interview-brian-pemberton
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|archive-date = 2016-03-03
|title = An Interview with Brian Pemberton
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|publisher = Peoria Magazines
|access-date = 2021-05-06
|quote =
}} ROHN first began producing antenna towers for home television reception, and subsequently expanded its product line to include the manufacturing of telecommunication towers and other communication products, including broadcast towers of up to 2,000 feet high. ROHN towers have been installed all over the world.{{cite web |title=Company History |url=http://www.rohnnet.com/rohn-company-history |website=rohnnet.com |publisher=Rohn Products, LLC. |access-date=6 May 2021}}
The company was family-owned until it was sold to UNARCO Industries in the 1971. UNARCO Industries, Inc. declared bankruptcy in 1982 and was reorganized as UNR Industries, Inc., later changing the name to ROHN Industries, Inc. In 2003, ROHN Industries, Inc. was acquired by Radian Corporation and in 2008 ROHN Products, LLC became independent again. In 2008, ROHN Products, LLC was acquired by O'Brien Steel Service Co.{{cite web
|url = https://www.obriensteel.com/about/
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201201121024/https://www.obriensteel.com/about/
|url-status = live
|archive-date = 2020-12-01
|title = About - O'Brien Steel
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|publisher = O'Brien Steel Service Company
|access-date = 2021-05-06
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References
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External links
- [http://www.rohnnet.com/ Official website]
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20061126213227/http://www.broadcastbuyersguide.com/bbg/editorial/archives/edit_171 Radian Acquisition of Rohn Industries]}}
- [http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2005/89534501500577/filing-main Historical SEC data for Rohn Industries 2001.]
- [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3MKT/is_100_106/ai_50110275 Slowing of American Metals Market (data) in 1998.]
- [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3MKT/is_n17_v101/ai_13369834 Impact of 1989 IRS tax rulings on UNR Industries.]
- [http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=1&ti=1,1&Search%5FArg=UNR%20Industries&Search%5FCode=FT%2A&CNT=25&PID=2048&SEQ=20070525105417&SID=2 Oversight hearing on the effect of the Manville and UNR bankruptcies on compensation of asbestos victims.]
Category:Amateur radio companies
Category:Manufacturing companies based in Illinois
Category:Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1982
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