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| Formerly | The Hocking Glass Company Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation |
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Glassware and otherconsumer products |
| Founded | 1905 (1905) inLancaster, Ohio,United States[1] |
| Founders | Isaac J. Collins and E.B. Good[1] |
| Parent | Anchor Hocking Holdings, Inc. |
| Website | anchorhocking |
Anchor Hocking Company is amanufacturer ofglassware. The Hocking Glass Company was founded in 1905 byIsaac Jacob (Ike) Collins inLancaster, Ohio, and named after theHocking River.[2][3] That company merged with the Anchor Cap and Closure Corporation in 1937.[4]
From 1937 to 1983, the company operated the oldest glass-manufacturing facility in the United States, established in 1863, inSalem, New Jersey.[5] Anchor Hocking's wine and spirit bottles were crafted at a factory inMonaca, Pennsylvania.[6] It also had facilities inElmira, New York, andStreator, Illinois.
The company was the sponsor of theradio dramaCasey, Crime Photographer. It was also slated to sponsor television's firstlate-night talk show,The Don Hornsby Show, before Hornsby suddenly died shortly before its debut.[citation needed]
Anchor Hocking and their headquarters in Lancaster, Ohio, are a focus of Brian Alexander's February 2017 bookGlass House.[7]
In 1905, theHocking Glass Company was founded byIsaac Jacob (Ike) Collins inLancaster, Ohio, and named after theHocking River.[2] In 1937, that company merged with theAnchor Cap and Closure Corporation, thus becoming Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation.[4]
In 1934, Hocking Glass and a subsidiary, General Glass, developed the first nonreturnable beer bottle, considered a significant development in the field.[8]
In 1987, theNewell Company acquired Anchor Hocking Corporation.[9]
In 2004, Newell Rubbermaid sold Anchor Hocking to New York City-based Global Home Products, LLC, an affiliate ofCerberus Capital Management LP.[8]
When Global Home Products declared bankruptcy in 2007, Anchor Hocking was sold to Monomoy Capital Partners,[10] who merged Anchor Hocking withOneida in 2012 and created EveryWare Global.[11] 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.[12] The original Oneida outlet store in Sherrill, New York, was closed April 26, 2014.[13] EveryWare Global filed for bankruptcy in 2015.[11] EveryWare Global was renamed The Oneida Group in 2017.[14]
In June 2021, Oneida Consumer LLC, including the Oneida brand, was acquired byLenox Corporation.[15] Reflecting its remaining activities, in July 2021, The Oneida Group was renamed toAnchor Hocking Holdings, Inc.[16]
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 inChina;Tampa, Florida;Jacksonville, Florida;Warner Robins, Georgia;Lawrenceburg, Indiana;Henryetta, Oklahoma;Shakopee, Minnesota; andElmira, New York.[17]
In March 2021, Anchor Hocking'sMonaca, Pennsylvania factory was sold to Austrian manufacturerStölzle Glass.[18]
The company was a major producer ofDepression glass. The first glassware produced as Anchor Hocking Glass Company was Royal Ruby in 1939. In addition, Anchor Hocking produced Forest Green Glass andFire-King and Anchor Ovenware.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)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.
