Standard/American Standard - Toilet Guide

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HISTORY

In 1875, Standard Manufacturing Company was founded by James Arrott and Francis Torrance. They made some plumbing fixtures, including cast iron toilets. The company was based in Pittsburgh, PA.In 1899, Standard merged with Ahrens & Ott Manufacturing, Dawes & Myler Manufacturing, and 6 other companies, forming Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company.In 1901, Standard became the most popular company for plumbing fixtures.In 1913, Standard acquires the Great Western Pottery Company.In 1929, Standard comes out with acid resistant enamel, for plumbing fixtures.Also in 1929, Standard purchases several companies, including, but probably not limited to: Church Seats, and Thomas Maddock & Sons.Also in 1929, Standard merges with American Radiator, forming American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corporation.In 1939, many of American Radiator & Standard Sanitary's manufacturing plants had been converted to wartime production.In 1941, all of American Radiator & Standard Sanitary's manufacturing plants had been converted to wartime production. Civilian production was halted. It is unknown if this stopped at the end of the war in 1945, or before then.In 1942, American Radiator & Standard Sanitary was forced to use less metal because of World War II, so cast iron fixtures were not being made and tank parts might have been made with porcelain.In 1948, American Radiator & Standard Sanitary was renamed to American-Standard.In 1950, the logo was changed to say American-Standard.In 1968, the hyphen was dropped from American Standard.In 1988, Kelso & Company buys American Standard.In 1992, Porcher joins American Standard.In 1996, Kelso & Company sells American Standard.In 2005, American Standard made a 1.28 gpf toilet, the Champion 1.28 gpf FloWise 1.28 gpf toilet, possibly the first of it's kind.In 2006, American Standard introduced EverClean for toilets.In 2007, American Standard's plumbing division was sold to Bain Capital Partners, LLC.In 2008, American Standard, Crane, and Eljer merge, forming American Standard Brands.In 2011, American Standard invented the 1.1 gpf commercial toilet.In 2013, American Standard launches the Flush For Good campaign. American Standard donated hundreds of thousands of SaTo toilets to Bangladesh in 2013. Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates. Get Started

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