Hartford-Empire Co.

In 1912, the Hartford Fairmont Company was founded to manufacture glass-making machinery and glassware. In 1918, the company built a new factory at 333 Homestead Avenue in Hartford, Connecticut in order to develop and manufacture a full line of glass-forming machinery. Hartford Fairmont was reorganized as the Hartford-Empire Company in 1922, after the firm acquired control of patents held by the Empire Machinery Company, a division of the Corning Glass Works of Corning, New York. In the 1930s, Hartford-Empire was the largest manufacturer of glass-making machinery in the United States. In 1951, the company was reorganized as the Emhart Manufacturing Company. In 1964, Emhart Manufacturing merged with the American Hardware Corporation to form the Emhart Corporation. In 1989, the company was acquired by Black and Decker, and the company was divided and various pieces sold off. However, several divisions, including Emhart Teknologies of Shelton, Connecticut, and Emhart Glass of Windsor, Connecticut survived either independently or under corporate ownership.

Source: Karmazinas, L. A. (2015, August 31). Historic Mills of Connecticut. Hartford Empire Co. | Making Places. https://connecticutmills.org/find/details/hartford-empire-co1