Logo, 1944
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1915: The Watertown Manufacturing Company was founded to mold shellac composition articles including poker chips and buttons. 1935: Company employed 300 persons, working three shifts, keeping the plant operating 24 hours a day. Its trademark substance, Neillite (named after inventor and company president J. R. Neill) was used to make distributor caps, fuses, switch parts, thermostat bars, radio and telephone parts.
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1946: The company's most famous product, "Lifetime" plastic dinnerware, was in production. 1948: Company now employs 375 persons -- with a payroll of over one-million dollars -- and has grown to ten times its original size. Company has expanded to make powder metal items. Its product line ranges from whistles, tableware and aircraft parts; to gears and cams used by the automobile industry and the United States Postal Service. 1955: Company president, J. R. Neill, announced plans to move part of company's production to Ohio. Company now employs more than 400. 1965 (circa): Company purchased by the Siemon Company. |
