PAMA 100 YEAR-OLD-COMPANIES:
1840 Evanston Awning (G.B. Carpenter & Company), Evanston, IL
1844 Marygrove Ohio (Wilcox Awning of Toledo), Toledo, OH
1853 John Boyle & Co. Inc.,-- Now Tri Vantage LLC.
1855 Coye's Canvas & Awnings, Grand Rapids, MI
1861 Hudson Awning Co., Bayonne, NJ
1865 Ohio Awning & Mfg. Co., Cleveland, OH
1866 Pease Awning, East Providence, RI
1870 Baker-Lockwood Western Awning, Grandview, MO
1876 Wm. J. Mills & Co., Greenport, NY
1876 The Astrup Company - Now Tri Vantage LLC.
1877 Engineered Textile Products, Mobile, AL
1877 Glawe Awnings & Tents, Fairborn, OH
1877 Queen City Awning, Cincinnati, OH
1880 Glen Raven, Glen Raven, NC
1880 Sunair Awnings & Screens, Jessup, MD
1881 Pike's Awning, Woodbridge, Ontario
1888 Atlantic Awning, Melrose, MA
1888 Goodwin-Cole, Inc., Sacramento, CA
1891 Pike Awning Co., Portland OR
1892 Anchor Industries, Evansville, IN
1893 Peoria Tent & Awning, Peoria, IL
1896 Rainier Industries, Seattle, WA
1898 Awnings by Bigley and Hogshire, Newport News, VA
1899 The Godske Co., Racine, WI
1901 Kansas City Tent & Awning, Kansas City, MO
1902 Ponca Products, Wichita, KS
1903 Chilson's Shops, Easthampton, MA
1903 Out West Awning Co., Colorado Springs, CO
1910 Phoenix Tent & Awning, Phoenix, AZ
1911 Memphis Delta Tent & Awning, Memphis, TN
2013 South Akron Awning, South Akron Ohio will be 100 next year
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Glawe Awnings & Tents, Fairborn, Ohio
Charles Glawe opened his shop in Cincinnati in 1877. One month later he moved the company to Dayton, Ohio, where he made awnings, tents, horse blankets and covered wagon covers. In its long history, Glawe has had only three owners, each an employee of the previous owner.
William Huesman, who worked for Charles Glawe, was the second owner. The current owner, Vern Schaefer, began working for Huesman, his uncle, in 1945 while still in high school. When Huesman died in 1959, Schaefer and his brother, Paul, bought the company. Paul then moved to Phoenix where he owns the Apache Awning Co.
Vern Schaefer served as IFAI’s president (the position is now call Chairman of the Board) in 1980-81. Tom Fridley, a Glawe vice president, served as second vice chairman of IFAI. Vern’s daughter, Kathy, is another company vice president.
Among the many customers served by Glawe Mfg. over the last 118 years, the most famous are the Wright Brothers, inventors of powered flight. When Orville and Wilbur traveled to Kittyhawk, they took along two Glawe-manufactured tents. The Wright Brothers also purchased Glawe awnings for their bicycle shop and the family home.
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