| 词条 | J.E. Rhoads & Sons |
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| name = J.E. Rhoads & Sons | logo = File:J.E._Rhoads_and_Sons_Wordmark.png | logo_size = 250px | logo_alt = J.E. Rhoads & Sons wordmark (1977 to 2009) | logo_caption = J.E. Rhoads & Sons wordmark (1977 to 2009) | logo_padding = | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = | trading_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | romanized_name = | former_name = Rhoads Company | type = | traded_as = | ISIN = | ISIN2 = | industry = mechanical belt manufacturing | genre = | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | founded = 1702 | founder = Joseph Rhoads | defunct = 2009 | hq_location = | hq_location_city = | hq_location_country = | num_locations = | num_locations_year = | area_served = | key_people = | products = | brands = Tannate, Texalon | production = | production_year = | services = | revenue = $5 million (1985) [1] | revenue_year = | operating_income = | income_year = | net_income = | net_income_year = | aum = | assets = | assets_year = | equity = | equity_year = | owner = | members = | members_year = | num_employees = | num_employees_year = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | module = | ratio = | rating = | website = {{URL|http://jerhoadsandsons.com}} (as a brand of Mid-Atlantic Belting) | footnotes = | intl = }} J.E. Rhoads & Sons was the longest continually operating company in the United States until it closed in 2009 after 307 years in business. Founded in 1702 in Marple, Pennsylvania, it eventually relocated to Wilmington, Delaware and, finally, to Branchburg, New Jersey. Until the 1990s it was owned by descendants of its founder, Joseph Rhoads. HistoryJ.E. Rhoads & Sons was founded by Joseph Rhoads as the Rhoads Company, a commercial tannery, in 1702 in Marple, Pennsylvania.[1][2][3] The company came to specialize in the manufacture of leather belts for mechanical applications.[1] Following the American Civil War, the company purchased the Downing & Price tannery in Wilmington, Delaware and moved much of its manufacturing operations there, while keeping its headquarters in Pennsylvania.[1] In the 20th century the company transitioned most of its product lines from leather to rubber-made, relocated the company's headquarters to Wilmington, and made an initial public offering of shares.[1] In 1977 it would, again, relocate, this time to suburban New Castle County, Delaware.[4] In 1983 John McGough joined J.E. Rhoads & Sons as chief executive officer, becoming the first person outside the Rhoads family to head the company since its founding.[5] Ten years later, in 1993, a majority of the company's shares were sold out of the Rhoads family to an anonymous buyer, who moved its operations to an industrial park in Branchburg, New Jersey.[1] The company went out of business in 2009.[6] Its name and trademarks were subsequently sold to Mid Atlantic Belting, a company founded by Richard Miller II who had been employed by J.E. Rhoads & Sons in the 1970s.[6][7] Military contractsSince the company's founding, members of the Rhoads family were Quakers.[1] During the War of 1812, the American Civil War, and World War I, the company suffered – relative to its competitors – due to its decision not to pursue lucrative military contracts, or to sell belting to arms manufacturers, owing to the owners pacifist beliefs.[1] The increasing complexity of military industry stressed the company's ethos during World War II and management decided on applying a "50 percent" rule.[1] In addition to an outright ban on direct military sales, salespeople were instructed not to solicit or close contracts with companies they believed sold 50 percent or more of their products to the U.S. Armed Forces.[1] LongevityPrior to its closure, both The New York Times and the Library of Congress referred to J.E. Rhoads & Sons as the longest continually operating American business still in existence.[3][8] LegacyThe company's records from 1720 through the year 1969 are held by the Hagley Museum and Library in Wilmington, Delaware.[2] See also
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite journal|last1=Kilcrease|first1=Kelly|title=A Lesson in Longevity|journal=Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies|date=April 2011|volume=78|issue=2|url=https://journals.psu.edu/phj/article/viewFile/60292/60232|accessdate=January 31, 2018|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201075526/https://journals.psu.edu/phj/article/viewFile/60292/60232|archivedate=February 1, 2018|df=}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:J.E. Rhoads and Sons}}2. ^1 {{cite web|title=J.E. Rhoads & Sons, Inc.|url=http://invention.si.edu/je-rhoads-sons-inc-records-1699-1969|website=Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|accessdate=January 31, 2018|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201193027/http://invention.si.edu/je-rhoads-sons-inc-records-1699-1969|archivedate=February 1, 2018|df=}} 3. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Sloane|first1=Leonard|title=Ames Prospers as It Marks 200 Years|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/20/archives/ames-prospers-as-it-marks-200-years-ames-is-still-prospering-as-it.html|accessdate=January 31, 2008|work=New York Times|date=April 20, 1974|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201133726/http://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/20/archives/ames-prospers-as-it-marks-200-years-ames-is-still-prospering-as-it.html|archivedate=February 1, 2018|df=}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=J.E. Rhoads & Sons, Inc. records|url=http://findingaids.hagley.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/0290.xml|website=hagley.org|publisher=Hagley Museum and Library|accessdate=February 1, 2018|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202071750/http://findingaids.hagley.org/xtf/view?docId=ead%2F0290.xml|archivedate=February 2, 2018|df=}} 5. ^1 {{cite news|title=In The Business Of Success|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1985-07-05/business/8502140778_1_death-and-life-companies-oldest|accessdate=January 31, 2018|work=Chicago Tribune|agency=New York Times News Service|date=July 5, 1985|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201075357/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1985-07-05/business/8502140778_1_death-and-life-companies-oldest|archivedate=February 1, 2018|df=}} 6. ^1 {{cite news|last1=McNulty|first1=Mike|title=Miller buys belt brands of first employer|url=http://www.rubbernews.com/article/20130408/ISSUE/304089996/miller-buys-belt-brands-of-first-employer|accessdate=January 31, 2018|work=Rubber and Plastics News|date=June 11, 2013}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=History of J.E. Rhoads and Sons, Inc.|url=http://jerhoadsandsons.com/index.html|website=jerhoadsandsons.com|publisher=J. E. Rhoads & Sons|accessdate=January 31, 2018|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912153739/http://jerhoadsandsons.com/index.html|archivedate=September 12, 2016|df=}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=J. E. Rhoads & Sons, 2100 West Eleventh Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/de0177/|website=loc.gov|publisher=Library of Congress|accessdate=January 31, 2018|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201075543/https://www.loc.gov/item/de0177/|archivedate=February 1, 2018|df=}} 3 : 1702 establishments in Pennsylvania|Tanning (leather)|Wilmington, Delaware |
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