Candle-Lite Company
Coordinates: 39 ° 15 '26 " N , 84 ° 21' 54" W.
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The Candle-Lite Company is one of the largest scented candle manufacturers in the USA . The company is headquartered in Cincinnati , Ohio , with production in Leesburg, 50 km away . The name is protected as a trademark . With over 175 years of company history, the company is the oldest candle manufacturer in the USA.
history
The company known today as Candle-lite was founded in 1840 as the Emery Lard Oil & Candle Company, Cincinnati Ohio, by Thomas Emery - an English colonist. Simple candles and light oils were produced here until 1886. Thomas Emery Jr. hired the chemist Ernst Twitchell in 1886 , who invented the breakdown of fats in 1897. This discovery of the separation of fatty acids and sebum was the basis for a new wax formula that produced a whiter, more stable and drip-free candle.