Mueller Water Products
| Mueller Water Products Inc.
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| legal form | Inc. |
| ISIN | US6247581084 |
| founding | 2005 |
| Seat |
Atlanta , Georgia , United States
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| management | Gregory E. Hyland ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees | 4200 |
| sales | 1,185,000,000 US dollars |
| Branch | Fittings |
| Website | www.muellerwaterproducts.com |
| As of September 30, 2014 | |
Mueller Water Products (MWP) is a publicly listed US company with approximately 4,200 employees. The business is divided between the two group subsidiaries Mueller Co. ( hydrants , valves, water meters , leak detectors, line condition monitoring, measuring systems, thread cutting machines and tools) and Anvil International . Anvil manufactures valves , fittings , suspension systems, covers and other accessories for piping and piping systems. Mueller Co. describes itself as the market leader for water infrastructure in the USA and Canada .
history
Mueller Water Products was founded as a company in its current form on September 22, 2005, when the Jim Walter Corporation merged US Pipe, which it acquired in 1969, and Mueller Co. and Anvil International, which it acquired in 2005, to form Mueller Water Products. The new company was then listed on the stock exchange as Mueller Water Products, Inc. in 2006 and moved its corporate headquarters from headquarters in Decatur , Illinois to Atlanta, Georgia . Initially, Mueller Water Products operated three separate business units-Mueller Co., Anvil International and US Pipe. In 2012 Mueller Water Products US Pipe sold to Wynnchurch Capital Ltd. and only kept the business unit for valves and hydrants, which it leads under the Mueller Co.
The company traces the history of its divisions, brands and subsidiaries back to 1850:
In 1850 Frederick Grinnell (1836-1905) had acquired a majority stake in Providence Steam and Gas Pipe, the forerunner of Anvil International . The General Fire Extinguisher Company was created in 1892 from the merger of Providence Steam and Gas Pipe with several sprinkler system manufacturers from New York and Ohio . Grinnell became president of the new company. In 1919 the company was renamed the Grinnell Co. in honor of the company's president who died in 1905. Grinnell Co. was renamed Anvil International in 2000.
In 1857 the German immigrant Hieronymus Mueller (1832–1900) founded the Decatur Plumbing and Heating Company in Decatur (Illinois), where he also repaired sewing machines and weapons. He later sold the company and founded the Mueller Company , from which Mueller-Systeme also emerged. Hieronymus Mueller became the first person responsible for the water supply of the city of Decatur in 1871. In 1872 he patented a thread cutting machine for water and gas pipes, the principle of which is still valid today. In 1913 Mueller & Co. supplied 95 large valves to protect the lock gates in the Panama Canal .
The US Pipe was created in 1899 as a merger of twelve companies under the name United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Company; In 1929 the name was changed to US Pipe.
Web links
- Website
- tyco-fire.com: History of the sprinkler system (PDF) (English; accessed on July 15, 2015)
- Hieronymus Mueller Museum website (accessed July 15, 2015)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Annual Report 2014
- ↑ a b Mueller Co. website . Mueller Co .. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ Anvil International website . Anvil International. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ↑ a b Profile: Mueller Water Products Inc. . Reuters. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
- ↑ a b c d e f g A Proud History . Mueller Water Products. Archived from the original on August 12, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
- ^ Mueller Water Products moving HQ to the ATL . In: Atlanta Business Chronicle , April 26, 2006. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
- ^ Mueller Water Products, Inc. Signs Agreement to Divest US Pipe , Reuters. March 8, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
- ↑ a b c Hieronymus Mueller biography . Hieronymus Mueller Museum. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ Profiles: Hieronymus Mueller . Find a grave. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ↑ Mueller Co Supplied equipment for the Panama Canal . Hieronymus Mueller Museum. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
