Borg-Warner Interrogatory Omissions

 

 

Borg-Warner was incorporated in Illinois on May 9, 1928. The purpose of the 
incorporation was to acquire all of the stock of Borg & Beck, Marvel 
Carburetor Co., and Warner Gear Co. In 1935, Borg-Warner became an operating 
company through the acquisition of a # of subsidiaries which were eventually 
dissolved. New companies were formed to protect trade names. These included: 

Borg & Beck Co. 
Detroit Vapor Stove co. 
Long Manufacturing co. 
Norge Corp. 
Detroit Gear & Machine Co. 
Ingersoll Steel & Disk Co. 
Mechanics Universal Joint co. 
Rockford Drilling Machine Co. 
Warner Gear Co. 

In mid-1935, they acquired the Calumet Steel Co. (re-rolling), Morse Chain 
Co., and in the following year the Ithaca Railway Co. In 1937 they acquired 
the assets of the U.S. Pressed Steel Products Co. Between 1937 and the early 
50's they continued to acquire companies and by the mid sixties they had 
large # of divisions and subsidiaries including: 

Byron Jackson, Inc 
International Cementers, Inc. 
BJ Service 
Borg & Beck (Mexico) 
B-W Credit Corp 
B-W-I America, Inc. 
Borg-Warner (Brazil) 
Le Froid Industriel Brissonneau-York (France - 50%) (Brass and Copper 
Fittings) 
Borg-Warner Investments Pty. Ltd. (Australia) 
Electroplex, Inc. 
Fibermold Corp. 
Long Mfg. Co, Ltd. (Canada) 
Cello Products (Ontario) 
Morse Chain (Canada) (transmission components) 
Reflectal Corp. 
Warner Gear Co., Ltd. (Canada) 
Westerlin & Campbell 
Weston Hydraulics, Ltd. 
York Corp. 
York Shipley, Ltd. (Eng.) 
E.C. Atkins & Co. 
Borg & Beck Co. 
Calumet Steel Co. (rebar, fence posts, etc) 
Franklin Steel Div. (rebar, fence posts, etc) 
Chemical Process Co. 
Detroit Gear & Machine Co. 
Humphrey's Mfg. Co. 
Marbon Corp. (Cycolac - plastic resins, adhesives, latex, rubber resins) 
Pesco Products Co. (pumps, fan motors) 
Rockford Clutch Co. 
Warner Automotive Parts Corp. 
Cos Mar Co. 50% (Styrene Monomer) 
Weston Chemical Co. (Organic phosphates) 
Fabricated Products Division (Fabrics, yarns, Vinyl-Weve Carpet) 
Borg-Warner Health Products Division (health care equipement) 
Stephens-Adamson (conveying equipment) 
Unit Parts Co. (rebuilder of auto parts) 
Baker Industries (merged 1978) 

Within the Automotive Group, the following facilities definitely produced 
friction products: 

Borg Warner Do Brasil, Sao Paulo, Brazil (100%) 
Borg Warner Stieber GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany (100%) 
Spring Division, Bellwood, Ill. (re: p.1718 Moody's Ind. 1970) 

It is possible that other facilities produced friction products. A # of 
facilities produced transmission products and for many years the sheathing 
was made of asbestos or asbestos composite materials. Included in this 
category would be: 

Warner Gear Division, Muncie, Ind. 
New Bedford Gear Division, New Bedford, MA 

The following facilities produced clutch and/or brake products and may have 
manufactured friction products. 

Automotive Parts Division, Franklin Park, Ill. 
Borg & Beck Division, Detroit, Mich. & Chicago, Ill. 
Rockford Clutch Division, Rockford, Ill 
Spring Division, Bellwood, Ill 
Long Mfg. Co.Ltd. Oakville, Ont. & Detroit, Mich. 
Various foreign factories 


In 1952, Borg-Warner acquired Reflectal Corp., which produced aluminum foil 
blanket type insulation and building materials at a plant in Hudson Falls, 
N.Y. In addition, this plant also manufactured asbestos insulation, 
jacketing and insulating concrete. The descriptions of Reflectal Corp. in 
Moody's are fairly specific until about 1965, when they become more succinct.