Brainard Steel Division
In 1946 Brainard Steel was acquired by the Sharon Steel Corporation. It then began doing business as as the Brainard Strapping Division of Sharon Steel. It manufactured and sold steel strapping, strapping tools and strapping systems
By 1981 Sharon Steel was shipping 13,000 tons of steel to the Brainard Strapping Division. Five thousand tons are used to make Brainard strapping products and Brainard supplies 10% of the nation’s needs for steel strapping.
The other 8,000 tons of steel received from Sharon each month is used for making galvanized steel products for the auto industry in applications where corrosion resistance is necessary.
Brainard was shut down from July 1989 to February 1991. The plant was re-opened in 1991 to supply steel strapping to the packaging industry. However the plant closed for good in November of 1992.[1]
Family Employees & Their Stories
- Peter Delida - Carpenter
- Andrew Michael Petrilla - Operator on the strapping slitter.
- Edward John Timko Jr. - General laborer working in virtually every department.
- Edward John Timko - Operator on the strapping coater.
References
- ↑ Trumbull County Historial Society