Hazel-Atlas Glass Company
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The Hazel-Atlas Glass Company was a large producer of machine-molded glass containers headquartered in Wheeling, West Virginia. It was founded in 1902 in Washington, Pennsylvania as the merger of four companies:
- Hazel Glass and Metals Company
- Atlas Glass Company
- Wheeling Metal Plant
- Republic Glass Company
By the 1930’s, Hazel-Atlas had fifteen plants and was the largest glass manufacturer in the world. It continued to make containers and tableware until the 1950s. In 1956, Hazel-Atlas, at that time the third largest producer of glass containers in the U.S., was acquired by the Continental Can Company. The acquisition was challenged under the Clayton Antitrust Act in a case that was eventually decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Continental Can Co..
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[edit] External links and references
- Hazel-Atlas Depression glass a field unto itself, from a February 2005 article in The San Diego Union-Tribune
- History of the Hazel Atlas Glass Company, written by a collector
