Industry Manufacturing Founded 1876 | Website www.bonneyforge.com | |
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Key people Charles S. Bonney (founder); John Leone current CEO Products Hand tools (formerly); fittings and valve markets, (currently) Headquarters Mount Union, Pennsylvania, United States Subsidiaries B.F.E. S.p.A., B.F.E. Srl, Bonney Forge Texas, LP | ||
Bonney Forge was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1876 by Charles S. Bonney. Originally Bonney Forge crafted forged and finished hardware for horse-drawn wagons, later it became a manufacturer of automotive hand tools, and now it is a manufacturer of fittings and unions, branch connections, steel valves and specialty products.
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In 1953 Bonney Forge was taken over by the Miller Manufacturing Company of Detroit, Michigan. In 1964 the firm was sold to Kelsey-Hayes Corp. of Romulus, Michigan.
The company was for many years based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where it had some of its manufacturing operations. Bonney Forge also had manufacturing operations in Alliance, Ohio, Orangeburg, South Carolina and near Milan, Italy.
Plant closures
In March 1964 Bonney Forge closed its manufacturing plant in Alliance, after if moved manufacturing operations from there to the Kelsey-Hayes Corp. plant in Orangeburg, South Carolina. In August 2001 Bonney Forge closed its manufacturing plant in Allentown because the plant building could not be modernized to handle a new press.
Distribution
Bonney Forge valves are broadly distributed internationially, prominently through AIV Europe in the UK, The Alloy Valve Stockist in Spain, and AIV in the US.