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top: 400px;"><script type="text/javascript" charset="UTF-8" language="JavaScript1.2" src="http://uk.babelfish.yahoo.com/free_trans_service/babelfish2.js?from_lang=en&region=us"></script></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="2" valign="middle">&nbsp;</td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> </td> <td width="676" valign="top"> <b><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#000099"><font size="+1" color="#000000"><br> Throughout History...Changing to meet YOUR Needs!</font></font></font></b> <br> <br> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="590" > <tr valign=TOP> <td width="70"> <div align=right>1927</div> </td> <td width="10"></td> <td width="510" height="40"><b>Skinner Automotive Devices Co.</b> manufactures lubricating oil rectifiers for gasoline engines.</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align=right>1930</div> </td> <td></td> <td height="25"><b>Skinner Motors Inc</b>. reorganization.</td> </tr> <tr valign=TOP> <td> <div align=right>1933</div> </td> <td></td> <td height="55">Reorganization becomes <b>Skinner Purifiers, Inc.</b>&nbsp; Manufactures stacked paper washer filters (Microedge&reg; filters), naval steam engine condensate filters, instrument air filters, engine fuel-water separators and filters.</td> </tr> <tr valign=TOP> <td> <div align=right>1942</div> </td> <td></td> <td height="25">Microbon&reg; paper ribbon filter invented by Walter Kasten.</td> </tr> <tr valign=TOP> <td> <div align=right>1947</div> </td> <td></td> <td height="40"><b>Bendix Aviation Corporation</b> acquires <b>Skinner Purifiers, Inc.</b>&nbsp; Manufactures fuel filters&nbsp; for the Air Force.</td> </tr> <tr valign=TOP> <td> <div align=right>1953</div> </td> <td></td> <td height="40"><b>Bendix Aviation Corporation</b> consolidated operations in Madison Heights, Michigan to become <b>Bendix-Skinner Division.</b>&nbsp; Manufactures pleated-paper carburetor filters.</td> </tr> <tr valign=TOP> <td> <div align=right>1958</div> </td> <td></td> <td height="55">Name changes to <b>Bendix Filter Division.</b>&nbsp; <b>Poroloy Equipment Company</b> is acquired by Bendix Filter Division and moved from California to Michigan.&nbsp; Manufactures jet engine and missile filters.</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align=right>1960</div> </td> <td></td> <td height="25">Go-No-Go&reg; jet fuel monitor invented.</td> </tr> <tr valign=TOP> <td> <div align=right>1967</div> </td> <td></td> <td height="40">Bendix Corporation acquires Fram Corporation.&nbsp; Acquisition challenged by the Federal Trade Commission.</td> </tr> <tr valign=TOP> <td> <div align=right>1975</div> </td> <td></td> <td height="40"><b>Bendix Filter Division</b> becomes <b>Filter Products Division of Facet Enterprises, Inc. </b>due to Federal Trade Commission ruling.</td> </tr> <tr valign=TOP> <td> <div align=right>1976</div> </td> <td></td> <td height="55"><b>Facet Enterprises, Inc.</b> separated from Bendix Corporation.&nbsp; Facet is a "spin-off" of three Fram Divisions and four Bendix Divisions.&nbsp; Facet Enterprises appears on NYSE. Corporate headquarters located in Tulsa, OK.</td> </tr> <tr valign=TOP> <td> <div align=right>1977</div> </td> <td></td> <td height="25">First supplemental Type Certificate Scavenge Oil Filter sold for helicopters.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div align="right">1983</div> </td> <td></td> <td height="40">(December) Decision is made to close the Madison Heights, MI plant and move to Greensboro, NC.</td> </tr> <tr valign=TOP> <td> <div align=right>1984</div> </td> <td></td> <td height="42">(June) First employees start to relocate to Greensboro; 37 employees make the move. New&nbsp; plant is located at 8439 Triad Drive.&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td height="42">(November) Facet acquires line of self- cleaning Metaledge&reg; filters and breathers from&nbsp; <br> Purolator in Rahway, NJ</td> </tr> <tr valign=TOP> <td> <div align=right>1987</div> </td> <td></td> <td height="72">(February)&nbsp; Facet Enterprises, Inc. purchases Purolator Automotive Filters in Rahway, NJ and Edison, NJ.&nbsp; All engineering responsibilities are transferred to Tulsa, OK for automotive filters. Manufacturing of automotive filters is done in Fayetteville, NC.&nbsp;&nbsp; Purolator is considered a brand name filter.</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td height="42">(August) Product transfer of former Purolator Automotive indicators and switches from&nbsp; <br> Fayetteville, NC to Greensboro, NC.</td> </tr> <tr valign=TOP> <td height="13"> <div align=right>1988</div> </td> <td height="13"></td> <td height="13"><b>Facet Enterprises, Inc.</b> is acquired by <b>Pennzoil Corporation</b>.</td> </tr> <tr valign=TOP> <td> <div align=right>1989</div> </td> <td></td> <td height="42">Balance of aerospace filters made by Facet/Quantek in Tulsa, OK are transferred from Facet/Quantek to Greensboro plant</td> </tr> <tr valign=TOP> <td> <div align=right>1990</div> </td> <td></td> <td height="60">(February)<b> Facet Enterprises, Inc.</b> changes its name to <b>Purolator Products Company</b>,&nbsp; Facet Filter Products Division.&nbsp;&nbsp; The  wine rack and red and black logo are retired;&nbsp; the Purolator blue ribbon and red letters are the known signature of the company</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td height="42">(June) Woods Energy in Tulsa, OK closes transferring the very old Zenith&reg; filter line, and a line of flame arrestors to <b>Facet Filter Products Division</b> in Greensboro.</td> </tr> <tr valign=TOP> <td height="28"> <div align=right>1991</div> </td> <td height="28"></td> <td height="28"><b>Facet Filter Products Divisionof Purolator Products Co.</b> acquires the&nbsp; <br> <b>G.W. Dahl Company</b> in Bristol, RI&nbsp;&nbsp; Dahl is a manufacturer of silencing valves and electronic transducers and transmitters.&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr valign=TOP> <td> <div align=right>1992</div> </td> <td></td> <td height="25"><b>Pennzoil</b> spins off <b>Purolator Products Company</b>, now appears on the NASDAQ board</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align=right>1994</div> </td> <td></td> <td height="25">(May)&nbsp; Marine Flame Arrestor line sold to Barbron in Detroit, MI</td> </tr> <tr valign=TOP> <td></td> <td></td> <td height="105">(November) <b>Mark IV Industries, Inc.</b> acquires <b>Purolator Products Company</b> for $25 per share.&nbsp; The company is divided into two groups: <b>Mark IV Automotive and Mark IV Industrial. Facet Filter Products Division</b> reports to the <b>Industrial Group</b> while the Automotive Filters report to Mark IV Automotive.&nbsp; We become <b>Purolator Products Company, Facet Filter Products Division</b>, part of the <b>Dayco Industrial Business Group of Mark IV Industrial, Mark IV Industries Inc.</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align=right>1998</div> </td> <td></td> <td height="25">Introduction of Purolator Industrial Hydraulic Line and Purolator Marine Filters.</td> </tr> <tr valign=TOP> <td height="75"> <div align=right>1999</div> </td> <td height="75"></td> <td height="75">(February) <b>Mark IV</b> sells <b>Purolator Automotive Filters</b> to Arvin Industries, which is now known as Arvin Meritor.&nbsp; Arvin is a manufacturer of exhaust systems and ride control products for the automotive industry.&nbsp; Purolator Automotive headquarters in Tulsa, OK closed in the fall. Manufacturing of automotive spin on filters continues in Salt Lake City, UT and Fayetteville, NC. We retain the name <b>Purolator Products Company, Facet Filter Products Division.</b>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td height="85">(September) <b>Mark IV</b> sells <b>Purolator Products Company, Facet Filter</b> <br> <b>Products Division, Purolator Air Filtration, and Facet International</b> to <b>CLARCOR</b>.&nbsp; <br> CLARCOR is the parent company for Baldwin Filters, Hasting Filters, and Clark Filters.&nbsp; They also own Air Guard Filters, which manufactures HVAC type filters.&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td height="2"></td> <td height="2"></td> <td height="2" valign="top">(Fall) <b>Facet Filter Products Division</b> is renamed<b> Purolator Facet, Inc.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp; CLARCOR is listed on the NYSE (CLC).</td> </tr> <tr valign=TOP> <td> <div align=right>2004</div> </td> <td></td> <td height="125">(August) CLARCOR Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the operations of United EFP, a privately-owned manufacturer of woven wire and metallic screening and filtration products for the plastic and polymer fiber industries.&nbsp; <br> United EFP operates through two manufacturing facilities in Houston, Texas and Shelby, North Carolina. United EFP will be renamed Purolator EFP and will operate as a member of CLARCOR s Purolator Advanced Filtration Group, part of CLARCOR s Industrial/Environmental Filtration segment.&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td height="40">(September) CLARCOR acquires United Engineered Filtration Products in Houston, TX and Shelby,NC.&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td height="145">&nbsp;</td> <td height="145"></td> <td height="145">(October)&nbsp; CLARCOR, Inc., a global provider of filtration products and services, announces the formation of the Purolator Advanced Filtration Group (PAFG).&nbsp; <br> The Purolator Advanced Filtration Group, which is headquartered in Greensboro, NC, is made up of five divisions of CLARCOR:&nbsp; <ul> <li> Filter Products, Inc., Sacramento, CA</li> <li> Total Filter Technology, North Chelmsford, MA</li> <li> Purolator Facet, Inc., Greensboro, NC</li> <li> Facet USA, Tulsa, OK</li> <li> Purolator EFP, Houston, TX and Shelby, NC.&nbsp;</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" height="22"> <div align="right">2005</div> </td> <td height="22"></td> <td height="22" valign="top">(March) Niagara Screen Products in St. Catharines Ontario is acquired by CLARCOR and is merged with Purolator EFP from Johnson Screen/Weatherford. </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td> <td></td> <td>(November) Filter Products, Inc., Sacramento, CA and Total Filter Technology, Greensboro, NC are combined to form Purolator Liquid Process</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" height="91">&nbsp;</td> <td height="91"></td> <td height="91"> (November ) CLARCOR completes the acquisition of Martin Kurz &amp; Company, Inc. ('MKI'), a privately-owned manufacturer of sintered porous metal laminates used in screening and filtration products for a wide array of industries, including pharmaceutical, petrochemical, aerospace, paper and chemical process industries. MKI is based in Mineola, New York and will operate as a member of CLARCOR's Purolator Advanced Filtration Group within the CLARCOR Industrial/Environmental Filtration segment.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div align="right">2006</div> </td> <td></td> <td> Purolator Advanced Filtration Group is reorganized to include the following companies:<br> --&gt;Purolator Facet, Inc.<br> --&gt;Purolator Liquid Process<br> --&gt;Purolator EFP (Engineered Filtration Products)<br> --&gt;Facet International<br> --&gt;Martin Kurz &amp; Co., Inc.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><b><a href="#top">Top</a></b></td> <td></td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr class="noPrint"> <td class="noPrint" colspan="2" valign="top" height="19"><img src="images/bottom.gif" width="780" height="31"></td> </tr> <tr class="noPrint"> <th valign="top" height="17" colspan="2"> <div class="noPrint" align="left"><a href="tac.htm"><font size="-2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Terms and Conditions</font></a><font size="-2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> | <a href="privacy.htm">Privacy</a> | <a href="aeroindx.htm">Aerospace Filtration</a> | <a href="hydrauindx.htm">Industrial Hydraulics</a> | <a href="chempro.htm">Chemical Process Filtration</a> | <a href="screens.htm">Oil Well Completion</a> | <a href="septa.htm">Filter Septa</a> <br> <a href="media2.htm">Disposable Media</a> | <a href="media.htm">Cleanable Media</a> | <a href="porous.htm">Porous Metals</a> | <a href="new.htm">News</a> | <a href="shows.htm">Trade Show Info</a> | <a href="download.htm">Downloads</a> | <a href="distributor.htm">Distributor Locator</a> | <a href="contact.htm">Contact Us</a> | <a href="start.htm">Home Screen</a> | <a href="sitemap.htm">Site Map</a></font></div> </th> </tr> </table> </body> </html>