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THE INDUSTRIAL HOBARTS
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The
Industrial Hobarts
is the story of how three generations engineered the
growth and success of their family business during
the prime of America’s industrial age. Though
trained as a lawyer, C. C. Hobart became fascinated
with electricity, met Thomas Edison, and started a
company that leased electric light plants at a
monthly rate of a dollar per bulb. One company he
started became America¹s largest manufacturer of
commercial food processing equipment. He and his
sons then founded Hobart Brothers and applied
electrical power to battery chargers for automobiles
and electrical welders.
They built all-steel
homes during the Depression and thousands of welders
and mobile power units for U.S. armed forces during
World War II. Within a century of the company¹s
founding, C. C. Hobart¹s grandsons were supplying
welding systems to build the World Trade Center,
nuclear submarines, oil and gas pipelines, and the
Space Shuttle¹s external fuel tanks. The family
created a corporate culture that encouraged teamwork
and creativity. Company engineers earned scores of
patents. Their ground power units serviced world
airlines, the military, and aerospace industry.
Hobart battery charged vehicles, automation, and
robotics revolutionized the factories of the future.
The story told by Peter
C. Hobart, Hobart Brothers’ former vice president
for international business, and historian Michael W.
Williams is a clear and engaging narrative of how
one family found purpose and success in the golden
age of American industry. The book provides
snapshots of people using imagination and ingenuity
to compete within the electrical power, food
processing, office furniture, transportation,
construction, defense, and aerospace industries.
The Hobart story is a microcosm of the history of
the industrial Midwest, spanning the era from the
infancy of electrical lighting to robotic laser
welding, cutting and coating systems. Enriched by a
wealth of photographs, dozens of interviews and a
variety of other primary sources, readers will enjoy
a fascinating story whether their interest is
history, technology, business or people.
The book is 256 pages.
$39.95
Orders to:
Training Materials Dept.
Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
400 Trade Square East
Troy, OH 45373
1-800-332-9448, ext. 5433 or (937) 332-5433
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Hobart Institute of Welding
Technology, dedicated to welding training and
education excellence, is a not-for-profit
educational facility located at 400 Trade Square
East, Troy, OH 45373 1-800-332-9448. |
