international llc founded 1913 in great barrington ma headquarters seattle washington key people william stanley jr. website http www.stanley pmi.com stanley is a brand of food and beverage containers originally invented by william stanley jr. 1 contents 1 history 2 timeline 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the stanley all steel vacuum bottle was invented by william stanley jr. in 1913 . 2 early uses for the stanley bottle have included flying with the pilots on b 17s during world war ii carrying human organs transporting bull semen by the cattle industry and accompanying crews on deep sea explorations . today the bottle has been used for cooking noodles and hot dogs transporting temperature delicate medicines and coffee . timeline edit a collection of vintage stanley bottles at the new britain industrial museum in 1913 william stanley jr. creates the stanley bottle as a result of his work with transformers . during this work he discovered that a welding process he was using could be used to insulate a vacuum bottle with steel instead of glass . by 1915 william stanley began mass production of the stanley bottle . he acquired an empty building renovated and equipped it with machinery for production of insulated jugs beverage servers and desk top decanters . in 1916 william stanley died at the age of 57 . 3 he is best remembered for his work in electrical power transmissions . after his death a new york city investment company acquired the operation and hired a mechanical engineer harry badger as general manager who continued to invent and develop new products which expanded the product line . in 1921 landers frary & clark l.f & c of new britain connecticut a household appliance manufacturer purchased stanley insulating company and added the stanley line to their appliance and hardware lines . in 1933 the entire stanley operation moved from great barrington massachusetts to l.f & c s plant in new britain connecticut . during this time harry badger became chief product research and manufacturing engineer and in the following years he continued to develop and add more products to the stanley line . in 1949 harry badger retired and john eza became chief product research and manufacturing engineer . from 1949 1965 fifteen new products were added and stanley was now used by airlines railroads ocean lines hospitals and mass feeding institutions . in 1953 the pint quart and two quart bottles were modified to utilize common cups collars and stoppers . on march 30 1961 there was a tender offer to acquire controlling stock of l f & c by j. b. williams company a leading producer of pharmaceuticals . within six weeks j. b. williams had ownership of 80 % of some 404 000 outstanding shares . but a year later in 1965 aladdin acquired the universal stanley division of the j. b. williams company which made the stanley thermos bottle in nashville tennessee . all of stanley s operations were moved to nashville and by 1966 ; the first aladdin stanley bottles were shipped . in 1968 the insulated cup and threaded stopper were designed and manufactured to provide a reduction in manufacturing costs and operating equipment . in 1976 a shorter two quart stanley bottle was introduced . in 1988 the bail handle was replaced by a side handle . in the mid 1980s a side handle also was introduced in the 1 qt bottle . during this time the 24oz wide mouth bottle with an insulated cup was also produced . in 2002 stanley was purchased by seattle wa based pacific market international pmi . stanley s manufacturing facilities were then moved to china . see also edit list of bottle types brands and companies aladdin food & beverage containers references edit armchair or stadium box fans remember the thermos for the best hot or iced coffee william stanley s vacuum bottle patent . patented september 2 1913 . william stanley 1858 1916 external links edit official website archive.supermarketguru.com patent referencing william stanley s bottle patent retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title stanley bottle & oldid 739545452 categories bottlesfood storage containers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 september 2016 at 09 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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