manufacturing and distribution founded 1891 bennett texas usa headquarters fort worth texas usa key people dennis knautz president and ceo products brick tile concrete block glass block systems and cut natural stone owner berkshire hathaway number of employees 2 913 as of 4 19 2006 slogan if you don t see the acme name you re not getting acme quality . website www.brick.com acme brick company is an american manufacturer and distributor of brick and masonry related construction products and materials . founder george e. bennett october 6 1852 july 3 1907 chartered the company in alton illinois as the acme pressed brick company on april 17 1891 . the company grew to become the largest american owned brick manufacturer by the mid 20th century and was the first of its type to offer a 100 year limited guarantee to its customers . acme brick company was acquired by berkshire hathaway inc. on august 1 2000 . contents 1 history 2 manufacturing plants 3 sales offices 4 acme brick technical center 5 subsidiaries 6 references 7 external links history edit in 1890 acme pressed brick company was established fifteen miles 24 km southwest of weatherford near present day farm road 113 in southwestern parker county tx . the company town that evolved from the establishment of the manufacturing plant was called bennett . the community included acme brick homes for 100 employees and their families a church a public school and a general store . in 1916 acme pressed brick stockholders elected new officers applied for a texas charter began doing business as acme brick company and dissolved the company chartered in illinois . walter r. bennett george e. bennett s son was elected the first president of the newly renamed acme brick company . in 1968 a merger of the acme brick company and the justin boot company resulted in the formation of the first worth corporation . in 1972 first worth corp. changed its name to justin industries inc. a parent corporation who would grow to acquire many children companies . in 1976 featherlite then known as kingstip featherlite was acquired . featherlite began as a texas based privately held company in 1949 . featherlite began acquiring concrete block companies in 1953 and continued its expansion over the years now operating 7 block producing facilities and 2 cement bagging facilities in texas and 3 other locations . in 1981 as housing starts hit a 35 year low acme built inventory 400 million brick were manufactured by the year s end . in 1984 record housing starts propelled acme to record sales years in 1983 and 1984 . acme brick stamps its logo into the end of select bricks . in 1987 acme began stamping its logo on one end of select residential brick . this tradition in brand recognition continues today . in 1993 troy aikman hall of fame quarterback for the dallas cowboys football team became an acme brick spokesperson initially in radio and print advertising and later on television . in 1994 american tile supply a tile distributor and retailer in texas was acquired . in 1997 fort worth based innovative building products developer and manufacturer of a mortarless installation system for glass block windows skylights shower enclosures and floors was acquired . in 2000 the justin industries board of directors approved the sale of the publicly traded company to warren buffett and berkshire hathaway . the boot companies and the building companies were split to form justin brands and acme building brands as separate entities . at the time of the acquisition acme building brands was parent to the following four child companies acme brick company the leading domestically owned united states manufacturer of face brick . featherlite building products corporation the leading southwest producer of concrete masonry products . american tile supply company a major texas distributor of ceramic and marble floor and wall tile . justin brands justin boot company nocona boot company tony lama company and chippewa shoe company . in 2001 acme brick set a new company record for shipments exceeding 1 billion company manufactured bricks shipped . in 2003 acme brick s residential products started carrying the good housekeeping seal . brick mock up panels are sometimes created to aid commercial customers in the selection process . these bricks are likely candidates for the new acme brick company headquarters building . on october 6 2006 october 6 was also the birthday of acme s founder george bennett acme brick broke ground for the company s new headquarters building to be located in southwest fort worth . the 77 000 square foot 7 200 m2 three story building was completed in 2007 . on january 24 2011 acme brick agreed to purchase jenkins brick headquartered in alabama with stores in four southeastern states . manufacturing plants edit acme brick manufactures brick primarily for u.s. customers at plants located in seven states clarksville arkansas known as acme s eureka brick plant fort smith arkansas jonesboro arkansas known as acme s wheeler plant malvern arkansas acme has 3 plants in perla ; perla westgate perla eastgate and acme s ouachita plant castle rock colorado known as acme s denver brick plant kanopolis kansas currently closed holly springs mississippi oklahoma city oklahoma tulsa oklahoma acme also operates a brick engraving facility at this location bridgeport texas denton texas elgin texas acme has 2 plants in elgin garrison texas malakoff texas known as acme s texas clay plant acme has 2 plants in malakoff mcqueeney texas millsap texas acme s first plant also known as the bennett plant acme has 2 plants on this site sealy texas springfield minnesota known as the acme ochs plant sales offices edit acme brick sells manufactured and purchased products from sales offices located in ten states arkansas fort smith jonesboro north little rock russellville and springdale colorado castle rock kansas olathe and wichita louisiana alexandria baton rouge lafayette lake charles monroe new orleans and shreveport mississippi holly springs missouri joplin maryland heights and springfield new mexico las cruces oklahoma oklahoma city and tulsa tennessee jackson and memphis texas abilene amarillo austin round rock bryan beaumont corpus christi denton el paso euless houston lubbock longview midland san antonio san angelo temple texarkana tyler waco and wichita falls acme brick technical center edit acme brick s exploration department quality management and laboratory are based in denton texas at the acme brick technical center . subsidiaries edit jenkins brick texas quarries ibp innovative building products american tile and stone featherlite building corporation 1 2 references edit http www.brick.com termsandconditions.htm http www.berkshirehathaway.com news aug0100.html lehr edwin e. 1998 . colossus in clay acme brick company the story of the largest american owned brickmaker . the donning company publishers . isbn 1 57864 040 7 . handbook of texas online . bennett texas parker county . retrieved 3 october 2006 . external links edit acme brick company official website v t e berkshire hathaway board of directors warren buffett chairman and ceo charlie munger howard graham buffett susan decker bill gates david gottesman charlotte guyman donald keough thomas murphy ronald olson walter scott jr. insurance applied underwriters berkshire hathaway assurance berkshire hathaway homestate companies kansas bankers surety company berkshire hathaway specialty insurance boatus central states indemnity gateway underwriters agency geico gen re medical protective national indemnity company guard insurance seaworthy insurance company united states liability insurance group materials and construction acme brick benjamin moore & co. charter brokerage clayton homes international metalworking companies johns manville lubrizol marmon marmon herrington procor union tank car company mitek mouser electronics precision castparts corp. shaw industries tti furniture cort business services jordan 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