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this template message marmon group type subsidiary industry transportation equipment electrical and other industrial components ; construction food beverage & water and retail services founded united states 1953 1953 as colson corporation headquarters 181 west madison street chicago illinois key people frank ptak ceo owner berkshire hathaway website www.marmon.com marmon group is an industrial united states holding company headquartered in chicago illinois ; founded by jay pritzker and robert pritzker in 1953 as colson corporation it has been held by the berkshire hathaway group since 2013 . not verified in body it owns companies that produce transportation equipment electrical components and other industrial components not verified in body and companies that provide services in the construction and retail sectors . not verified in body tank car manufacturing is a significant part of its business not verified in body products which are sold through its subsidiaries union tank car company in the united states not verified in body and procor in canada . not verified in body berkshire hathaway which owns the second largest freight railroad carrier in north america bnsf railway not verified in body acquired controlling interest in marmon in 2007 and became sole owner in six years later . contents 1 origin and history 2 subsidiaries 3 references 4 external links origin and history edit in 1953 jay pritzker and robert pritzker acquired colson corporation . citation needed the name of the company was changed to marmon group in 1964 after the acquisition of marmon herrington . 1 better source needed major acquisitions by marmon group have included cerro corporation 1976 citation needed and transunion 1981 . citation needed in 2007 the pritzker family sold a 60 percent interest in marmon group to berkshire hathaway with plans for berkshire to acquire the remaining 40 % over the course of the next 5 6 years ; 2 the remaining minority stake was purchased by berkshire in 2013 . 3 better source needed subsidiaries edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message the following is a partial list of subsidiaries of the marmon group as of this date when citation needed ecowater union tank car company hendrix wire and cable inc. cerro wire & cable co inc. harbour industries inc. rockbestos surprenant cable corp. aetna insulated wire co. owl wire & cable inc. the kerite company marmon highway technologies future metals llc fontaine commercial trailer marmon herrington railserve inc. nylok corp. filtrex technologies pvt ltd kx technologies cornelius references edit 1 archived december 23 2008 at the wayback machine . bajaj vikas 2007 . rapidly buffett secures a deal for 4.5 billion online print . new york times december 26 . retrieved july 21 2009 . berkshire s corporate performance vs. the s & p 500 pdf . berkshirehathaway.com . retrieved 2016 01 20 . external links edit marmon group v t e illinois based corporations fortune 500 corporations by size 2013 walgreens boots alliance archer daniels midland boeing caterpillar inc. state farm insurance abbott laboratories sears holdings united continental holdings deere & company mondel z international allstate mcdonald s exelon kraft heinz illinois tool works baxter international navistar international rr donnelley cdw hillshire brands discover financial w. w. grainger motorola solutions dover corporation tenneco officemax ingredion anixter cf industries holdings telephone and data systems united stationers old republic international other major public companies alphabetically abbvie acco brands accretive health allscripts amcol international corporation arthur j. gallagher & co. beam inc. brookdale senior living brunswick corporation calamos career education corporation catamaran corporation cboe holdings 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