1848 by joy morton headquarters chicago illinois u.s. key people christian herrmann ceo tim mckean cfo products salt parent k s 2009 present website mortonsalt.com morton salt is an american company producing salt for food water conditioning industrial agricultural and road highway use . based in chicago 1 the business is north america s leading producer and marketer of salt . it is a subsidiary of the german company k s. morton salt facility in chicago illinois salt mounds at morton salt in newark ca contents 1 history 2 company information 3 in popular culture 4 see also 5 notes 6 external links history edit the company began in chicago illinois in 1848 as a small sales agency e. i. wheeler started by the onondaga salt companies to sell their salt to the midwest . in 1910 the business which had by that time become both a manufacturer and a merchant of salt was incorporated as the morton salt company . 2 it was named after the owner and founder joy morton the son of j. sterling morton 3 who founded arbor day . joy morton starting working for e. i. wheeler in 1880 buying into the company for 10 000 with which he bought a fleet of lake boats to move salt west . 4 in 1982 the business was purchased by thiokol corporation producing morton thiokol incorporated mti . morton thiokol divested itself of morton in 1989 following the 1986 space shuttle challenger disaster which was blamed on morton thiokol products . morton received the company s consumer chemical products divisions while thiokol retained only the space propulsion systems concern . in 1999 morton salt was acquired by the philadelphia based rohm and haas company inc. and operated as a division of that company 2 along with the canadian salt company which morton had acquired in 1954 . 3 on 2 april 2009 it was reported that morton salt was being acquired by german fertilizer and salt company k s for a total enterprise value of us 1.7 bn . 5 the sale completed by october 2009 was in conjunction with the dow chemical company s takeover of rohm and haas . 6 7 8 in or about 1919 morton acquired bevis rock salt company a family business then run by a. bevis longstreth who took the reins upon his return from active duty in wwi . longstreth had designed and invented a container for bevis salt that included both a spout for pouring and a grill for shaking . it depicted a little girl holding the container over a bird and pouring salt on its tail . longstreth went on to found thiokol chemical corporation which in or about 1982 acquired morton salt . citation needed company information edit the morton salt company s headquarters address is 123 n. wacker drive chicago illinois 60606 . prior to its acquisition in 1999 the firm s corporate headquarters was at 100 n. riverside plaza later the headquarters of boeing and before that at 110 n. wacker drive and 208 w. washington street 9 acquired in 1954 3 the company owns the second largest solar saline operation in north america in matthew town inagua the bahamas . morton salt s hand drawn logo features the morton salt girl a young girl walking in the rain with an opened umbrella and scattering salt behind her from a cylindrical container of table salt and is one of the ten best known symbols in the united states . 10 the company s logo from 1914 and its motto when it rains it pours from 1911 were developed to illustrate the point that morton salt was free flowing even in rainy weather after the company began adding magnesium carbonate as an absorbing agent to its table salt in 1911 to ensure that it poured freely ; calcium silicate is now used instead for the same purpose . 2 the morton salt girl also known as the umbrella girl has gone through seven different iterations including the latest update in 2014 for its hundredth birthday with other updates being in 1921 1933 1941 1956 and 1968 ; 11 12 the company sells associated memorabilia 13 and makes some of its vintage advertisements freely available . 14 in addition to the morton salt girl being updated its centennial in 2014 was celebrated with 100 parties in 100 cities morton salt girl centennial scholarships to benefit certain fine arts and culinary arts students at the school of the art institute of chicago and the kendall college school of culinary arts morton salt girl day at wrigley field facebook and instagram lookalike contests and other activities . 11 15 also in 2014 the morton salt girl was voted into the advertising week walk of fame on madison avenue in new york city ; it is the first girl icon to be inducted . 15 morton salt is the sponsor of the morton arboretum a 1 700 acre 6.9 km2 botanical garden in lisle illinois . it was established by joy morton the company s founder in 1922 to encourage the display and study of shrubs trees and vines . 3 about 300 000 visitors a year hike on miles of trails and over 3 600 kinds of plants are displayed . 16 the world s largest salt plant owned by morton is located in manistee michigan usa . citation needed in popular culture edit portland timbers fans displaying the morton salt girl morton salt is one of three official endorsements by ron swanson on parks and recreation . 17 18 the timbers army used the morton salt girl in a large tifo display and t shirts during the kickoff match to the 2013 major league soccer season between the portland timbers and the new york red bulls . 19 20 see also edit chicago portal companies portal food portal history of salt iodized salt sodium chloride notes edit contact us . morton salt . retrieved on december 23 2009 . a b c the history of morton salt . mortonsalt.com . morton international . retrieved 15 december 2008 . a b c d the morton salt timeline . mortonsalt.com . morton international . retrieved 15 december 2008 . kurlansky mark . 2002 salt a world history . new york penguin books k s acquires morton salt transaction creates global leader in salt press release april 2 2009 . goldstein steve ; hinton christopher april 2 2009 . dow chemical shakes off morton to pay down debt . marketwatch . dow jones & co. retrieved september 25 2013 . dow chemical s rohm and haas agrees to sell salt business to germany s k s aktiengesellschaft update . international business times . april 2 2009 . retrieved september 25 2013 . craymer lucy september 28 2009 . dow gets clearance to sell morton to k s can now pay loan . icis . retrieved september 25 2013 . 208 w. washington sudler property management chicago il . sudlerchicago.com . sudler property management . retrieved 6 june 2013 . when it rains it pours girl is 75 this week . the post tribune . indiana . september 5 1989 . p. b4 . a b the morton salt umbrella girl has a new look . huffington post . january 29 2014 . morton salt logo history . morton salt on line store . gallery of morton salt advertisements . a b http www.bizjournals.com albany prnewswire press releases new york 2014 09 29 cg25018 . missing or empty title help morton salt in the community . mortonsalt.com . morton international . retrieved 15 december 2008 . series 3 episode 13 the fight . keller joel may 20 2011 . parks and recreation boss mike schur on the eventful finale & season 4 . tv squad . retrieved may 29 2011 . fan coverage of match . local coverage of match . external links edit morton salt official site v t e salt history history of salt in the american civil war international salt co. v. united states in middlewich old salt route in chinese history salt march salt road types abraum alaea bittern black lava butter celery curing cyclic dairy flake fleur de sel garlic himalayan iodised kala namak kosher losalt calcium chloride pickling potassium chloride potassium nitrate sodium nitrate onion real salt rock sea salt seasoned sel gris smoked truffle food usage brine cheese brining salted foods salt cured meat health effects salt and cardiovascular disease commerce and industry salt industry commission evaporation pond production salt mining open pan salt making list of countries by salt production by region in cheshire in ghana in syracuse new york culture salt in the bible salting the earth miscellaneous mineral lick smelling salts category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title morton salt & oldid 743567884 categories salt productionfood manufacturers of the united statesbrand name condimentscompanies based in chicagoamerican companies established in 1910advertising characterscorporate mascotshidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urlsall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2014articles with unsourced statements from march 2016 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 in other projects wikimedia commons languages espa olfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 06 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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