Anchor Hocking

Anchor Hocking Company
FormerlyThe Hocking Glass Company
Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryGlassware and other consumer products
Founded1905 (1905) in Lancaster, Ohio, United States[1]
FoundersIsaac J. Collins and E.B. Good[1]
ParentAnchor Hocking Holdings, Inc.
Websiteanchorhocking.com
Plant #44 in Monaca, Pennsylvania.

Anchor Hocking Company is a manufacturer of glassware. The Hocking Glass Company was founded in 1905 by Isaac Jacob (Ike) Collins in Lancaster, Ohio, and named after the Hocking River.[2][3] That company merged with the Anchor Cap and Closure Corporation in 1937.[4]

From 1937 to 1983, the company operated the oldest glass-manufacturing facility in the United States, established in 1863, in Salem, New Jersey.[5] Anchor Hocking's wine and spirit bottles were crafted at a factory in Monaca, Pennsylvania.[6] It also had facilities in Elmira, New York, and Streator, Illinois.

The company was the sponsor of the radio drama Casey, Crime Photographer. It was also slated to sponsor television's first late-night talk show, The Don Hornsby Show, before Hornsby suddenly died shortly before its debut.[citation needed]

Anchor Hocking and their headquarters in Lancaster, Ohio, are a focus of Brian Alexander's February 2017 book Glass House.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Heritage". Anchor Hocking. Archived from the original on January 21, 2012.
  2. ^ History of Anchor Hocking Anchor Hocking Museum.
  3. ^ Trenton Evening Times, October 23, 1975, Page 23.
  4. ^ Lockhart, Bill; Shreiver, Beau; Lindsey, Bill; Serr, Carol. "Anchor Hocking Glass Corp" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on September 11, 2015.
  5. ^ Williams, Michael (June 23, 2013). "Under a new name and ownership, Salem City glass plant celebrates 150 years in operation". South Jersey Times. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
  6. ^ "Anchor Hocking". Anchor Hocking. Archived from the original on November 23, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
  7. ^ Alexander, Brian (2017). Glass house : the 1% economy and the shattering of the all-American town (First ed.). New York. ISBN 978-1-250-08580-1. OCLC 947146034.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)