Let's congratulate them on more than 100 years of service to America.
Another stalwart china manufacturer, Gerber Plumbing Fixtures Corp., would have met a similar fate were it not rescued last year with an acquisition by Taiwan's Globe Union, Inc. Like Peerless, Gerber had deep roots in Middle America, also operating plants in Indiana. Gerber/Globe Union executive Ron Grabski gave a forthright presentation of the company's plight as a panelist in a program I moderated titled, “The Future of Manufacturing in America?”, held in conjunction with ISH North America last Oct. 16.