CCSI Cork Crowncap Database - Brewer/Bottler
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 Brewer/bottler #3674 | | | Name | Armstrong Cork Company |
| | | | State/Province | Pennsylvania |
| | | | | | Extra info | The Armstrong Cork Company (formerly of Armstrong World Industries) was a cork manufacturer located at 2349 Railroad Street in the Strip District neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company's building was built circa 1901, and designed by architect Frederick J. Osterling.
Armstrong was founded by Thomas M. Armstrong in Pittsburgh in 1860. Armstrong moved its first business operations to Lancaster in 1895 when a number of cork manufacturers in Lancaster agreed to come under the Armstrong corporate umbrella. The combined operation operated out of what was then the Lancaster Cork Company facility along New Holland Avenue. As the Lancaster Closure Plant of Armstrong Cork Company, the facility produced closures or bottle stoppers of various types, beginning with cork stoppers and eventually including metal crown and threaded caps as well as compression and injection molded plastic closures and bottles. The plant was sold to Kerr Glass Manufacturing in 1969 and has been home to the Lancaster Science Factory since 2008.
Armstrong opened a second plant in Lancaster in 1908 to manufacture linoleum, a material made from cork dust, a byproduct of the cork manufacturing process; Armstrong would continue to manufacture linoleum until 1974. In 1929, Armstrong moved its general offices from Pittsburgh to Lancaster. In 1980, the company changed its name to Armstrong World Industries. In 2016, Armstrong Flooring separated from Armstrong World Industries and emerged as a stand-alone publicly traded company. Both companies continue to maintain their corporate headquarters in Lancaster. |
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