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Gulf and Western Industries, Inc. (stylized as Gulf+Western) was an American conglomerate. The company originally focused on manufacturing and resource extraction, but it began purchasing a number of entertainment companies beginning in 1966 and continuing through the 1970s.
Public Company. Incorporated: April 18, 1967. Employees: 18,800. Sales: $2.290 billion. Market Value: $4.817 billion. Stock Index: New York. Company History: After years of conducting operations in everything from auto parts to zinc, Gulf & Western has recently narrowed its focus.
Paramount was a former subsidiary of Gulf and Western Industries, which Bluhdorn purchased in 1956 when it was called the Michigan Plating and Stamping Company. By 1966, Bluhdorn had grown Gulf and Western to revenues estimated at $182 million; that year it ranked 346th in the Fortune 500 list.
E. W. Bliss Co. advertisement for the Blacksmith's Hammer & Swage Block, 1892. The E. W. Bliss Company was a manufacturer of machine tools [1] founded by Eliphalet Williams Bliss. The company was based in Brooklyn, New York and relocated to Hastings, Michigan in 1919. [2]
Gulf and Western Industries, Inc. (stylized as Gulf+Western) was an American conglomerate. The company originally focused on manufacturing and resource extraction, but it began purchasing a number of entertainment companies beginning in 1966 and continuing through the 1970s.
Oct 6, 1999 · Martin S. Davis, the fiery executive who reshaped the unwieldy conglomerate Gulf and Western Industries into the entertainment and publishing giant Paramount Communications, died Monday in...
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Aug 20, 1983 · From his 42d-floor office on 61st Street, Martin S. Davis, head of Gulf and Western Industries, has a clear view of upper Manhattan.
