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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.
Gulf & Western completed its transformation into a tightly focused company during 1985 by selling its consumer and industrial products group to Wickes Company for $1 billion in cash.
In 1956, Bluhdorn acquired Michigan Plating and Stamping, a small auto parts company that eventually grew into Gulf and Western Industries, a conglomerate that ranked 61st in the Fortune 500 by 1981. [6]
Jun 14, 2016 · Imagine a company that began by making car bumpers buying a Hollywood movie studio. That was Gulf and Western, a symbol of conglomerate excess that started in the late 1950s.
Gulf and Western Industries, Inc. (stylized as Gulf+Western) was an American conglomerate. Originally, the company focused on manufacturing and resource extraction.
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