On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:08 PM, (i think you can figure that out)
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peter@buzzclick-music.com> wrote:
> Chris,
>
> There's a story behind this. The big part of it being Zero is no
> longer associated, hasn't been since 1991. But until rather recently
> they kept the Halliburton name in their title after Erle Halliburton,
> the guy who commissioned the first case a long long time ago, before
> the second world war. But when the current war broke out and the name
> was on everyone's lips for different reasons as an engineer at Zero
> explained to me, the luggage company's business tanked, so they
> dropped it completely. Matter of fact, their company history was sort
> of re-written to intentionally dissociate themselves. Check out the
> difference in the company history listed on the Zero site and in
> Wikipedia:
>
> Company history as listed in Zero's webpage:
>
> ZERO Manufacturing, Inc.'s capabilities and many of its products as
> manufactured currently, had their beginnings in a small metal shop in
> southern California named Zierold Metal Corporation. Many people had
> difficulty pronouncing the name Zierold, so in 1952, after being
> purchased by Jack B. Gilbert, the name was changed to ZERO. Known as
> ZERO Corporation, the company grew to include facilities and
> operations in several locations around the United States.
>
> In 1991, ZERO Corporation expanded, relocating its main operations
> center in North Salt Lake, Utah. In 1998, ZERO transferred its plastic
> case manufacturing capability from Monson, MA to the North Salt Lake
> facility. By 2002, the assets and capabilities of the Utah operation,
> along with the rights to use the ZERO name were acquired by ZERO
> Manufacturing, Inc.
>
> Today, the company currently operates under the name of ZERO
> Corporation, with ZERO Manufacturing, Inc. as a wholly owned
> subsidiary. As the leading manufacturer of both aluminum and plastic
> enclosures, ZERO exceeds customer's expectations by offering
> unparalleled protection and creative custom designed manufacturing
> solutions for any type of case, enclosure, or standardized product.
>
> Company History as listed in Wikipedia:
>
> Zero Halliburton is a company which manufactures hard-wearing travel
> cases and briefcases, mainly out of aluminium. was originally a metal
> fabrication company called Zierold Company, which in 1946 changed its
> name to Zero Corporation. In 1952 Zero, which until then had no
> relation to Halliburton, bought the luggage division of Halliburton,
> the Texas oilfield services company. On December 29, 2006, Zero
> Corporation sold its consumer division to ACE Co. Ltd., a Japanese
> luggage manufacturer. Today Zero Halliburton is a wholly owned
> subsidiary of ACE Co. Ltd. of Osaka and Tokyo.
>
> Erle P. Halliburton, the founder of Halliburton, had commissioned the
> aluminum case in 1938 from aircraft engineers because other luggage
> could not endure the rough travel through Texas oil fields in a pickup
> truck. In addition to being more durable than a leather or cloth case
> due to its rigidity, the aluminium case seals tightly against dust and
> water.
>
> The aluminum cases have appeared in over 200 Hollywood movies and
> television shows,[1] often as a MacGuffin, and in professional
> wrestling, most notably used by Steve McMichael and Irwin R. Schyster.
> In addition to aluminium, Zero Halliburton cases are available in
> polycarbonate and texalium (an aluminium-coated fiberglass).[2][3]
> Famously, the Nuclear Football (the briefcase, used by the United
> States President, to order a nuclear attack) is a modified Zero
> Halliburton case.
>
> --- In
PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com, "Christopher Jacob
>
> Recording Device" wrote:
>>
>> I've been curious for a while now but are these cases made by the same
>> Haliburton I'm thinking of or is there a less infamous company with
> the same
>> name?
>>
>> hoping this doesn't stir up a flame war or anything just my curiosity
>> speaking.
>> Chris
>>
>> --
>> "War will end when people refuse to fight"
>> --Anonymous
>>
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