• Marmon Holdings is a holding company that manages over 100 subsidiaries in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe and China. The company operates in excess of 250 production facilities, which product wire and cable products, tank cars and tank containers, construction and industrial components, water treatment equipment and retail services.
  • Fast Facts:

    1. Berkshire Hathaway agreed to acquire a 60% of Marmon Holdings
    2. Annual revenue: As of 2006, $7 billionBusinessWeek: Company Profile
    3. Year Established: 1953
    4. Established by the Pritzker family under the name The Colson Company
    5. Industry: Manufacturing
    6. Phone: 312-372-9500
    7. Fax: 312-845-5305
    8. HQ: Chicago, Illinois
    9. CEO: Frank S. Ptak
    10. 1964: Marmon name adopted after the, then, Colson Company acquired the Marmon-Herrington Company
    11. 1976: the company acuired the Cerro Corporation
    12. 2002: Robert Pritzker, an original founder of Marmon, retires
    13. 2008: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. acquired 60% of Marmon Holdings, Inc.BloggingStocks: Berkshire Hathaway Buys 60% of Marmon (December 27, 2007)

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