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theanswerline.com includes information from the following manufacturers: American Standard, Barclay Products, Bemis, Briggs, Case, Coast, Crane, Durivit, Eljer, Fluidmaster, Gerber, Hydro-Clean, Jones Stephens, Kohler, Lavelle, Mansfield, National Line, Olsenite, Palm Beach Plumbing, Peerless Pottery, Porcher, Prior, Richmond Rheem, Sloan, Sterling, Toto, Universal Rundal, Wade, and many more.

Manufacturers . . .

The Answer Line currently provides products from the following manufacturers:

American Standard

American Standard's Bath & Kitchen Group - Americas American Standard is the world's largest producer of bathroom and kitchen fixtures and fittings. Around the world, its products are sold under brand names such as Ideal Standard, Standard, Porcher, Jado, Absolute, Trevi and Sottini. American Standard is the brand that is best known to homeowners across the US. With the company tracing its roots back to the 19th century, many Americans remember growing up with American Standard andStandard logos in their childhood homes. It is estimated that three out of ever five bathrooms in the US today includes an American Standard product. History Before American Standard, there was the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company. It was founded in 1875, and merged with several other small plumbing manufacturers in 1899 to form the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company. Standard Sanitary pioneered many of the plumbing product improvements introduced in the early part of this century including the one-piece toilet, built - in tubs, combination faucets (which mix hot and cold water to deliver tempered water) and tarnish-proof, corrosion-proof chrome finishes for brass fittings. By 1929, Standard had become the world's largest producer of bathroom fixtures. That same year, the Standard Sanitary Corporation merged with American Radiator Company to form the American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corporation. The corporation adopted the name "American Standard" in 1967. source: American Standard website, 2005.

Updated to April 1, 2006 Price Book

The Answer Line does not support:

*American Standard Do It Yourself products

*Absolute Brand by American Standard

*Porcher Brand by American Standard

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Searching Tips for American Standard:

To help identify your toilet the number located inside your tank will be a big help. American Standard typically located numbers on the tank lid and/or in the tank. The numbers on the lid would be stamped underneath the lid. The numbers in the tank would be stamped inside the tank on the back wall near "The Water Line" marking.

American Standard has been consistant over the years with thier numbering system. The numbers of intrest are 4 digits. on a one piece toilet the number will start with a 2 and on a two piece toilet the number starts with a 4. Sometimes the number is within a number ie. 53640432 this is a 2 piece toilet #4043. More recently American Standard has started to put the tank lid numbers on the lid instead of the tank number. The tank lid number typically starts with a 7 and is 6 digits. Any one of these numbers will help you locate your toilet in the advance search screen on the members side of the site. By setting the manufacturer to American Standard and putting the part number in, all the options will populate. Happy hunting.

Briggs

1908 - The Briggs Manufacturing Company was founded by Walter Owen Briggs to become the worlds’ largest independent producer of automobile bodies. The company was so successful that Briggs purchased the Detroit Tigers baseball team in 1935 and won the World Series in 1945. As the major car companies began to produce their own car bodies, Mr. Briggs looked for ways to keep his employees working, and in the late 1930's he expanded in to steel plumbing-ware production. With the purchase of Abingdon Sanitary Manufacturing in 1946 and Case Manufacturing in 1963, Briggs not only expanded its production capabilities, but also showed itself to be and innovative force in the plumbing industry. Case, as the developer of the one-piece toilet and the first to manufacture plumbing-ware in a variety of colors, put Briggs on the cutting edge of the industry. In 1973, Briggs built the Knoxville Steel Plant, the largest porcelain-on-steel plumbing-ware plant in the world.

*Briggs is current to the 2006 price book.

Searching Tips:

Briggs tank numbers are usually clearly marked on the back wall by the water line of the tank. On one piece toilets the number is the model number of the toilet. On two piece bowls the number is the tank number for the combination. Briggs tank cover numbers were four digits, beginning with a 7 or 3. These numbers are usually clearly marked on the inside of the tank lid. All these numbers are searchable via the advanced product search on the member side of the site. The numbers will lead you to all the replacement part information, roughing sheets, catalog cuts and color matrices.

**Some of the early Briggs china made by General Ceramics prior to 1946 are not as clearly marked.

Case

Case Manufacturing is complete until 1963 when Briggs Manufacturing purchased Case Manufacturing.

Crane

Currently Building

Crane Plumbing is one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of plumbing fixtures and specialty plumbing products in North America. The Company’s various products and product lines are manufactured in 20 facilities located throughout the United States and Canada. Over 3,000 Crane Plumbing employees, many with decades of experience, produce residential and commercial plumbing fixtures that blend modern design and efficiency with enduring beauty and style. For over 135 years, Crane Plumbing fixtures have been an integral feature in the finest homes, apartments, hotels, schools, hospitals and commercial buildings.

Now a little more about Crane Plumbing’s brand names and product lines -

Crane Plumbing products are marketed under the following brand names:

Crane Plumbing - Plumbing Fixtures and Accessories

Universal-Rundle - Plumbing Fixtures and Accessories

Fiat Products - Specialty Plumbing Products

Showerite - Shower & Tub Shower Doors

Sanymetal - Commercial Bathroom Partitions and Bathing Compartments

Crane Plumbing manufactures products within the following product categories:

Vitreous China - Waterclosets (toilets), lavatories (counter-top and pedestal), bidets, commercial and institutional fixtures (urinals, flush-valve and flushometer tank waterclosets), hospital, penal and marine fixtures

Enameled Steel - Bath tubs, lavatories and kitchen sinks

Acrylic & Gel-coated Fiberglass - Soaking tubs and whirlpools, Steamsuites (complete one-piece steam bath units), institutional and physically-challenged bathing units (ADA compliant), showers and tub showers

Plastic Wall Surrounds - For bath tubs and showers

Cultured Marble vanity tops and lavatories

Molded Stone - Shower floors, laundry tubs, and commercial mop service basins

Terrazzo - Shower floors, and commercial products (mop basins)

Commander - Commercial shower stalls and changing compartments

Showerite - Shower and tub shower doors

Sanymetal - Commercial Bathroom Partitions and Bathing Compartments

Crane Plumbing’s products are sold through leading wholesale distributors and retail outlets throughout the United States and Canada.

For over 135 years -
“Preferred by the professional installer -
Trusted by the consumer”

Delta Faucet

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Eljer

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Eljer, Inc. was founded in February of 1904 by Raymond ELjer Crane and his cousin, Oscar JERome Backus, from whose middle names “ELJER” was coined.

Eljer’s original location was Oakland, California, where flush valves were manufactured. Shortly thereafter, a move was made to Newark, New Jersey, where the firm manufactured a diaphragm-type flush valve with mediocre success.

In 1907 an old dinnerware plant was purchased in Cameron, West Virginia, and converted into a sanitaryware plant. In the beginning, only a washout closet bowl was produced. However, it was in this plant that the first vitreous china tank was developed. Prior to the advent of the china tank, copper-lined wood tanks were the vogue.

Eljer continued to grow, and in 1918 purchased a dinnerware pottery in Ford City, Pennsylvania, located approximately 40 miles northeast of Pittsburgh on the east bank of the Allegheny River. The Ford City area was particularly well-suited for the production of plumbing fixtures because of its abundance of raw materials; supply of fuel, such as natural gas and coal; and easy access to transportation via railroad and Allegheny River. The town of Ford City itself was originally founded by Captain John B. Ford as the site of a P.P.G. Plant. It was Captain Ford and John Wick who built the potter, now occupied by Eljer, back in 1897. the acquisition of the Ford City pottery enabled Eljer to offer vitreous china fixtures for every type installation; i.e., residential, commercial and institutional. The Cameron, West Virginia, Plant continued in operation until 1929 when the production of all vitreous china was consolidated at Ford City. By this time, two of the longest tunnel kilns in the world for the firing of chinaware were in operation at the Ford City Plant.

In the early 1940’s, a large single deck kiln was installed in the plant. Approximately ten years later, a larger triple deck kiln was installed.

In 1956 a second plant was built adjacent to the original plant, greatly increasing the production capacity of vitreous china products. This plant contains three one-fire, single deck kilns, 354’ long and one double deck refire kiln, equally as long. Plant No. 2 has since been expanded with the installation of a completely automated, direct-fire kiln, 175’ in length. In 1989 the Schenley Park Distribution Center and Plant No. 3 were added. Today, Eljer Plumbingware’s vitreous china facility in Ford city is one of the largest and most modern of its type in the world.

The original construction of what was to become the Salem, Ohio cast iron manufacturing facility was completed in 1908. The original plant contained 32,0000 square feet. The operation was quite crude, requiring brute strength to accomplish most of the tasks. Castings that today are finished using portable grinders were filed and chiseled by hand. Enamel furnaces were heated with crude oil and the wooden floors were prone to catch fire.

In 1914, the company was purchased by investors to form the National Sanitary Company. By 1922 the floor space has been increased to 65,000 square feet. In 1922 and again in 1928, the foundry was completely destroyed by fire, but rebuilt with new equipment.

In 1929, the Eljer Company purchased the majority of the stock and the Salem plant became Eljer Plumbingware Enamelware Division. During World War II, the plant went into war production. The plant produced castings for diesel engines, plumbing fixtures for war housing, fabricated heavy machinery for war use, produced tool castings and fabricated 1,000 lb. G.P. aerial bombs.

At the close of the war, a $2.5 million expansion began to modernize the foundry. In 1992, the first robotic enameler was installed.

Eljer, Inc. is one of the most prominent brand names in the plumbing fixtures industry. In addition to vitreous china and enameled cast iron, Eljer offers a complete line of quality plumbing fixtures made of acrylic.

Geberit

Geberit is a world leader in advanced plumbing and plastics technologies. Founded over 125 years ago Geberit built a reputation for innovation, quality and reliability.

Geberit North America is part of the Geberit Group, a European market leader and global provider of sanitary technology. Located in Des Plaines, Illinois, Geberit North America markets concealed installation systems for residential wall-hung toilets, as well as bath waste and overflows for bathtubs.

Geberit concealed installation system technology enables designers and homeowners to create unique spaces by lifting the toilet off the floor and allowing greater flexibility of placement in the bathroom. The result is a clean and modern finish with no visible pipework.

Geberit cable controlled bath waste and overflows offer unsurpassed quality and years of trouble-free performance. Critical working parts are outside the waterway which ensures clog-free operation. Distinctive contoured handles are available in 18 finishes.

Gerber

Coming Soon

In 1932, Max Gerber established a plumbing fixture company dedicated to quality, style, performance and durability that has earned the respect of plumbing contractors and builders ever since.

The family-run business started by Max, who emigrated from Poland to Chicago in 1902, continues to this day as part of Globe Union Group, Inc. with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities and a strong plumbing wholesaler distribution network.

Gerber products are
sold exclusively to the plumbing professional.
Being loyal to the trade sets us apart. It also gives us the responsibility to meet and exceed plumbing contractors’ highest standards. That is why we are committed to exacting product specifications, fine craftsmanship and product innovation.

Gerber's product range includes residential vitreous china, commercial plumbing fixtures, electronic faucets, electronic flush valves, residential and commercial faucets, tub & shower fittings and bath drains.

Gerber is the plumber’s proven first choice
for high quality plumbing products.

Hansgrohe

Hans Grohe founded Hansgrohe in Schiltach in 1901. Maybe it is because of the accuracy, craftsmanship and meticulous working style which is characteristic of the Black Forest, or because of its passion for water - the elixir of life - that Hansgrohe developed into an internationally renowned company.

Grohe

Grohe entered the U.S. market in 1975 with a faucet line that looked and functioned differently than most domestic faucets available at the time. Grohe’s unique products initiated an industry movement that has since reshaped the design and quality of American kitchen and baths.

Grohe today recognized as one of the leading faucet brands used in custom homes and upscale remodeling projects. Innovations such as pull-out spray kitchen faucets, solid stainless steel kitchen faucets, single hole centerset lays that replaced just a handful of the European concepts brought to the U.S. by Grohe. Engineered in Germany, Grohe products sold in the U.S. comply with domestic codes and standards.

Grohe has a long history and reputation for “craftsman-caliber” manufacturing…a reputation maintained today through ultra-modern robotic production techniques that are combined with time-honored hand crafting skills to insure consistent quality at each stage of the manufacturing process. Solid cast brass fabrication…long lasting PVDD finishes…engineering to incredibly close tolerances…life testing and 35 quality assurance checks… Grohe has set the standard to which all others are compared.

But where any manufacturer can make quality claims, Grohe was the first international faucet manufacturer to be ISO (International Standards Organization) 9001 Quality Assurance Certified. ISO 9001 required an independent audit and inspection of all Grohe quality systems from manufacturing to customer service. ISO 9001 Certification insures that Grohe maintains a continuous loop of planning, execution, assessment, and improvement of all products and systems within the company.

Grohe is the largest faucet manufacturer in Europe, and ranks among the top three faucet manufacturers in the world. Truly international in scope, Grohe distributes in over 130 countries. The U.S. subsidiary was established as Grohe America, Inc. and is based in the Chicago metropolitan area. Grohe America is the center for all Grohe U.S. customer service, technical support, sales/marketing, warranty service, warehousing, and distribution to all 50 states, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.

Kohler

Beginnings
Our history begins in 1873, with the first of many bold business moves. Despite a climate of financial panic and the start of a five-year economic depression, 29-year-old Austrian immigrant John Michael Kohler purchased the Sheboygan Union Iron and Steel Foundry.

A Plumbing Business Is Launched
The firm got its successful start producing cast iron and steel implements for farmers, castings for the city's furniture factories, and ornamental iron pieces that included cemetery crosses, urns and settees. A key turning point came in 1883 when John Michael seized upon another bold idea to improve his customers' quality of life. By applying baked enamel coating to a Kohler horse trough/hog scalder, he had created the Kohler Co.'s first bathtub. Kohler was in the plumbing business.

Immigrant Craftsmen
Like John Michael, many of the early employees were immigrants. Steeped in a heritage of European craftsmanship, they were eager to achieve success in their new country. Their dedication to excellence helped to forge one of the oldest and largest privately-held companies in the United States.

*Kohler is currently updated on this site from 1930 to the 1/13/2007 price book.

Searching Tips:

Kohler tank numbers are usually clearly marked on the back wall by the water line of the tank. On one piece toilets the number is the model number of the toilet. On two piece bowls the number is the tank number for the combination. Originally Kohler tank cover numbers were four digits, beginning with a 4 or 6. Recently they changed to a 5 or 6 digit number beginning with 8. These numbers are usually clearly marked on the inside of the tank lid. All these numbers are searchable via the advanced product search on the member side of the site. This will lead you to all the replacement part information, roughing sheets, catalog cuts and color matrices.

Mansfield

Coming Soon

Mansfield Plumbing Products, founded in 1929, is a leading producer of top quality, attractively designed, high performance plumbing fixtures and fittings for use in residential, commercial and institutional markets. Recognized for our strong commitment to service, quality and value, Mansfield is considered the "Brand of Choice" for professional plumbing contractors and consumers alike, around the country. We offer a full line of products including: vitreous china toilets, lavatories and urinals; brass and plastic plumbing fittings and parts; acrylic whirlpools, bathtubs, shower bases and sinks; enameled steel bathtubs, kitchen sinks and lavatories; and cast iron kitchen sinks.

Our plumbing fixtures and fittings are available through one of the industry's most extensive networks of more than 700 wholesale plumbing distributors with over 2,000 locations throughout the US, Puerto Rico, and Canada. Additionally, the Company's plumbing products are sold through select retail, do-it-yourself home improvement centers and through over 400 designer kitchen and bath showrooms.

Utilizing highly automated production processes unique to the sanitary ware industry, we precision manufacture more than 2,000,000 pieces per year at our Perrysville, Ohio plant alone. We also operate two other plants in the United States, one in Big Prairie, Ohio, and the other in Henderson, Texas. With over 750 employees, we are one of the largest domestic producers of sanitary ware, and are proud many of our products are "Made in the USA". To ensure you receive the highest quality, we rigorously apply stringent quality control standards and extensive testing to every product made.

In 2002 our management team implemented a variety of key initiatives to support our standing as a top performance, top style and top value leader. In addition, we have successfully introduced more than 70 new products in 2002, expanding our offering of Mansfield branded products and introducing the high-end Windsor Collection. In 2003 we successfully introduced many new products, including Pembroke Fireclay Kitchen Sinks, Signature Series hand painted toilet and lavatory suites, the new Magnum One Piece Toilet and much, much more.

Today, Mansfield is rapidly expanding its presence with continued growth in the wholesale and retail markets. We are well positioned for the future thanks to our strong brands, industry leading warranties, reputation for quality, extensive "quick ship" distribution and our top performing, innovative new products.

Simply the Best, Choose Mansfield.

Peerless Pottery

Coming Soon

With over 100 years of manufacturing experience in vitreous china fixtures, our fourth generation management team is dedicated to the the principles of quality and craftsmanship which have been an integral part of our past.

Newport Brass

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Sterling

Sterling history is coming.

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*Sterling is currently updated on this site from 1988 to the 1/13/2007 price book.

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Searching Tips:

All of Sterling’s china is supposed to be stamped with an item number. Tanks should be stamped around the water line mark. Tank lids should be stamped on the underside of the lid and bowls should be stamped on the underside of the bowl.

Sterling china uses both 6 and 5 digit numbers for their products which they stamp into their china. The first number in a six digit item number is either 1 or 4 and the 5 digit numbers start with the number 8. Sometimes Sterling would drop the first two digits of a 6 digit item number but this was only with the items that started with “40”. If you only find a 4 digit item number just add “40” to the front of the number.

Any item number or a portion of the item number you find is searchable in our data base. Simply identify Sterling as the manufacturer and put whatever number you find in the item number field and leave the other fields blank. This search will populate any Sterling item that used that item number or any portion of that number. Once you have the search results just follow the links to the information you need.

Toto

History of TOTO

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2006		TOTO continues to marry form, function and design with the introduction of the “Soirée™” bathroom suite and the Double Cyclone™ flushing system.
2005		TOTO completes the rigorous process necessary to receive ISO 9001 certification. This ensures that TOTO will consistently deliver the highest quality products and service. TOTO introduces of the “Lloyd™" bathroom suite. The Neorest 500, a compact version of the extremely popular Neorest 600, is introduced. The upscale Neorest Store opens in Wellington, Florida.
2004		TOTO takes the leap and introduces a full line of bathroom suites, faucets, accessories and luxurious Air Bath products. In doing so, TOTO quickly moves from being “that toilet company” to a respected player among the country’s top kitchen and bath product companies with the introduction of the “Clayton™,” “Mercer™” and “Nexus™” bathroom suites.
2003		TOTO introduces the environmentally-conscious, power-saving EcoPower products. The Neorest 600, a totally automated toilet, and the Washlet E200 premiere to rave reviews.
2002		TOTO introduces a self-generating Hydro-Powered Sensor Faucet, that displays our continued commitment to water—and energy—conservation.
2000		TOTO USA introduces SanaGloss super smooth, ion barrier glazing and the Chloe Washlet.
1998		TOTO introduces G-Max and UniFit Rough-in technology, continues to expand the sales force, and opens a third satellite office in New York City.
1997		TOTO launches a new residential one piece toilet line and a multi-million dollar consumer ad campaign. Sales force triples. Two new products, the Ultimate (CST854) and Carusoe (CST713), are awarded Consumer’s Digest “Best Buy” awards.
1996		TOTO establishes TOTO Morrow, an advanced pressure-casting plant in Georgia. TOTO USA, INC. relocates corporate headquarters to Atlanta, Georgia.
1995		TOTO USA introduces Zoë Washlet. TOTO (China) Co. LTD. is established as a regional headquarters to coordinate sales and manufacturing activation in China.
1994		Beijing TOTO Co., LTD., a joint water company, is established in China.
1991		Establishes TOTO Industries-Lakewood subsidiary in Georgia. TOTO opens R & D Center at the Chigasaki Plant.
1990		TOTO establishes TOTO KIKI USA, INC., sales subsidiary. TOTO Ltd. Introduces 1.6 gpf toilet & sensor-operated faucets and valves.
1989		TOTO acquires a share in Bulthaup GmbH & Co. Awarded the Demming prize for total quality control. TOTO's largest showroom, "TOTO Super Space" is opened in Tokyo.
1988		The Taiwan TOTO Co. Ltd. – Taiwan joint venture is established.
1987		TOTO establishes joint ventures; Kelim TOTO Co., Ltd. in Korea and The Siam Sanitary Fittings Co., Ltd. in Thailand.
1986		TOTO acquires a share in Siam Sanitaryware Co. Ltd. in Thailand.
1985		TOTO establishes first overseas showroom in Hong Kong. Acquires a share in Allia S. A., a leading French sanitary-ware manufacturer.
1980		The Royal TOTO Metal Co. Ltd. in Korea joint venture is established.
1977		The P. T. Surya TOTO in Indonesia joint venture is established.
1971		The TOTO Ginza Pavilion showroom is constructed in Tokyo.
1970		TOTO develops "Aqua-Electronics" for use in Washlet toilets & sensor-operated faucets and flush valves. Also begins manufacturing cast iron bathtubs
1958		TOTO begins manufacturing FRP bathtubs
1946		TOTO begins manufacturing faucets and metal fittings
1937		TOTO begins manufacturing sanitary ware at Chigasaki Plant
1920		TOTO builds Japan's first "tunnel kiln"
1917		TOTO Ltd. established as Japan's first producer of vitreous china sanitary ware _________________________________________

Toto is complete on the site thru the 2005 list price book

2006 Bowls are on the site but only with limited part information.
Flushometer part sheets are not available on the site yet.
Washlets part sheets are not available on the site yet.

Searching Tips:

Toto does not use item numbers in their product they use casting numbers. On this site with the casting number you can easily search for your bowl as a member. The following are searching tips broken down by category.

1-Piece Bowl:

The casting number will be located on the inside back wall of the tank. 1-Piece bowl casting numbers start with “CST” followed by a 3 digit number and sometimes a letter after the number. If there is not a number in the tank please read the tank cover tips below.

2-Piece Bowl:

The casting number will be located on the inside back wall of the tank. 2-Piece bowl casting numbers start with “ST” followed by a 3 digit number and sometimes a letter after the number. If there is not a number in the tank please read the tank cover tips below.

Tank Cover:

Toto tank covers typically do not have casting numbers stamped on the underside of the tank cover. If there is a number stamped on the underside of the tank cover it will be the tank casting number. The reason the tank cover has the tank casting number and not the tank is because of the shape of the tank. During the manufacturing of the tank do to its shape Toto is not able to imprint a legible casting number.

Sigma

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Valley

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Wolverine Brass

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Lavelle

2004 marks Lavelle's 90th anniversary, in addition to being awarded WBE certification. Founded in 1912, Lavelle Industries has become a leading manufacturer of rubber and plastic molded parts in the OEM and plumbing industries.

Lavelle Industries, Inc. is the proud manufacturer of the popular Korky® brand toilet repair products. Since 1954, Lavelle has been making the Original Korky Toilet Tank Flapper and improving on its classic design. Lavelle has extended their promise of quality and durability to other plumbing repair products including: replacement flush valves, faucet washers, grommets, and seals, as well as the most recent addition to the Korky line, the Korky QuietFill Toilet Tank Fill Valve.

Curtin

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Bemis

Quality. Craftsmanship. Innovation. These are the founding principles that have shaped the Bemis Manufacturing Company for generations. We manufacture the products that might be taken for granted, and we make them better, stronger, and more exciting every year! Because at Bemis, we have Higher Standards for Everyday Products™.

Bemis Manufacturing has been in the family since 1901. Since then, we have quietly grown to become an innovative and diverse manufacturer serving multiple markets worldwide.

Today, you will find Bemis® products in homes, office buildings, hospitals, schools-- and probably even in your own back yard. Because at Bemis, we are committed to our founding principles as we have ever been and that is what sets us up for future success!

Beneke

The Beneke Corporation began in 1893, in Chicago, as Findeisen-Kropf Manufacturing Company. In the early years the company manufactured bedroom furniture, chairs, pinball machines, and toilet seats. In 1918, Henry Beneke Sr. became a partner of the company and, within five years, purchased the holdings of Mr. Findeisen and Mr. Kropf to form Beneke Manufacturing Company. In 1939, a decision was made to move the company to Columbus, Mississippi in order to be closer to their primary wood source.

Edward Beneke, son of Henry Beneke Sr., became President of the company in 1948. Under his leadership, in 1954, the Beneke Research & Development Division developed a process for molding wood seats out of sawdust and resin; thus, the “Tuffy” brand toilet seat was born and recognized worldwide. In 1956, Beneke strengthened the organization with the introduction of Magnolia Products; a move which marked the first time a major toilet seat manufacturer marketed seats through two completely separate channels of distribution – Beneke Products for the commercial/construction market and Magnolia Products for the retail replacement seat market.

Over the next two decades, Beneke Corporation branched out into foreign countries around the world – France, Canada, Germany, and Venezuela, which afforded Beneke manufacturing and distribution facilities throughout much of the Free World.

Beneke Corporation merged with Beatrice Foods Company of Chicago, in 1969, and later named G. N. “Bud” Sanderson as President and CEO in 1975. In September 1983, Mr. Sanderson purchased the company and its subsidiaries from Beatrice and formed Sanderson Plumbing Products Inc, maintaining Beneke as the wholesale plumbing trade name.

In less than a year, Mr. Sanderson passed away leaving the company to his wife, Sandra Brook Sanderson. Mrs. Sanderson served as Executive Vice President and Assistant Corporate Secretary and, in 1986, Mrs. Sanderson was named as President and CEO.

Sanderson Plumbing Products Inc now has several divisions to meet the specialized needs of our customers.

• Beneke Division provides seats to the plumbing/wholesale market. Since 1954, the Tuffy trade name has been a mainstay in the wholesale and facility maintenance market.

• Magnolia Division markets seats for various types of retailers supplying the retail market. Magnolia’s goal is to provide consumers with an

excellent assortment of fashion colors and trendy, decorative seats.

• Portable Sanitation Division markets seats for the portable restroom industry.

• Aircraft Division markets seats for various aircraft models. Beneke’s Aircraft Division is NASA’s sole supplier for space shuttle seats.

• Manufactured Home Division markets seats to the manufactured home industry, recreational vehicle, and marine industry.

• Sani-Med Division markets healthcare and handicapped seating aids to consumers, hospitals, and nursing homes.

• Export Division offers an international adjustable hinge to meet the sanitary ware specifications of most countries.

Fluidmaster

Fluidmaster, Inc. was born in 1957 when founder/inventor Adolf Schoepe decided to bring a better idea to life, a better product to the marketplace.

Long convinced that the existing toilet technology was inefficient and unreliable, Schoepe devised a far more effective fill valve that could readily replace other, less capable mechanisms. It was designed with far fewer moving parts and constructed from premium materials that would outlast corrosion-prone metals.

Most important, it was designed to work with, rather than fight against, water pressure.

Plumbers and do-it-yourselfers soon realized the Fluidmaster valve outperformed any other. It operated smoothly, quickly, quietly. And it stood up to years of flushes, even in hard water.

Why do Fluidmaster parts last so long? Superior engineering and top-grade materials. We keep that spirit of invention alive by always looking (and finding) new ways to make our repair parts work better and last longer.

The popularity of Fluidmaster valves has created a perfect springboard for Fluidmaster's expansion into related product lines. Today there is a Fluidmaster part for nearly every toilet tank problem. Even toilet manufacturers like Kohler, Eljer and Briggs presently rely on Fluidmaster to add value to their own products.

Now, 43 years after surprising the industry with its trailblazing product, Fluidmaster sells more toilet tank replacement valves than any other manufacturer in the world.

MJSI, Inc

About MJSI

Founded in 2003 by fourth generation plumber, Michael Schuster, MJSI is dedicated to developing innovative products that dramatically conserve water.

Always a tinkerer, Mike became frustrated with the outdated and inefficient toilet mechanisms he confronted daily as a plumber. In 1999, he filed for his first patent on the Turbujet^TM, a cleansing arm that removes rust and sediment from toilet tanks and prevents slime buildup on the flapper. Five years later, the Turbujet^TMtechnology is one of 9 issued or pending patents by MJSI that help promote water savings.

Focused on Innovation in Water Conservation, MJSI believes that their products will play an important role as the predictions of world-wide water shortages in the near future are realized.

Unity Networking

Unity Networking is your best source for discontinued and hard-to-find plumbing fixtures and faucets. Unity has been helping plumbing wholesalers sell their slow moving inventory since 1991. Unity’s computers list tens of thousands of products, in stock at 400 Kohler and American Standard wholesalers nationwide.

Cesco Brass, Ltd

CESCO BRASS, Ltd.

CESCO BRASS, Ltd. is a privately owned Connecticut Corporation. CESCO BRASS produces specialty plumbing products developed by two of the plumbing products pioneers: Scovill Manufacturing Company and Burlington Brass Works, with origins to 1802 and 1902, respectively. Burlington and Scovill brand toilet tank products have been popular for more than a century.

CESCO BRASS started operation in 1981 and in 1986 relocated 8 miles north, from Waterbury, Connecticut to Thomaston, Connecticut. The Company restructured operations in 2003, selling the relevant (“job shop”) assets of its custom product manufacturing business while retaining and relocating its standard product business to a more suitable facility in Thomaston, Connecticut.

The Company is one of the few remaining US manufacturers and suppliers of professional quality, brass float valves (ballcocks), flush valves, tank levers, and toilet accessories. CESCO also serves as a private label and OEM supplier of specialty plumbing items. CESCO sells directly and through sales agents to national accounts, wholesale plumbing distributors and specialty plumbing distributors. End customers for the Company’s standard products are plumbers, building maintenance professionals, and homeowners.

Under new management since 1992, CESCO has streamlined its product line, added new items, and improved the functional performance, quality, and reliability of its products. The Company made important product enhancements and improvements, added new, code-approved products for one-piece and two-piece gravity flow toilets, and discontinued certain products. ASSE-authorized laboratories have certified its toilet fill valves in conformance with the ASSE 1002 Standard for anti-siphon performance.

CESCO BRASS established a web site in 2000 and added an on-line store in 2002 to serve its customers. The Company’s web site address is https://www.cescobrass.com.

Coast Water Conservation Products

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William Elvis Sloan (1867-1961)

The inventor of the Flushometer and founder of Sloan Valve Company was born in Liberty, Missouri. After serving as an apprentice pipe fitter, he traveled to Chicago and became a foreman, a superintendent, and finally, an independent contractor. Through intense self-education, Mr. Sloan developed a superior knowledge of electrical circuitry and hydraulics, which led to a total of 64 inventions during his long, productive life. Among these were a relay booster for telegraph lines and a fire-safety curtain for theaters. The Iroquois Theater fire in Chicago, which claimed hundreds of lives, inspired the latter invention. The fire started backstage and spread rapidly into the auditorium. Mr. Sloan's conception was a fireproof curtain with heat fusible linkage, which would drop instantly and automatically in the event of a fire. It was simple, practical and, like most good inventions, immediately obvious once somebody thinks of it.

Mr. Sloan then developed the idea for the Royal Flushometer with its revolutionary design and ingenious simplicity. The Royal is a diaphragm-type valve and was the original product of Sloan Valve Company when it started in business in 1906. It is still the best-selling Flushometer in the Sloan line (literally millions are in use throughout the world). While there have been many refinements and improvements in component parts over the years, the working principle and fundamental hydraulic design have not changed.

No figure in our industry ever faced a greater sales challenge than Mr. Sloan in launching his new company, and none ever persevered more courageously in the face of resistance and discouragement. The benefits of using Flushometers instead of toilet tanks in commercial structures were considerable and undeniable: a saving of water, much less maintenance, a relative freedom from breakage and vandalism, and virtually no recycling time between flushes. These benefits would pay every day for the life of the building. But to get them, you had to accept a somewhat higher initial cost because the pipe size of the branch line supplying the fixture had to be larger than that required for a toilet tank.

But the real problem Mr. Sloan had to overcome was the normal human resistance to change. Plumbers were afraid to install Flushometers because they knew nothing about them. Architects would not specify them for the same reason. Owners did not want to be the guinea pigs. Lenders were leery of unproven products. Some fixture manufacturers even refused to furnish their fixtures when Sloan Flushometers were to be installed.

The first year he sold one Flushometer — that's right, one! The next year, he doubled his business and sold two. In the third year a phenomenal advance was made: He sold 150 Flushometers, and from then on, sales shot upward. Whenever a building engineer would permit, Mr. Sloan would install a Royal Flushometer for demonstration and let him see the savings and benefits for himself. The flush valve proved so incomparably better that the trade began to relax its opposition.

Mr. Sloan also developed piston-type Flushometers. Over the years, the Star, the Crown, the GEM and the Naval, plus automatic urinal flushing systems and the Act-O-Matic showerhead, joined the original Royal. He made his product names bywords in the industry through powerful, consistent advertising in plumbing, architectural, and institutional publications, using cover positions whenever available.

Mr. Sloan died just short of his 93rd year. The company he founded and built is today the world leader in Flushometers. Its foundry and plants are among the most modern and efficient in the plumbing industry.

For more than three decades, Sloan has pioneered plumbing products and systems. Sloan is committed to spend the next 100 years of its industry leadership to transform water use in this country and around the world. Sloan begins this effort focused on those same fundamentals that have led to its first 100 years of success: revolutionary designs, an uncompromising commitment to quality, and a devotion to serving its customers.

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Sloan Flushmate

As the leading supplier to toilet manufacturers in four continents, FLUSHMATE has been proven to be effective and reliable. Commercial and residential marketplaces have embraced FLUSHMATE technology due to its superior performance and ability to conserve more water than any other water closet flushing mechanism.

FLUSHMATE has been honored with awards and recognition for its pressure-assist technology. FLUSHMATE® IV was selected by BuildingGreen Inc., publisher of GreenSpec® Product Directory and Environmental Building News™, to its Top 10 new green building products because of FLUSHMATE IV’s environmental impact in saving water. The award recognizes the most innovative and exciting “green” building products added to the GreenSpec® Directory during 2004. Plus, FLUSHMATE received the American Society of Plumbing Engineers’ Award for Outstanding Service, which recognizes the plumbing engineering technology advancement that best promotes the plumbing industry.

Based on third party testing, FLUSHMATE equipped toilets continue to outperform the rest.

According to Joe Bosman, Chief Operating Officer of FLUSHMATE, "It is all about performance. Your typical consumer is not that concerned about saving water, they just want a toilet that works. By offering 1.6 and 1.0 gpf technology we cover all of our customers' needs."

High customer satisfaction ratings of FLUSHMATE performance continue to drive FLUSHMATE sales upward.

Continuing FLUSHMATE's history of innovation, last year they introduced its optional automatic flushing system, Intelli-flush.

Sloan FLUSHMATE, headquartered in New Hudson, Michigan, manufactures FLUSHMATE operating systems at its state-of-the-art design and manufacturing facility, which has been ISO-9001 certified since 1994. Sloan FLUSHMATE is a division of Sloan Valve Company, Franklin Park, Illinois. Sloan Valve, which has been in operation since 1906, produces plumbing products for commercial, industrial and institutional markets worldwide.

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*Flushmate is currently updated on this site from 1988 to 2007.

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Searching Tips

Flushmate uses series and model numbers on the top of the tank. With this information you can easily locate your tank and all the information on that tank as a member. Once you become a member in the “Product Search” screen you would select “Sloan Flushmate” in the manufacture field. If you only had the series number, type it into the “Product/ Part Name” field and search. The search will populate all of the tanks in that series. If you have the model number type that in the “Product/ Part Number” field. This will populate your tank and any of its’ replacement tanks.

Hoov-R-Line

For more than 30 years, Hoov-R-Line has been a major OEM supplier of quality ballcocks and tank accessories to most pottery manufacturers.

Palm Beach Plumbing Parts

Founded in 1989, Palm Beach Plumbing Parts is a plumbing parts wholesaler and manufacturer specializing in original equipment plumbing repair parts and specialties. Toilet parts have always been an important segment of our business. In fact our motto is “Our business is in the toilet”. When it became apparent that parts for some of the older one-piece toilets were in danger of no longer being available, we made the decision in 1997 to purchase the rights to manufacture Indiana Brass ballcocks. That product line consisted of proprietary ballcocks for older Crane, Eljer, Rheem, Case and Briggs toilets. In 2003 we expanded our product offering by buying the rights to manufacture Case and Briggs proprietary ballcocks from Cesco Brass. All products are made to the original specifications so that individual parts will fit and operate properly in the original ballcock bodies.

Today, we are one of the leading suppliers of proprietary brass ballcocks for older one-piece toilets in the US.

Customer Service Phone Number: 1-561-687-3034

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Wade

January 2, 1999 Wade started their 132nd year of providing specification drains to the plumbing industry.

When Chicago was young, James J. Wade finished his apprenticeship and became an accredited master plumber. Many of Chicago's early skyscrapers were Wade jobs, and a few still stand today. Some of his jobs were destroyed in the great Chicago fire of 1871, but he helped both as a maker and installer of drainage materials in the subsequent years of re-building.

J.J. Wade & Sons became one of the largest contracting firms in the Chicago area, and Wade himself helped write the city's first plumbing code. With projects in both residential and commercial areas, Wade was an industry leader at a relatively early age. In 1884, he served as an officer of the NAMP (National Association of Master Plumbers.) One of the organizers of the Chicago Plumbing Contractors Association, Wade served as its president in the 1890's.

Plumbing products of a century ago left much room for improvement. J.J. Wade was not satisfied with available materials, and soon turned his talents to product design. One specialized item followed another, patent after patent was issued, and soon other plumbing contractors offered to buy Wade's products. Gradually, Wade became more and more a product manufacturer than a contractor.

By 1890, J.J.'s son, Thomas P. Wade was manager of the production division, Wade Iron Sanitary Manufacturing Company. Within a few years, the contracting business had been absorbed by the burgeoning production operation. The company employed factory salesmen to implement sales of Wade Drains and plumbing products.

Wade entered the 20th century as a forerunner of specification products and special castings.

In the thirties, Wade Manufacturing Company was born as the company struggled out from under the depression. Still based in the Chicago area at the outbreak of World War II, the company produced government specialties during the war years.

In 1963, Wade, Inc., was purchased by Tyler Pipe and re-located in Tyler, Texas. Assimilation of the Wade organization as a part of the Tyler Pipe Industries was the best possible assurance that the standards of J.J. Wade would be maintained, and that still holds true today.

First for Wade:

* First to offer carrier fittings with all NH outlets

* First to introduce a closet carrier that can carry its own weight by casting a lug into the carrier    body so it can support an adjustable rear anchor foot

* First to introduce an entirely new concept in carrier faceplates, one that revolutionized the    installation of wall hung closets- install it one way to fit siphon jet closets and invert it to fit blow    out

* First to offer the universal hanger plate for fixture carriers- the Wade plate will accommodate better    than 90% of all urinals and water coolers

* First to introduce the first push on cleanout, later thus was adapted to the drains as well

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