American Brass Company

[1][6] This was not without significant physical danger, as British companies did not wish to lose their competitive edge and market share.

[4] But the company failed to eliminate duplication in its manufacturing plants, and its administration remained decentralized.

It developed and patented a process for constructing hollow and ventilated busses from rectangular copper bars.

[2] During World War I, American Brass employed 16,000 workers and produced 1 billion pounds of material.

[3] In 1921, the company was the victim of a major embezzlement scandal, after a cashier in the headquarters office absconded with $100,000 in cash and fled to Italy to avoid prosecution.

[4] That year, Anaconda achieved the largest revenue in corporate history to date ($175,450,384), due primarily to the acquisition of American Brass.

[11][14] As of 2000, the case still provided the legal precedence for LIFO not being allowed for tax purposes in Canada.

[15] The company retained its own identity until 1960 when the name was changed to Anaconda American Brass.

In 1977, Anaconda American Brass was acquired by the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO).

[17] American Brass was acquired in 1990 by the Finnish Outokumpu Oyj Mining Company.

[20] In 2018, Aurubis announced a proposal of sale of its entire flat rolled product division - including the Buffalo, NY location - to the Wieland Werke AG, a privately held German metal producer.