Cretors

The license, dated December 2, 1885, marks the inception of C. Cretors & Co.[2] The new roaster was driven by a small steam engine, which automated the roasting process.

[2] Charles Cretors took his new popcorn wagon to the Midway of Chicago's Columbian Exposition in 1893 and introduced the new corn product.

The smell of roasting peanuts and of hot buttered corn being popped in its seasoning before the buyers' attracted attention and sales.

Thus, C. Cretors and Company holds one of the oldest active Underwriters Laboratories numbers (EA175) for electrically operated machinery.

As movie theater attendance grew through the 1920s, Cretors began designing machines that could pop and hold more of the product.

Cretors purchased new production equipment and produced aircraft oil line fittings and mechanical radio components, among other things.

[4] On July 7, 1988, the United States Postal Service issued a 16.7 cent postage stamp that featured an illustration of the Cretors 1902 Model of the No.

[4] Cretors has been featured on the Travel Channel's TV show Made in America, as well as Big, in which they manufactured the Guinness World Record's largest popcorn machine.