For much of its early history, this company was controlled by Canadian immigrant William Connell (September 10, 1827 – March 21, 1909).

[2] With time, he moved up to supervisory positions and became wealthy enough to buy the company when its charter expired.

During the 1920s, the company branched out from making buttons into pressing phonograph records by expanding its use of the same material.

From 1929 on, the company pressed Brunswick, Melotone, Perfect, Banner, Regal, Domino, Conqueror, Vocalion and other ARC labels.

Though some sources have asserted that Capitol closed the factory in 1970,[4] the label continued to operate the plant until July 1973 and then sold it in November of that same year to a Pittsburgh firm, North American Music Industries,[5] which kept the plant in business until its final closure c. 1980.