operation from Schenectady, New York, to Shelbyville, Indiana, in 1955. In 1979, Wellman plc, a British
company, purchased the Shelbyville operations from GE, renamed it Wellman Furnaces Inc. and retained all personnel for the design, manufacture and marketing of Industrial
Heating Equipment. In 1988, the business was sold to the managers of the Shelbyville facility, who ran the Furnace
company along with seven other purchased Wellman
companies until 2003. In 2003, Wellman Furnaces, Inc.'s ownership...
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