Friday, February 19, 2010

Glo Hill Manufacturing

The Glo Hill Company of Montréal Canada From the mid 1940’s to early 1970’s manufacturers of chrome and bakelite house wares cutlery, bar sets, serving trays and various kitchen gadgets.

In 1946 Sol, Paul and Leo Globus, together with their brother in-law Harry Hill, created the Glo-Hill Corporation in Montreal. The Globus brothers began their business in Montreal as cutlers and manufactured beautiful carving sets and cutlery.

As the business grew Glo-Hill began diversifying their product line and began offering chrome hollowware pieces used in home entertaining.

The Glo-Hill factory imported materials from factories located along the Eastern Seaboard (USA); Such as: Bakelite and many glass components that were being manufactured in expert glass manufactures like McKee, Glasbake and Jeannette Glass.

What sets Glo-Hill apart from others was their exquisite designs that can still be seen today.

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