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Crown Products Timeline
1919
May 1st – Bernard Klein starts business selling paper bags on a pushcart at the suggestion of his wife Gussie.
1924
Bernard’s son Marshall Klein accidentally burns down building at Prospect St. in Yonkers, NY while playing. Company moves to Stanley Avenue in Yonkers, NY.
1925
Bernard Klein decides to close business for 1 month to visit relatives in Europe.
1925
Bernard Klein continually turns down bootleggers asking him to run liquor during Prohibition.
1932
Company moves to space at 47 Clinton St. in Yonkers, NY to do business.
1936
Company moves into larger building at 38 Clinton St. in Yonkers, NY to do business.
1940
Marshall Klein enters the Army (stationed in the South Pacific).
1941
Bernard Klein Inc. loses employees to the draft for World War II.
1944
Sam Klein (son of Bernard) enters the Army (stationed in China-Burma-India).
1944
While home on furlough, Sam Klein delivers for the first time for his father. However, he burns out the engine on his way to Peekskill, NY by forgetting to fill the truck up with oil.
1945
Crown Products starts selling paper bags to grocery stores.
1948
Bernard’s son-in-law Irving Fox (married to daughter Lillian) comes to work for the company.
1949
March 1st – Bernard Klein Inc. starts doing business as Crown Paper. Marshall Klein takes over as President.
1954
Company moves to 217 Riverdale Ave in Yonkers, NY because the City of Yonkers decides to use the property as the site for an Urban Development area.
1955
Started selling electrical tape thru subsidiary company – Berkley Insulation Company.
1960
Addition put on Riverdale Avenue building. Sam Klein acts as the general contractor.
1977
July 1st – Bernard Klein Inc. starts doing business as Crown Products.
1982
May 1st – Company moves to 450 Nepperhan Avenue in Yonkers, NY
1988
Marshall Klein sells company to his brother Sam Klein.
1989
Sam takes over as President of Crown Products.
1992
Crown Products began to distribute Sealed Air products.
1994
Crown Products celebrate its 75th year of doing business.
1995
Crown Products began to distribute Sigma Stretch Film.
1998
Crown Products begins to distribute for Intertape Polymer Group.
1999
Peter Mollo takes over as President of Crown Products.
1999
Crown Products starts recycling business for people with disabilities and gets grant from the government. 7, 000 square feet of existing warehouse space is donated for this cause.
2000
Howard Rosenzweig and Richard Saltzman team up with Peter Mollo to form Crown Janitorial Products.
2000
Same year Crown Janitorial Products private label of cleaners, aerosols, and disinfectants is introduced.
2001
Began distributing private label aerosols from Claire. Crown Janitorial started doing business with Spartan Chemicals & Bay West.
2002
Crown Janitorial Products expands office and warehouse space to its current 50,000 square feet, shared with its sister company Crown Products.
2003
Crown Janitorial Products launches its BULL BAG line of plastic trash liners and compactor tubing. The Bull Bags unique blend of recycled resin and proprietary material and blends quickly makes Crown Janitorial a leader in the New York City market place!
2007
Crown Janitorial Products introduces its GOOD EARTH line of environmentally friendly and EPA approved cleaning products.
2008
Equipped all Crown Products trucks with GPS & cell phones to help our drivers continue to make fast deliveries. Tracking information helps our Customer Service Department continue to serve our customers more efficiently.
2009
Crown Products begins to use UPS real-time tracking and develops a third party LTL freight relationship in order to solidify and improve our switch to “next day” delivery schedules, which also expanded our area of service. Crown Janitorial President Howard Rosenzweig receives award from The Institutes of Applied Human Dynamics for his work in the community.
2010
Crown Products signs contract to distribute Philips light bulbs. Crown Products receives a grant from the government to conduct value stream mapping to help our business run more efficiently.
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