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'''NelBran Glass''', founded in [[1943]] as the '''Nelson–Brantley Glass Company''', supplies commercial plate and specialty glass for construction, automotive repair, interior design, store displays and other uses. It is headquartered at 4132 [[2nd Avenue South]] in [[Avondale]]. | '''NelBran Glass''', founded in [[1943]] as the '''Nelson–Brantley Glass Company''', supplies commercial plate and specialty glass for construction, automotive repair, interior design, store displays and other uses. It is headquartered at 4132 [[2nd Avenue South]] in [[Avondale]]. | ||
[[Larry Striplin, Jr]] bought the company in [[1963]] and oversaw its growth into one of the largest glass contractors in the United States, with work in the region as well as in the Middle East. | [[Larry Striplin, Jr]] bought the company in [[1963]] and oversaw its growth into one of the largest glass contractors in the United States, with work in the region as well as in the Middle East. The company's retail division expanded into car audio, capitalizing on the popularity of audiocasette players. That sideline was soon spun off into '''Tape Town—Alabama''', with an 18,000 square-foot showroom stocked with 20 demonstration booths. | ||
NelBran operated as part of [[Circle S Industries]], which also ran the Decatur Iron and Steel Works, American Fine Wire in Selma and other businesses. Most of those other entities were sold off in the early 1990s. Striplin sold NelBran to [[Birmingham]]'s [[Lazarus Capital Partners]] in [[2011]]. | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
* "[http://books.google.com/books?id=oCIEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA64&ots=HBc7sL-jDX&dq=Nelson%E2%80%93Brantley&pg=PA64#v=onepage Success Story–Striplin Way]" (April 15, 1967) ''Billboard'' | |||
* Cooper, Lauren B. (March 22, 2011) "NelBran Glass acquired by Lazarus Capital Partners." ''Birmingham Business Journal'' | * Cooper, Lauren B. (March 22, 2011) "NelBran Glass acquired by Lazarus Capital Partners." ''Birmingham Business Journal'' | ||
Revision as of 15:32, 22 March 2011
NelBran Glass, founded in 1943 as the Nelson–Brantley Glass Company, supplies commercial plate and specialty glass for construction, automotive repair, interior design, store displays and other uses. It is headquartered at 4132 2nd Avenue South in Avondale.
Larry Striplin, Jr bought the company in 1963 and oversaw its growth into one of the largest glass contractors in the United States, with work in the region as well as in the Middle East. The company's retail division expanded into car audio, capitalizing on the popularity of audiocasette players. That sideline was soon spun off into Tape Town—Alabama, with an 18,000 square-foot showroom stocked with 20 demonstration booths.
NelBran operated as part of Circle S Industries, which also ran the Decatur Iron and Steel Works, American Fine Wire in Selma and other businesses. Most of those other entities were sold off in the early 1990s. Striplin sold NelBran to Birmingham's Lazarus Capital Partners in 2011.
References
- "Success Story–Striplin Way" (April 15, 1967) Billboard
- Cooper, Lauren B. (March 22, 2011) "NelBran Glass acquired by Lazarus Capital Partners." Birmingham Business Journal
External links
- NelBran Glass website