CLARCOR Inc. was a manufacturer of filtration systems and packaging materials based in Franklin, Tennessee.[1] founded in Rockford, Illinois as JL Clark Manufacturing Co. by John Lewis Clark in 1904. It had approximately 30 manufacturing and distribution sites in the United States.[2]
There were mainly two segments operating in the company: Engine/Mobile Filtration (providing air, fuel, transmission, and hydraulic fluid filters for engines, as well as dust collection cartridges), and Industrial/Environmental Filtration (providing filters for industrial process, pharmaceutical processes).
Acquisitions and divestitures
In 1999, CLARCOR bought the companies Purolator Products Air Filtration Company, Facet International, and Purolator-Facet Filter Products from Mark IV for USD $144.8 million. All three companies were former subsidiaries of Purolator Products and were related to the manufacture and sale of industrial filtration equipment.[3]
In March 2005, the company completed the acquisition of Niagara Screen Products Limited, a manufacturer of woven wire and metallic screening and filtration products.