Franklin Balmar Explained

Franklin Balmar Corporation was a fabrication company in Woodberry, Baltimore, Maryland. It was a subcontractor for the Manhattan Project.^[1]

History

It was incorporated in 1917 as the Franklin Railway Supply Company. In 1954 they moved their N. A. Strand Division from Chicago to Baltimore.^[2] They diversified into the aerospace sector making the aluminum skin for airplanes.^{[3] [4]}

In 1967, Aero-Chatillon Corporation purchased a controlling stake of the company.^[5] In 1969, with Franklin-Balmar remaining a division, Aero-Chatillon became Macrodyne-Chatillon Corporation through a merger with Macrodyne, Inc. and Shinn Industries, Inc.,^[6] which became Macrodyne Industries in 1974.^[7]

Notes and References

1. News: Secrets emerge in Woodberry's industrial park . . May 2, 1994 . 2011-10-20 .
2. News: Franklin Balmar Corp. Moves Facilities Here. https://archive.today/20130201113941/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1729290102.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+10,+1967&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Franklin+Balmar+Seeks+Aerospace+Work&pqatl=google . dead . February 1, 2013 . . March 10, 1967 . 2011-10-20 .
3. News: Franklin Balmar Seeks Aerospace Work . https://archive.today/20130201113941/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1729290102.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+10,+1967&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Franklin+Balmar+Seeks+Aerospace+Work&pqatl=google . dead . February 1, 2013 . . March 10, 1967 . 2011-10-20 .
4. News: Franklin Balmar . 1965 . .
5. (8 February 1967). FRANKLIN FIRM CONTROL IS SOLD: Aero-Chatillon Gets 85% Of Company Stock, Baltimore Sun
6. (29 March 1969). AERO-CHATILLON MERGER IS O.K.'D: Franklin Balmar's Parent Gets Two In Merger, Baltimore Sun
7. https://books.google.com/books?id=gdYiAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Macrodyne-Chatillon%22 Directory of obsolete securities