Category: Timeline Stories

Bradford Company ESOP Begins

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Bradford Company starts an employee stock ownership plan. Judson T Bradford, then President of the Company, was cited by the ESOP Association in Washington, D. C., as a champion of the employee stock ownership movement.


Marion Emma Bradford Takes Over as President

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The plant and offices move into a new and larger location on South Ashland Avenue. W.J. Bradford Jr. and John Schwab (brother-in-law) take charge of day-to-day management and have ownership interest. Marion Emma Bradford takes over as first president. The business adds wax coating lines. C.L. Bradford later joins the business in 1929.



Purchased Tennessee Facility

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Bradford expands into its current Tennessee facility. The move more than doubles available manufacturing space and enables an increased focus on the company’s Mid-South manufacturing process to better serve customers and meet growing demand.