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Casablanca Fan Company is a ceiling fan company based in Industry, California. In the late 1970s, the company became known for their premium fans, which were marketed as furniture.〔 == History == The company was founded by Burton A. Burton in 1974.〔 Burton's marketing techniques included inviting customers aboard refurbished 1940s railroad cars from the New York Central Railroad and Rock Island Line.〔 By 1980, Casablanca was selling about US$42M in fans per year.〔 To better cope with the seasonal swings of the ceiling fan business, Casablanca purchased Lavery & Co. in 1984, a Van Nuys, CA-based manufacturer of consumer lighting fixtures founded by Arthur J. Lavery in the late 1940s. Following a hiatus, Burton regained presidency of Casablanca in July 1985, and was named chief executive of the parent company, Casablanca Industries Inc.〔 Reporting to Burton was Richard Y. Fisher, who was named president of Casablanca Industries. He served as chairman and president of Milwaukee-based Diana Corp. (formerly Farm House Foods), which previously acquired a 47% stake in Casablanca. In addition, S. John Gorman remained president of Lavery & Co. Burton died in April 2003, at age 75, on Orcas Island. In 1996, Memphis based Hunter Fan Company purchased Casablanca and has run it since. Hunter's Parent ownership has changed several times in the last ten years but they are currently owned by Mid-Ocean Partners L.P 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Casablanca Fan Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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