Fort Worth, Texas - Acme Brick Company is celebrating the company’s 127th year in business on April 17th by presenting each employee with two pair of cotton/spandex socks. One pair bears an image of Acme’s Brick Boy mascot who makes appearances at various events. The second pair features the famous Acme red logo. “Sometimes you need to build top of mind awareness for your company from the bottom up”, quipped Acme’s Director of Marketing, Britt Stokes.
Acme was founded on April 17, 1891, just 26 years after the end of the civil war and the same year that James Naismith invented the game of basketball. Also in 1891 Benjamin Harrison was President of the U.S. and Thomas Edison patented the “transmission of signals electrically” otherwise known as radio!
Acme had its humble beginnings on the banks of Rock Creek, near the town of Millsap, about 30 miles west of Fort Worth, Texas.
The company has grown to become the largest U.S. brick company in the world. Acme residential and commercial masonry products are available throughout the U.S., and southern Canada. The company
has produced brick for well over two million homes during its history and many thousands of commercial, civic and educational buildings. Acme Brick Company has consistently ranked at the top in opinion surveys of the nation’s largest homebuilders concerning product quality and product awareness and is the only brick manufacturer that stamps its logo into residential brick products. All
residential brick products are supported by Acme’s Homebuyer’s 100 Year Limited Guarantee.
Acme now offers many other home-related products: Iron Doors, fire pits and fireplaces, quality grills, outdoor kitchens, traditional fireplaces, natural and man-made stone, wood floors and tile.
Acme Brick company is the nation’s largest brickmaker. The company owns 17 brick plants and has 69 company-owned sales offices across 14 states, plus a nationwide network of independent distributors. Acme has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. since 2000. For more information visit www.brick.com.
For more PRESS information contact: Ron Taylor/Ashley & Taylor Public Relations (817) 874-8206 or taylorpr@spindle.net.
