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     In 1908 or thereabouts, automobile manufacturers started using enameled name plates.  These name plates were made by the company's customers using Thompson Enamels.  The nameplates were a sign of quality and the manufacturers of automobiles were very proud of this item.  Then, during World War II, when there were restrictions on the use of copper metals, that operation was discontinued, and since that time the nameplates have been made principally with plastic materials.
     Another use of the enamels, and still in use, is the dial on gas and water meters, white window letter for luminous signs, etc.  The white dials on the black and white phones you see are also made of the Thompson Enamels.
     Through the years, the Thompson Company has developed the manufacture of glass rods which were used as a base for ladies' pearls, custom jewelry, synthetic stones, etc.
     There were periods when glass giftware and colored glass aggregates were manufactured.
     The building at the World's Fair in New York City used our colored material for the floor, called a terrazzo floor, in the Lucky Strike Building.  Several restaurants, such as Longchamps, in New York City, also have the terrazzo floor.
     Also through the years, this company has developed a variety of special compositions that are used in electrical equipment, such as resistors, glaze compositions, special glazes for ceramic bodies, porcelain, etc. Coatings for wire mountings used on radio and television sets are also made by the Thompson Company.
     Thomas C. Thompson company was purchased by the Ceramic Coating Company in 1981.

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