NVF Company, formerly known as National Vulcanized Fiber,[1] was a private company based in Yorklyn, Delaware. One of its original products, a sheet-like material called Forbon, was commonly used on guitar pickups.[2] NVF also made a product called Yorkite, another vulcanized fibre, that has wood grain printed directly on the material.
At one time, the company generated an estimated $42.2 million in sales and had about 550 employees.
NVF stopped manufacturing Vulcanized Fibre in Yorklyn after a flood in 2003 damaged the equipment. Corporate offices continued to operate until 2009, when they declared bankruptcy and dissolved the company,[3] including the Kennett Square facility which made Industrial Plastic Laminates. At that point, NVF Company ceased to exist.[4]
History
The company was formed by the merger of American Vulcanized Fiber Company, the National Fiber and Insulation Company and the Keystone Fiber Company on January 1, 1923.[5]
Company president Warren Marshall's 1936 salary was included in a list of "highest salaries paid in nation" released in 1938 by a Congressional committee.[6]
In the 1990s, the company was controlled by financier Victor Posner.[8]
NVF was involved in a dispute with the city of Holyoke, Massachusetts about unpaid taxes on a paper factory there which was later destroyed by fire.[9][10]
↑Urang, Sally (April 15, 1979). "Corporate Names: A Tendency Toward Alphabet Soup; From Letters to Words". The New York Times. p.F3. Retrieved July 3, 2011. ... Company (formerly the National Vulcanized Fiber Company) had expanded its holdings in the APL Corporation (once called Admiral Plastics Corporation). ...
↑"Financial Notes". Chicago Tribune. December 28, 1922. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved July 3, 2011. Announcement is that the American Vulcanized Fiber company, the National Fiber and Insulation company and the Keystone Fiber company have arranged to consolidate on Jan 1 The new concern will be known as the National Vulcanized Fiber company ...
↑"Stock Exchange Notes". The New York Times. January 22, 1946. Retrieved July 3, 2011. New York Stock Exchange admitted yesterday to the list and dealings the $1 par value common stock of National Vulcanized Fiber Company.
