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Hillyard, Inc.
Hillyard, Inc. (earlier known as Hillyard Disinfectant Company and Hillyard Chemical Company) is a privately owned :Cleaning products, cleaning products company in St. Joseph, Missouri with a speciality in providing products for cleaning and maintenance of wood basketball courts. The company fielded two Amateur Athletic Union national champion basketball teams in the 1920s and was instrumental in the founding of the Basketball Hall of Fame (where an exhibit celebrates its contributions to the sport). In 2007 the company had an estimated $120 million in sales and employed 600 people. Newton S. Hillyard founded the company in 1907 as a cleaning supplies manufacturer. Hillyard's son Marvin asked him to sponsor a basketball team. N.S. then developed the company's signature cleaning supplies that made the floors "less oily." In 1920 the company moved to a new building that included a 90 x 140 foot wood gymnasium floor—claimed to be the largest west of the Mississippi River at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Hillyard may refer to: *Hillyard, Spokane, Washington, a neighborhood in Spokane Washington *Hillyard Township, Macoupin County, Illinois *Hillyard, Inc., specialist in maintenance of basketball courts *Hillyard Cabin, cabin in Randolph County, Arkansas on National Register of Historic Places People with the surname *Blanche Bingley Hillyard (1863–1946), English tennis player *Dave Hillyard, American musician *George Hillyard (1864–1943), English tennis player *Lyle W. Hillyard (born 1940), American politician {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
