Connelly GPM, Inc.

CONNELLY was founded in 1875, known as the CONNELLY IRON SPONGE & GOVERNOR COMPANY. In 1946, when they divested themselves of the Governor business, the Company name was changed to CONNELLY, INC. The primary business of the Company was to manufacture IRON SPONGE for the removal of hydrogen sulfide from illuminating gas and other gases. GAS PURIFYING MATERIALS COMPANY, INC., was founded in 1919 and until 1958 manufactured an IRON SPONGE material, known as GPM IRON HYDROXIDE. In the 1930`s, CONNELLY also began producing Metallic and Non-Metallic Building Products on a private-label basis for the heavy construction industry, and Chemical Iron for reduction purposes in chemical plants. GAS PURIFYING MATERIALS COMPANY did likewise starting in 1950.