Sheller-Globe Corporation was a U.S. auto parts manufacturer and industrial conglomerate based in Toledo, Ohio. Formed in 1966 on a heritage of much older companies, Sheller-Globe grew through the acquisition (and divesture) of many other businesses before it was acquired by United Technologies Corporation in 1989. History Sheller-Globe Corporation was established in 1966, with the combination of two much older companies, the earlier having been formed in the 19th century. 1882: Globe Files Company Cincinnati, Ohio-based Globe Files Company was formed in Cincinnati in 1882. The original purpose of the Globe Files Company was to manufacture file cabinets and office equipment. Two years after the company was formed, its first catalogue was released. As business expanded into diverse areas, the company's name was changed to the Globe Company. In 1890, the Michigan-based office supply company Wernicke Company was acquired. The company became Globe Wernicke. In the 1950s Globe-Wernicke was acquired by the Toledo-based City Auto Stamping Company, a maker of automotive body parts dies and other large stampings, which made grilles, light fixtures, consoles, and arm rests for large automobile manufacturers. The combined company was renamed Globe-Wernicke Industries, Inc., and it subsequently acquired the Aluminum Seating Corporation of Akron, Ohio. 1916: Sheller Manufacturing Corporation In the mid-1960s, as a new emphasis was placed on automotive safety features, Globe-Wernicke took a close look at the Detroit-based Sheller Manufacturing Corporation. Sheller began in 1916 as a wood rim steering wheel manufacturer in Portland, Indiana. In 1958, Sheller had produced the first recessed safety steering wheel and padded dash safety package offered by Ford Motor Company. 1966: Sheller-Globe created, growth In 1966, the Dana Corporation was attempting a take-over of the Sheller Corporation, and the then President and CEO of Sheller, Januarius Arthur Mullen organized the leveraged merger with Globe which resulted in a private Sheller-Globe Corporation. The merger of the two companies took place on December 30, 1966. Headquarters of the new industrial conglomerate focused on auto parts were in Toledo, Ohio. In 1969, Sheller-Globe acquired the Superior Coach Company, a long time school bus and professional car manufacturer based in Lima in Allen County, Ohio, as a subsidiary. In 1974, Cleveland-based VLN Corporation was merged into Sheller-Globe. VLN's Leece-Neville divisions supplied heavy-duty alternators and related equipment to the automotive industry, and fractional horsepower motors for automotive and industrial customers. Its Paramount Fabricating division in Detroit made automotive stampings and assemblies, The