Ī Ridgeway Grandfather Clock is presented to the winners of NASCAR Sprint Cup races at the Martinsville Speedway. closed its subsidiary Ridgeway Furniture, resulting in about 70 job losses. In December 2007, Howard Miller Clock Co. The Ridgeway plant's production focus became curio cabinets and wine cabinets, product lines more vulnerable to import competition than grandfather and mantel clocks. The clock-making work moved to Zeeland in the spring of 2005. Miller also owns Germany based, which manufactures the movements that are built into each Ridgeway clock. Pulaski had acquired Ridgeway Clocks in 1985, as part of acquiring the Gravely Furniture Company. Zeeland, Michigan based Howard Miller Clock Company, which describes itself as the world's largest manufacturer of grandfather clocks, acquired Ridgeway Clocks in November 2004 from Pulaski Furniture Corporation. This makes Ridgeway the oldest continuously produced grandfather clock brand in the United States." Ridgeway's promotional materials describe its origins: "Ridgeway began as The Gravely Furniture Company in 1926 and started producing Grandfather Clocks exclusively in 1960. According to magazine, Howard Miller is one of only two major manufacturers of floor clocks in the U.S. The company's facilities are located in Ridgeway, Virginia. Ridgeway Clocks is a division of Howard Miller Company, and is a producer of longcase clocks, mantle clocks, and wall clocks.
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