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On April 9, 1940, it was announced the Sterling Faucet Company will be moved to [[Morgantown, West Virginia]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Faucet Plant is Lost Here|publisher=The Coshocton Tribune|date=9 Apr 1940|location=Coshocton, Ohio|page=3}}</ref> On Jun 12, 1940 it was reported the Sterling Faucet Company completed the transference of its assets to the former Sabraton Works facility of the [[American Sheet and Tin Plate Company]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Faucet Plant Transferred|publisher=The Daily Times|date=12 June 1940|location=New Philadelphia, Ohio|page=10}}</ref>
On October 20, 1944, Sterling Faucet Co. announced plans for a considerable expansion of the plant.<ref>{{cite news|title=50 Years Ago|publisher=The Tribune|date=20 October 1994|location=Coshocton, Ohio|page=5}}</ref>
On September, 13, 1948, the company Sa-Mor Quality Brass, Inc. was established in Morgantown, West Virginia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sa-Mor Quality Brass, Inc. - Company Profile|url=https://bizstanding.com/p/sa-mor+quality+brass+inc-103082537|website=BizStanding.com|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref>
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On December 24, 1958, Sterling President, J. Wesley Ruby, announced the purchase of a Glauber of Texas, Inc. which was a brass manufacturing plant located in [[Tyler, Texas]] with 115 employees. In the same press release, it was informed that two more plants, one in Ohio and one in Massachusetts will be integrated with five the company operates in West Virginia<ref>{{cite news|title=West Virginia Firm buys Plant in Texas|publisher=The Corpus Christy Caller-Times|date=25 November 1954|location=Corpus Christy, Texas|page=10}}</ref>
In 1963, a gas regulator and meter plant was built in Sheridan Arkansas by the Reynolds Gas Regulator Company<ref>{{cite news|title=Industrial Gains in Four cities|accessdate=25 May 2018|publisher=Baxter Bulletin|date=1 Nov 1962|location=Mountain Home, Arkansas|page=10}}</ref>. By 1965, this plant was part of Rockwell Manufacturing Co.<ref>{{cite news|title=State Briefs|accessdate=25 May 2018|publisher=The El Dorado Times|date=14 July 1965|location=El Dorado, Arkansas|page=6}}</ref> The plant later will be transformed into a Faucet manufacturing facility for the production of Sterling Faucets.
By 1967, Sterling Faucet Co. reached 28 million USD in sales. Sterling Faucet Company operated plants in Reedsville, West Virginia, Tyler, Texas, and Ontario, Canada employing about 2,000 workers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rockwell Co. to Purchase W.Va. Company|accessdate=15 May 2018|publisher=The Daily Republican|date=18 November 1968|location=Monongahela, Pennsylvania|page=5}}</ref>
On November 18, 1968, [[Rockwell International|Rockwell Manufacturing Co.]] agreed to purchase Sterling Faucet Co. and the three subsidiaries, Sterling Manufacturing Co., Sterling Tubular Products Inc. and Sterling Faucet Canada Ltd. When the purchase was complete, Sterling Faucet Company became a subsidiary of Rockwell for the following years.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rockwell buy W. VA Company|publisher=The Weirton Daily Times|date=15 November 1968|location=Weirton, West Virginia|page=8}}</ref>
In 1973, Rockwell International Corp., renamed the Sterling Faucet division as the Building Components Division.<ref>{{cite news|title=Unit renamed by Rockwell|publisher=The Pittsburgh Press|date=7 June 1973|location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|page=29}}</ref> Rockwell started manufacturing Faucets under the Rockwell brand. ===Late 20th century===
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