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On August 1962, the Reynolds Gas Regulator Company (subsidiary of [[CenterPoint Energy | Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company]]) announced the construction of a gas regulator and meter facility in [[Sheridan, Arkansas]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Sheridan Gets Gas Plant|publisher=The Northwest Arkansas Times|date=18 Aug 1962|location=Fayetteville, Arkansas|page=2}}</ref> One year later (on August 1963) while the plant was under construction, Arkla Industries Inc. sold the plant to Rockwell Manufacturing Co.<ref>{{cite news|title=Arkla Industries Sales is disclosed|publisher=The Springfield News-Leader|date=3 Aug 1963|location=Springfield, Missouri |page=7}}</ref> The plant later will be transformed into a faucet manufacturing facility.
By 1967, Sterling Faucet Co. reached 28 million USD in sales. Sterling Faucet Company operated plants in Reedsville, West Virginia, Tyler, Texas, and Oakville, Ontario, Canada employing about 2,000 workers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rockwell Co. to Purchase W.Va. Company|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>
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