Famous York PA Company Brands Today

Did you know there are some world famous brands directly connected with York PA?
Anybody connected with weight training or bodybuilding knows the famous York Barbell brand.  York is also the headquarters of the USA Weightlifting Hall of Fame.
About half of the world famous American brand, Harley-Davidson motorcycles production workforce is near York.
 If you think big American motorcycles is where it stops, think bigger. There are not one but two major manufacturers of the latest hydro-power turbine biggest parts. These companies are Voith Hydro and American Hydro.
York is headquarters to York International, a Johnson Controls Company and one of the largest suppliers of HVAC systems in the United States.
The Stauffer Biscuit Company has its roots in York and has produced animal crackers for over 140 years.  Since February 2004 it has been owned by Meiji Seika of Japan.
One of the most popular discount retailers in the regions, The Bon-Ton, is headquartered in York.
Just north of York is one of only four Starbucks roasting facilities in the world. 
If you think hydro turbines aren't powerful enough to manufacture how about a BAE Systems facility that  assembles different military tanks and equipment?
With health care a huge part of our economy York can boast its roots (pun intended) in dental equipment and false teeth giant, Dentsply Sirona.
Though founded in New York by four men, the company moved its headquarters to the site of its York factory in the 1900s, where it was run by one of the four founders, George H. Whiteley.
Mr. Whiteley was an experienced ceramist who was familiar with the process of making artificial teeth. Whiteley was sent by the group to oversee the factory and his family presided over the factory for multiple generations. Dentsply Sirona is a NASDAQ listed company, and internationally known throughout the dentistry business.

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