E. W. Bliss Company
American manufacturing company
The E. W. Bliss Company was a manufacturer of machine tools founded by Eliphalet Williams Bliss. The company was based in Brooklyn, New York and relocated to Hastings, Michigan in 1919, After many years of ownership changes, the company now known as Bliss Munitions Equipment has re-established its roots in Kentwood, Michigan following a 2022 separation from ANDRITZ BCN, Inc. Bliss Munitions Equipment is the modern lineage of the E.W. Bliss Company, commissioning full-service small caliber production lines.
Whereas ANDRITZ, BCN, Inc. provides services and original parts to all Bliss - Clearing and Niagara presses in the market.
Founding
In 1857, Bliss formed a partnership with John Mays. Under the name of Mays & Bliss, they engaged in the machine press and die business. In 1871, Mays sold his share of the business to Bliss' cousin, J. H. Williams. Bliss later bought Williams' interest and conducted the business by himself. In 1885, Eliphalet Williams Bliss, Anna M. Bliss, and William A. Porter, Frank M. Leavitt and Charles L. Hart incorporated the business with a capital of $100,000.00 divided into 4,000 shares of $25.00 each.
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Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16992166. VIAF identifies the subject as 168881468. The Library of Congress control number is no2011047929. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1919, 2022, 1857 and 1871.
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