Emeco
"We started where we still are."
Hanover, Pennsylvania. In 1944, Wilton Carlyle Dinges creates the Electrical Machine and Equipment Company (Emeco) and employs local steel workers. World War II brings a big uptick in business. Specifically, a government commission for a particular kind of chair. A chair to withstand the American Navy.
Life on a ship is tough. Salt water. Salt air. The occasional torpedo blast. Survival will require a very resiliant material.
place of origin
US