Company:Lorain Products Corporation

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Lorain Products Corporation
TypeManufacturing
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded1936; 90 years ago (1936)
FounderC. Paul Stocker
Headquarters
Lorain, Ohio
,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsSub-Cycle
Flotrol
OwnerC. Paul Stocker
Number of employees
1,000
ParentReliance Electric

Lorain Products Corporation was a power equipment supplier located in Lorain, Ohio. The company was cofounded by inventor and electrical engineer, C. Paul Stocker in 1936. Stocker is credited with hundreds of patents, the most notable being the Sub-Cycle static frequency converter and Flotrol battery chargers and power supply units.[1][2][3]

While considered small (at their height they employed roughly 1,000 people[4]), the innovative and entrepreneurial company was competitive in the telecommunications and telephony field.[5][6][7] They were known for making quality charging, ringing, and power supply equipment, and for being a company with integrity.[8][9][10] The company grew from a small operation to having multiple factories not only in Lorain, but also Mexico and Canada.[11][12][3] The company maintained contracts with the U.S. Government, Western Electric, General Telephone, and the Bell System.[10]

In 1956, Stocker was awarded that status of Fellow by the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.[13] In tandem with Stocker's retirement, the company was merged with Reliance Electric of Cleveland, Ohio in 1973.[14][15][16] At the time, Lorain Product Corporations' annual sales were estimated at $25 million.[17]

The Stockers

Stocker

C. Paul Stocker was born in Dennison, Ohio.[18] Both graduates of Ohio University, C. Paul Stocker (1926)[13] and his wife Beth Stocker (1928) made significant donations to their alma mater,[19][20][21] and established the C. Paul and Beth K. Stocker Engineering and Technology Center in 1986.[22][23][24] After C. Paul Stocker's passing, his wife Beth founded the Stocker Foundation in Lorain County, Ohio in 1979.[25][26][27]

Citations

  1. ↑ "C. Paul Stocker, BSEE '26, HON '74". https://www.ohio.edu/engineering/alumni/distinguished/paulstocker. 
  2. ↑ Conklin, Roger (2004). "Kellogg 1000 Redbar history". http://www.telephonearchive.com/phones/kg/kg1000.html. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Lorain Products Establish Canadian Plant". Electronics and Communications: 20. November 1960. https://www.worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/Electronics-and-Communication/Electronics-&-Communications-1960-11.pdf. 
  4. ↑ LaVriha, Jack (23 December 1973). "Lorain Products to Honor Former President of Firm". The Morning Journal: pp. 48. https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&t=favorite%3A17C7A73A%21Morning%20Journal%20Collection%20with%20historical%20archives&sort=YMD_date%3AD&fld-nav-0=YMD_date&val-nav-0=1973%20-%201973&hide_duplicates=2&fld-base-0=alltext&maxresults=60&val-base-0=%22Lorain%20Products%22&docref=image/v2%3A17C7A73A72EFB355%40EANX-NB-1885A691DC4090AB%402442040-18856C9C273C9D3F%4047-18856C9C273C9D3F%40. 
  5. ↑ Albers, Chiel (2007). "Master: Technical Barriers to Entry in the Telecommunications Equipment Sector". Eindhoven University of Technology: 53:55. https://pure.tue.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/47032229/630290-1.pdf. 
  6. ↑ Norton, B.G. (2 November 1977). "Power Supply Specialists". Wellsville Daily Reporter: pp. 6. https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=wdr19771102-01.1.6&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN----------. 
  7. ↑ Kiester, Edwin, Jr. (5 August 2025). "Giving Money Away Wisely Ought to be a Piece of Cake". Smithsonian 26 (12). https://archive.org/details/smithsonian-1970-2010/1990-1999/1996/Smithsonian%20v26n12%20%281996-03%29%20%28Gale%29/page/54/mode/2up?q=%22C.+Paul+Stocker%22. 
  8. ↑ "How Lorain Reliability is Built-In". Electronics and Communications: 20. November 1961. https://www.worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/Electronics-and-Communication/Electronics-&-Communications-1961-11.pdf. 
  9. ↑ "Lorain Products Corporation Seminar Manual". 1967. https://www.telephonecollectors.info/index.php/browse/bc-switching-library/lorain-products/1588-lorainsubcyclek5/file. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Stewart, David (1996). Business ethics. New York: McGraw Hill. pp. 67:68. ISBN 0070615446. https://archive.org/details/businessethics0000stew/page/68/mode/2up?q=%22C.+Paul+Stocker%22. Retrieved 5 August 2025. 
  11. ↑ "C. Paul Stocker: Contributions to Electrical Engineering". https://eshalloffame.org/inductee/c-paul-stocker/. 
  12. ↑ "Telecommunications in Canada: Part III The Impact of Vertical Integration on the Equipment Industry". 1983. https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2021/isde-ised/RG52-17-3-1983-eng.pdf. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "C. Paul Stocker, '26". The Ohio Alumnus 35 (9): 3. 1956. https://archive.org/details/ohioalumnusjune1359ohio/mode/2up?q=%22C.+Paul+Stocker%22. 
  14. ↑ "Reliance Electric Plans to Diversify". New York Times: pp. 57. 8 June 1973. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1973/06/08/issue.html. 
  15. ↑ "The Stocker Foundation History". https://stockerfoundation.org/about-us. 
  16. ↑ Hammer, Alexander R. (8 June 1973). "Stocks Stage Late Spurt; Dow Ahead 11.44 Points". New York Times: pp. 51. https://www.nytimes.com/1973/06/08/archives/stocks-stage-late-spurt-dow-ahead-1144-points-gains-outpace-losses.html?searchResultPosition=2. 
  17. ↑ Hammer, Alexander R. (22 December 1972). "Pickands Acquisition Set By Moore & McCormack". New York Times: pp. 45. https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/22/archives/pickands-acquisition-set-by-moore-mccormack-pickands-sought-by.html?searchResultPosition=1. 
  18. ↑ Williams II, Robert L. (2024). "A Bulleted/Pictoral History of Ohio University". https://people.ohio.edu/williams/html/PDF/OUHistory.pdf. 
  19. ↑ "Good News for the University". Ohio University Today 1 (1): 1. 1978. https://archive.org/details/ohiouniversityto11ohio/mode/2up?q=%22C.+Paul+Stocker%22. 
  20. ↑ "Alumni Pulse". The Ohio Alumnus 35 (7): 3. 1956. https://archive.org/details/ohioalumnusapril357ohio/mode/2up?q=%22C.+Paul+Stocker%22. 
  21. ↑ Haberman, Clyde; Krebs, Albin (24 November 1979). "Notes on People; TV Show's Producers Discover Their 'Real Person' Isn't". New York Times: pp. 26. https://www.nytimes.com/1979/11/24/archives/notes-on-people-tv-shows-producers-discover-their-real-person-isnt.html?searchResultPosition=1. 
  22. ↑ "Value of couple's last gift to OH: $91.8 million". The Columbus Dispatch. 26 June 2008. https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/education/2008/06/26/value-couple-s-last-gift/23932601007/. 
  23. ↑ "Notes on People; TV Show's Producers Discover Their 'Real Person' Isn't". New York Times: pp. 26. 24 November 1979. https://www.nytimes.com/1979/11/24/archives/notes-on-people-tv-shows-producers-discover-their-real-person-isnt.html?searchResultPosition=1. 
  24. ↑ Alexander, John Malcolm (1987). Manufacturing technology. Chichester: Ellis Horwood Limited. pp. ix. ISBN 0470208155. https://archive.org/details/manufacturingtec00v1alex/page/n11/mode/2up?q=%22C.+Paul+Stocker%22. Retrieved 6 August 2025. 
  25. ↑ "Stocker Foundation". 27 October 2003. https://www.ncfp.org/people/stocker-foundation/. 
  26. ↑ Kiester, Jr., Edwin (March 1996). "Giving Money Away Wisely Ought to Be a Piece of Cake". Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/giving-money-away-wisely-ought-to-be-a-piece-of-cake-1-39540340/. 
  27. ↑ Keller, David Neal (1991). C. Paul Stocker: his life and legacy. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press. ISBN 0821409735. https://archive.org/details/cpaulstockerhisl0000kell/page/182/mode/2up. Retrieved 5 August 2025. 



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