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{{Short description|Coal and investment management former US Shipping Company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Berwind Corporation
| logo =
| type =  Privately held
| foundation = {{start date|1962}}
|fate         =
|defunct      =
| area_served =
| industry = Coal and investment management
| products =
| revenue =
| predecessor = Berwind-White Coal Mining Company
| key_people     =
*Charles F. Berwind
* [[Edward Julius Berwind]]
* John E. Berwind
* Harry A. Berwind
* [[Allison White|Allison R. White]]
*John R. Caldwell
| parent =
| subsid =
| homepage =  {{URL|https://www.berwind.com/}}
| footnotes=
| successor =
| hq_location_city = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]
| hq_location_country = [[United States]]
}}
[[File:Berwind-White Company Coal Piers in Jersey City.jpg|thumb|Berwind-White Company coal piers in [[Jersey City, New Jersey]]]]
[[File:SloopEdmundBerimund.jpg|thumb|[[Edward Julius Berwind]] in 1902]]
'''Berwind Corporation''', previously also known as '''Berwind-White Coal Mining Company''', is a large [[privately held]] American corporation headquartered in [[Philadelphia]], The company has historically been involved in the [[coal]] industry, but has diversified into property leasing and ownership of unrelated businesses.
It began as a partnership of [[Edward Julius Berwind]], Charles Berwind, and Congressman [[Allison White]] and upon White's death became known as Berwind White Company in 1886. The company was one of the largest producers of coal at the turn of the twentieth century and created several towns in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, including [[Windber, Pennsylvania]] and [[Berwind, West Virginia]]. It was a litigant in two U.S. Supreme Court decisions: ''[[Berwind-White Coal Mining Co. v. Chicago & Erie R. Co.]]'', 235 U.S. 371 (1914) and ''[[McGoldrick v. Berwind-White Coal Mining Co.]]'', 309 U.S. 33 (1940). In 1962 the family corporation moved from directly producing coal to leasing its properties and [[Diversification (marketing strategy)|diversification]] into ownership of other businesses, including Protective Industries (including Caplugs and Mokon) and, [[CRC Industries]].
By 2007, the company's investments in real estate alone totaled over $3 billion.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.berwind.com/history.htm|title = Berwind: History|website = www.berwind.com|access-date = 2016-05-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GyPbVNMZcq0C|title=Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future|last=Goodell|first=Jeff|date=2007-04-03|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|isbn=0547526628|pages=29–31|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_MEEAAAAAYAAJ_2|title=Kings Handbook of New York City|last=King|first=Moses|date=1893-01-01|publisher=M. King|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_MEEAAAAAYAAJ_2/page/n949 946]-47|language=en}}</ref> Berwinds founded the [[Wilmore Steamship Company]] in 1930.<ref>The Liberty Ships of World War II, 2014, by Greg H. Williams</ref>
==Companies==
Berwind Corporations companies:
*Colorcon, pharmaceutical<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.colorcon.com/|title=Colorcon Pharmaceutical Product Development|website=www.colorcon.com}}</ref>
*CRC Industries, chemical<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crcindustries.com/|title=CRC Industries &#124; Global Supplier of Chemical Specialty Products|website=CRC Industries &#124; Global Supplier of Chemical Specialty Products}}</ref>
*Maxcess, automation systems<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.maxcessintl.com/|title=Custom Web Handling Solutions &#124; Maxcess International|date=January 20, 2021|website=www.maxcessintl.com}}</ref>
*Oliver, Healthcare packaging<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oliverhcp.com/|title=Oliver Healthcare Packaging &#124; Medical & Pharmaceutical Packaging|first=Oliver Healthcare|last=Packaging|website=www.oliverhcp.com}}</ref>
*Caplugs, plastic molding<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.caplugs.com/|title=Caplugs &#124; Product Protection Solutions Since 1948|website=www.caplugs.com}}</ref>
*TASI Group, test and measurement<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tasigroup.com/|title=TASI Group – A Superior Test and Measurement Company}}</ref>
*Berwind Natural Resources Corporation (BNRC), land and resource management company
==See also==
*[[World War II United States Merchant Navy]]
==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Edward Julius Berwind}}
{{commons category|Berwind White Coal Mining Co. Nancy}}
*[http://www.berwind.com/ Official Berwind Website]
*[http://www.berwind.com/companies.htm Companies Owned By Berwind]
[[Category:Berwind Corporation| ]]
[[Category:Coal companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Companies based in Philadelphia]]
[[Category:Non-renewable resource companies established in 1886]]
[[Category:Privately held companies based in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Real estate companies established in 1962]]