TheErieBook.com exists to showcase all the best that Erie, Pennsylvania has to offer — from architecture to the zoo — but particularly the business world. TheErieBook.com also contains much Erie history.
Every time we put on deodorant, we can thank The Plastek Group. This Erie-based multi-national corporation provides 80 percent of the plastic oval deodorant stick containers in the United States, as well as a variety of other packaging products for the personal care, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, food & beverage, and home care industries...
Entertainment
You like music? You like free? If you answered yes to both, Erie is your place. Several bands perform around town on what seems like any given day of the week. Some is of course free and some requires a teensy cover charge. Doesn't sound like such a bad place for music lovers now does it...
Erie Insurance
Erie Insurance is a true hometown success story. Since its beginning in 1925, the company has grown to become the only Fortune 500 company headquartered in Erie County. Through the years, the property/casualty insurer has lived out its motto of being Above all in Service? by doing right by its customers, agents, employees and the communities in which it operates...
Tourism
Erie features professional sports such as the Erie SeaWolves, the Erie Explosion, Erie Bayhawks and Erie Otters. Alternatively, many tourists enjoy the Erie Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Presque Isle Downs and Casino, Erie Philharmonic performance or an Erie Playhouse show.
No matter your tastes, Erie offers something to satisfy your palate...
Zurn Industries, LLC
In 1900, John A. Zurn purchased discontinued patterns for a patented backwater valve from Erie City Iron Works. After setting up shop in a barn in his mother’s backyard, he established what would become the modern day Zurn Industries, LLC. For more than a century, Zurn Engineered Water Solutions has proven itself as an innovator and leading manufacturer of highly engineered water product solutions. Remaining true to its Erie roots...
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