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Chris-Craft Industries

This article is about the former manufacturing and broadcasting company. For the original company founded in the late 19th century, see Chris-Craft Boats. For the current company established in 2000, see Chris-Craft Corporation.
Chris-Craft Industries, Inc.
FormerlyNational Automotive Fibers, Inc.
Company typePublic
NYSE: CCN[1]
IndustryManufacturing
Broadcasting
Founded1928 (1928)
Defunct2001 (2001)
FateSold to News Corporation
SuccessorNews Corporation (2001–2013)
21st Century Fox (2013–2019)
Fox Corporation (2019–present)
Headquarters
New York, New York
,
USA
ProductsBoats, hospital laundry bags, carpet fibers, insulation, and chemical products
Revenue$467.1 million (1998)
DivisionsChris-Craft Boats
Roamer Steel Boats Division
SubsidiariesBHC Communications, Inc. (79.96%)
Chris-Craft Industrial Products, Inc.
Footnotes / references
[2]

Chris-Craft Industries, Inc., formerly National Automotive Fibers, Inc., was a publicly held American corporation that was traded on the New York and Pacific Stock Exchanges.[2] In 1962, the company adopted the name of one of its acquisitions, Chris-Craft Boats, which was founded in the late 19th century and became famous for mahogany-hulled powerboats in the 1920s through the 1950s. Chris-Craft Industries also went into broadcasting, owning television stations via its subsidiary BHC Communications and co-founding the UPN TV network.

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  2. ^ a b "Chris-Craft Industries, Inc. Company History". Funding Universe. Archived from the original on 2006-10-26. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
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