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[[File:ISM 1970s logo.jpeg|thumb|ISM Logo from 1971-1979]] | |||
Elliot ran the now renamed New Higgins Company for 10 years in their Toronto office block, employing over 60 people to create, test, and sell experimental technological gadgets, including the extremely profitable ''AutoSorting File Cabinet™'' and the first prototype for the now popular ''“Round the Corner” Gun™'' . The company, however, needed to expand. Higgins Mechanisms bought a plot of land in what is now downtown Greenfield for development due to it’s very profitable location and began working on their first company built skyscraper. The 20 storey Art Deco tower started construction in 1926 and completed in 1929 behind schedule. The now CEO Elliot Higgins stated that this new tower would be deemed the headquarters of the company. | Elliot ran the now renamed New Higgins Company for 10 years in their Toronto office block, employing over 60 people to create, test, and sell experimental technological gadgets, including the extremely profitable ''AutoSorting File Cabinet™'' and the first prototype for the now popular ''“Round the Corner” Gun™'' . The company, however, needed to expand. Higgins Mechanisms bought a plot of land in what is now downtown Greenfield for development due to it’s very profitable location and began working on their first company built skyscraper. The 20 storey Art Deco tower started construction in 1926 and completed in 1929 behind schedule. The now CEO Elliot Higgins stated that this new tower would be deemed the headquarters of the company. | ||