The Genie Company is a brand of a Garage door opener

Garage door opener

A garage door opener is a motorized device that opens and closes garage doors. Most are controlled by switches on the garage wall, as well as by remote controls carried in the garage owner's cars, or more rarely, on keychains.- The electric opener :...

s company and a subsidiary of Overhead Door Corporation. It was founded in 1923, and known as the Alliance Manufacturing Company, the company produced a broad line of consumer, industrial and military products. In May 1954, the Alliance Manufacturing Company first produced its own garage opener unit genie. In 1983 the company entered the home and shop vacuum market, and in 1985 it changed its name to Genie Home Products. Overhead Door Corporation purchased the company in 1994. The company is based and headquartered in Alliance, Ohio

Alliance, Ohio

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. The company is served in United States

United States

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 and Canada

Canada

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. The company President

President

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 and Chief executive officer

Chief executive officer

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 is Dennis Stone. Its key competitor in the garage door opener industry is Chamberlain Group

Chamberlain Group

The Chamberlain Group is a manufacturer of garage door openers and associated equipment headquartered in Elmhurst, Illinois. It is a subsidiary of The Duchossois Group, a family business owned by Richard L. Duchossois...

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