The Industrial Nut Corporation was founded in 1908 as the Brightman Hammered Nut & Manufacturing company. The company started operation in a red frame building near the intersection of West Water Street and McDonough Street, but in 1914 moved to its present location at 1425 Tiffin Avenue in Sandusky, Ohio. They acquired and set up manufacturing in what had been a three story wine cellar (built in 1872 called the Sandusky Wine Company).