Companies in Atlas Shrugged Companies in Atlas Shrugged Companies in Atlas Shrugged the Ayn Rand novel generally are divided into two groups thse that are operated by sympathetic characters are given the name of the owner while companies operated by evil or incompetent characters are given generic names In Atlas Shrugged men who give their names to their companies all become Strikers in due time.
Amalgamated Switch and Signal
A company run by Mr Mowen and located in Connecticut They have supplied Taggart Transcontinental for generations Dagny Taggart orders Rearden Metal switches from them.
Amalgamated Switch and Signal appears in section.
Associated Steel
Associated Steel is the company owned by Orren Boyle The company was started with just a few hundred thousand dollars of Boyle's own money and hundreds of millions of dollars in government grants Boyle used this money to buy out his competitors and now relies on influence peddling and political favors to run his business.
Associated Steel is mentioned in sections and.
Ayers Music Publishing Company
Ayers Music Publishing Company is the publisher of the music of Richard Halley Dagny Taggart contacts Mr Ayers to inquire as to the existence of Halley's Fifth Concerto.
Ayers Music Publishing Company is mentioned in section.
Barton and Jones
The company located in Denver that supplies food for the workers rebuilding the Rio Norte Line They go bankrupt in the middle of the project.
Barton and James is mentioned in section.
d'Anconia Copper
A copper and mining company founded by Sebastian d'Anconia in Argentina during the time of the Inquisition Each man who ran the company saw it grow by in his lifetime so by the time Francisco d'Anconia heads the company it is the largest in the world His dream from childhood is to increase the size of the company by.
d'Anconia Copper is mentioned in sections and.
Hammond Motors
A car company in Colorado They make the best cars on the market until the founder disappears.
Hank Rearden buys a Hammond on his trip to Colorado in section.
Incorporated Tool
A company that is contracted to deliver drill heads to Taggart Transcontinental but who fail to do this It is mentioned in section.
Phoenix Durango
The Phoenix Durango is an old small railroad located in the Southwest run by Dan Conway that has been insignificant for most of its existence However the Phoenix Durango grows rapidly when Ellis Wyatt revives the economy of Colorado and Taggart Transcontinental's Rio Norte Line fails to service Wyatt adequately Later James Taggart conspires to get the Phoenix Durango driven out of Colorado with the Anti dog eat dog Rule.
The Phoenix Durango is mentioned in sections alluded to and.
Rearden Coal
A business founded by Hank Rearden prior to the founding of Rearden Steel It is mentioned in section.
Rearden Limestone
A business founded by Hank Rearden prior to the founding of Rearden Steel It is mentioned in section.
Rearden Ore
The first business founded by Hank Rearden It is mentioned in section.
Rearden Steel
A company founded by Hank Rearden about ten years prior to the start of the story in the novel Rearden bought an abandoned steel mill in Philadelphia at a time when all the experts thought that such a venture would be hopeless He turned it into the most reliable and profitable steel company in the country.
As Dagny Taggart struggles to save Taggart Transcontinental she becomes increasingly dependent on Rearden Steel.
Rearden Steel is mentioned in sections alluded to and.
Summit Casting
A company in Illinois under contract to deliver rail spikes to Taggart Transcontinental They go bankrupt before they can deliver prompting Dagny Taggart to fly to Chicago and buy the company to get it started again.
Summit Casting is mentioned in section.
Taggart Transcontinental
The fictional railroad run by Dagny Taggart Her commitment to the railroad creates one of the book's major conflicts.