Article: Farewell to the Defiant: the end of an era; Vermont Castings retires product that launched company. (Defiant wood stove)

FAREWELL TO THE DEFIANT: THE END OF AN ERA

Vermont Castings Retires Product That Launched Company

RANDOLPH, Vt., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 30, 1988, Vermont Castings, the nation's largest manufacturer of wood-burning stoves, will build its last Defiant wood stove -- the original stove that launched the company -- just in time for new Environ- mental Protection Agency (EPA) wood stove emissions regulations that go into effect on July 1. With the onset of the new regulations, the Defiant will be "retired."

However, unlike the usual insignificant retirement of most products, this special stove that is credited with revolutionizing ...

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