page_title: William W. Kincaid
section_title: Further career
hierarchical_section_title: William W. Kincaid / Biography / Further career
caption_attribution_description: English: Spirella Building A view of this magnificent former corset factory, now a base for small businesses. To me this restoration shows how a great old building can be retained in all its glory, sympathetically modernised inside with high quality design, and thus serve a useful purpose in the twenty-first century.
context_page_description: William Wallace Kincaid was an American entrepreneur, businessman, executive, and inventor. He was founder of the Spirella Co., manufacturer of Spirella corsets, and served as president of the National Personnel Association and as president of the American Management Association.
context_section_description: In 1908 Kincaid started expanding his company abroad. He founded The Spirella Co. of Canada Ltd. in Niagara Falls, Ontario in 1908, The Spirella Co. of Great Britain Ltd. in Letchworth in Hertfordshire, England in 1909, and the Korsettfabriken Spirella Aktiebolag in Germany in 1920.
  Before and after World War I, Kincaid represented the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on the international check committee in London, in 1914, 1920 and 1921, and served as delegate to the international chamber of commerce. Back in the States he served as president of the National Personnel Association in 1922, and as president of the American Management Association in 1928 as successor of Frank L. Sweetser.
caption: The Spirella Building in Letchworth
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