ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Gladding, McBean

Okay kiddo, have you ever seen a brick building before? Bricks are the little rectangular blocks that are used to make walls and buildings. Well, gladding, mcbean is a company that makes those bricks!

You see, gladding, mcbean is a company that has been around for a very long time, almost 150 years! They use a special kind of clay called kaolin to make their bricks. They mix the kaolin with water and put it into a big machine called a pug mill. The pug mill mixes everything up and spits out long strips of clay.

Then, the clay strips are cut into smaller pieces, kind of like a bread loaf that's been cut into slices, but much smaller. These small pieces are put into special molds, which help shape the clay into a brick. After that, the bricks are baked in an oven at really high temperatures.

Once the bricks are baked and cooled down, gladding, mcbean ships them out to people who need them to build their homes or buildings! So next time you see a brick building, you can think about how gladding, mcbean might have made the bricks for it!