Vinco Corporation was a Detroit, Michigan based manufacturer of jig (tool)s, fixtures, gauges, gears,[1] ground tools, index plates, and angle tangents. Before 1940 it was known as the Vinco Tool Company.[2] In 1962 the New York based Recony division[3] of the business produced air conditioners, heating, and ventilating equipment.[4] By 1980 the firm made rocket-engine parts.[5]
Prior to working for the Belock Instrument Corporation in 1957, golfing great Gene Sarazen was in charge of customer relations for the Vinco Corporation.[6]
A company known as Vinco Tool is still operative in Clinton Township, Michigan.[7]
References
edit- ^ Who's News, Wall Street Journal, June 5, 1957, pg. 11.
- ^ To Offer Vinco Stock, New York Times, July 29, 1940, pg. 23.
- ^ Robert M. Drysdale Jr.; Management Advisor, New York Times, February 28, 1985, pg. B6.
- ^ Executive Changes, New York Times, April 12, 1962, pg. 52.
- ^ Albert Gebhard Jr. Weds Lydia Sherer, New York Times, July 27, 1980, pg. 39.
- ^ Sarazen Joins Belock Corp., New York Times, March 17, 1957, pg. 12.
- ^ Vinco Tool, Industry Net website, internet listing.
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