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