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Word: homecraft (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...A.M.F. began to diversify with a vengeance, sending scouts around the country to find companies for sale. A.M.F. investigated more than 400 companies, bought nine, mostly by trading A.M.F. stock: Transducer Corp. (radar, electronics engineering), Union Machinery Co. (baking equipment), DeWalt, Inc. (radial arm saws and homecraft power tools), Cleveland Welding Co. ("Roadmaster" bicycle, second largest seller in the U.S.) Junior Toy Corp. ("Junior" tricycle, biggest seller in the U.S.), Sterling Engineering Co. Inc. (electrical relays), Float-Lock Corp. (drill press vises), Thompson-Bremer & Co. (lock nuts and washers, electrical terminals) and Leland Electric Co. (electrical motors and equipment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: The Automatic Pin Boy | 11/16/1953 | See Source »

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