Vlchek Tool Company Explained

Vlchek Tool Company
Foundation:1894
Fate:purchased
Defunct:1958
Successor:Pendleton Tool Industries Co.
Location:3001 East 87th Street, Cleveland, Ohio
Key People:Frank J. Vlchek
Industry:Manufacturing
Products:Hand tools

Vlchek Tool Company was a hand tool manufacturer. Vlchek originally made and sharpened tools for stonecutters and masons, and later made tools for automobiles and for agriculture machinery.

Vlchek Tool Company was founded as a blacksmith shop in 1894 in Cleveland, Ohio by Frank J. Vlchek.[1] It was incorporated in 1909.

In 1958 Pendleton Tool Industries Co. bought the Vlchek Tool Company.[2] In 1964 Pendleton itself merged with Ingersoll-Rand. In 1969 Ingersoll closed Vlchek's plant on East 87th Street in Cleveland.

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  1. Book: Avery, Elroy McKendree . A History of Cleveland and its Environs, The Heart of New Connecticut, Volume III . 1918 . Lewis Publishing . Chicago, Illinois . 210 .
  2. Web site: Ersatz Vlchek . alloy-artifacts.org . 22 September 2022.