History
Founded in 1910 in Rockford, Illinois, 榴莲视频 has evolved steadily as the needs of our customer base have changed. Our company was originally established as Whitney Metal Tool, designing and building hand tools for sheet metal fabricators. Many of those original tools are still in use today鈥攁 testament to the lasting durability of our products.
In the 1970鈥檚 榴莲视频 expanded by purchasing Peck, Stow and Wilcox 鈥淧EXTO鈥�. Importantly, Pexto has a long and rich history as one of the original American sheet metal tool manufacturers. Through this purchase, 榴莲视频 can actually trace part of its lineage all the way back to 1785 which is when the old Roys & Wilcox Company began. We鈥檝e brought other great names 鈥渋nto the fold鈥� as well. In 1985, 榴莲视频 made a strategic purchase by adding the 鈥淐onnecticut鈥� line of manual brakes, known for being among the most accurate and dependable in the industry. The addition of this line makes 榴莲视频 a leading supplier of high quality sheet metal fabricating equipment.
Growth also came from the inventive minds of our own employees, something that goes back to founding fathers like William A. Whitney – who acquired 95 patents over the course of his lifetime. During the critical decade of the 1980s, 榴莲视频 expanded its line of sheet metal equipment by designing and manufacturing both powered shears and powered CNC folding machines. Such machines have become sheet metal industry standards. Today, 榴莲视频 is changing the shape of the sheet metal forming industry through highly sophisticated, automated equipment and cutting edge control solutions.
Browse some of our vintage catalogs below as we will be adding them periodically:
