Cincinnati Milling Machine Company
The Cincinnati Milling Machine Company was an American machine tool builder headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. Incorporated in 1889, the company was formed for the purpose of building and promoting innovative new machine tool designs, especially milling machines. The principals in forming the company were Frederick A. Geier and Fred Holz. It was formed from the Cincinnati Screw and Tap Co. A partnership of George Mueller and Fred Holz that became more successful building machine tools,[1]
| Formation | 1889 |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | 1970 (name change) |
| Type | Machine tools |
| Legal status | name change, later sold |
| Purpose | Production machine tools, grinders, cutting fluids |
| Headquarters | Cincinnati, Ohio, USA |
From the 1890s through the 1960s, the Cincinnati Milling Machine Company was one of the biggest builders of milling machines.[2] The Company became the USA's largest machine tool builder by 1926.[3] It also built various other classes of machines, such as planers and grinding machines. In 1970 it was reincorporated as Cincinnati Milacron Inc. and later as Milacron Inc. The machine tool business line was later sold to Unova, and portions operated as Cincinnati Machine Company. An Indian subsidiary, Cincinnati Milacron Ltd, is now called Ferromatik Milacron India Pvt Ltd.[4]
References
- Cincinnati Milacron, 1884-1984: Finding better ways. 1984. p. 13. LCCN 84-72726. OCLC 12314075.
- Herman, Arthur. Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II, pp. 147-50, Random House, New York, New York, 2012. ISBN 978-1-4000-6964-4.
- Cincinnati Milacron, 1884-1984: Finding better ways. 1984. p. 55. LCCN 84-72726. OCLC 12314075.
- Ferromatik Milacron factory walk-through 2013 (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-28, retrieved 2014-11-13
Bibliography
- Cincinnati Milling Machine Company (1916), A treatise on milling and milling machines, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA: Cincinnati Milling Machine Company.