McKaig-Hatch
McKaig-Hatch was a tool manufacturer for the automotive industry. The company, based out of Buffalo, New York made economy tools, and produced and supplied the screwdriver, pliers, and open-end wrenches in the pouch tool kits supplied with new Ford and GM cars from the 1930s through the 1950s.
| Industry | Manufacturing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1913[1] |
| Headquarters | 1584-1590 Niagara Street, Buffalo, New York[1] |
Key people | Archibald McKaig, President; Harry C. Young, Vice-President, and Chauncey R. Hatch Secretary and Treasurer[1][2] |
| Products | Hand tools |
McKaig-Hatch was founded in Buffalo, New York in 1913 by Archibald McKaig, Harry C. Young, and Chauncey R. Hatch.[1] McKaig-Hatch became a division of Tasa Coal Company, which later became Tasa Corporation.
Advertisement for McKaig-Hatch tools published in the April 1921 issue of Forging and Heat Treating
See also
References
- Motor World Wholesale, Volume 37, No. 2, New York, NY: Chilton Company, October 2, 1913, p. 34
- Iron Age, Volume 92, New York, NY: David Williams Company, October 2, 1913, p. 754
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