Vaco Tools - Company History & Lore
In this video we go over the history of the Vaco Products Company.
An underdog tool company that went head-to-head with Xcelite, making products for the early electronics repair industry.
Vaco was brought out by Klein in 1986, and slowly killed off, only to be revived in 2023.
Old Vaco Catalogs:
https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Vaco+Products+Co.%22
Vaco Patents:
https://patents.google.com/?assignee=Vaco+Products+Co
Trademarks:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Official_Gazette_of_the_United_States_Pa/8Y-dAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=vaco+tools&pg=PA215-IA1&printsec=frontcover
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Index_of_Trademarks_Issued_from_the_Unit/V1Jp_WcjhdUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=vaco+tools&pg=PA577&printsec=frontcover
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Official_Gazette_of_the_United_States_Pa/U_rQAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Tool+Revolution%22
Jonesville Michigan Plant History
https://books.google.com/books?id=zIbhAAAAMAAJ&q=vaco+products
Silverstein Becomes President 1953:
https://books.google.com/books?id=LCR_bBxBMm0C&q=Vaco+pettingell&dq=Vaco+pettingell
1957 Bolt cutter ad:
https://books.google.com/books?id=Ci0DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA232
Amp vs Vaco court case:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/AMP_Incorporated_V_VACO_Products_Co/AU7Uly6aFEYC
https://www.google.com/books/edition/AMP_Incorporated_V_VACO_Products_Co/Iagdwj9_WqoC
Moar Amp vs Vaco - History of Lynn Merger
https://www.google.com/books/edition/AMP_Incorporated_V_VACO_Products_Co/QVz8_c6yXroC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Vaco+Silverstein&pg=RA1-PA43&printsec=frontcover
AMP Industries Bolt Cutter Patent 1948:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US2560318A
Vaco Bolt Cutter Patent 1960:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US3089241A
1970 S.D. Pollack Pres, Raymond Silverstein VP, Harry COB.
https://books.google.com/books?id=GFWyo6wGVXIC&q=Vaco+Silverstein&dq=Vaco+Silverstein
Raymond Silverstien President 1983
https://www.google.com/books/edition/USITC_Publication/brAwAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Vaco+Silverstein&pg=RA12-PP8&printsec=frontcover
Klein claims no changes after buyout 1986:
https://books.google.com/books?id=4rcSAQAAMAAJ&q=Vaco+Silverstein&dq=Vaco+Silverstein
Union Issues 1988:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Labor_Arbitration_Awards/tA1aAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=vaco+tools&dq=vaco+tools&printsec=frontcover
Jonesville plant strike 2006?
https://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=202805&hilit=Xcelite+Vaco&sid=a1c18fb05c41754588ba393a00946a0f
Jonesville plant closed 2008:
https://www.fox47news.com/neighborhoods/jackson-hillsdale/jonesville-officials-want-to-redevelop-the-former-klein-tool-manufacturing-plant
Klein moves to Texas 2012:
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/klein-tools-inc-closing-2-locations/1917093/
Chapters:
00:00 Parody Intro
00:28 The Beginnings
01:25 Vaco Trademarks & Innovations
03:04 AMP v Vaco Lawsuit
04:00 The "Tool Revolution"
04:53 Klein Buyout & Union Issues
05:37 Resurrection?
06:53 Outro
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