Kearney and Trecker

The company was founded in 1898 and their first location was above a small shop.^[1] They soon became known for created milling machines and precision machine tools.^[2][3][4] By 1943 they were one of the three largest milling machine manufacturers in the United States.^[5]

By 1955 the company had grown to become one of the largest machine tool suppliers in the world. The factories of Kearney & Trecker covered a 95-acre compound. In 1955 they had 2,250 employees.^[1]

In 1965 the company was a leading automated tool maker, and had annual sales of more than 47 million dollars. They manufactured more than 100 different boring and milling machines. They proposed a merger with the Rockwell-Standard corporation in 1965 to be voted on by share holders.^[6] In May of 1966 the merger was canceled.

In 1979 Kearney & Trecker merged with the Cross Company, forming Cross & Trecker, which was purchased 12 years later by Giddings & Lewis, Inc.^[1]