Vlchek Tool Company

Vlchek Tool Company
Industry	Manufacturing
Founded	1894
Defunct	1958
Fate	purchased
Successor	Cleveland, Ohio
Key people	Frank J. Vlchek
Products	Hand tools

Vlchek Tool Company was a hand tool manufacturer. Vlchek originally made and sharpened tools for stonecutters and masons, and later made tools for automobiles and for agriculture machinery.

Vlchek Tool Company was founded as a

Cleveland, Ohio by Frank J. Vlchek.^[1] It was incorporated in 1909.^[1]

In 1958

Ingersoll-Rand

. In 1969 Ingersoll closed Vlchek's plant on East 87th Street in Cleveland.

References

^ ^a ^b Avery, Elroy McKendree (1918). A History of Cleveland and its Environs, The Heart of New Connecticut, Volume III. Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing. p. 210.
^ "Ersatz Vlchek". alloy-artifacts.org. Retrieved 22 September 2022.

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