Vinco Corporation was a Detroit, Michigan based manufacturer of jig (tool)s, fixtures, gauges, gears, [1] ground tools, index plates, and angle tangents. Before 1940 it was known as the Vinco Tool Company. [2] In 1962 the New York based Recony division [3] of the business produced air conditioners, heating, and ventilating equipment. [4] By 1980 the firm made rocket-engine parts. [5]
Prior to working for the Belock Instrument Corporation in 1957, golfing great Gene Sarazen was in charge of customer relations for the Vinco Corporation. [6]
A company known as Vinco Tool is still operative in Clinton Township, Michigan. [7]