McGill Manufacturing Co Inc history

Along the way, McGill acquired a nonferrous foundry which in 1910 was housed in a separate building on north Lafayette Street to produce permanent mold, sand, and hydra ulic pressure castings of aluminum bronze.

The father, Charles began his career as a tool and die maker for the McGill Manufacturing company here, in 1919, accruing 27 years service at the local bearing and electrical firm.

In the early 1920's the McGill Metal Company was formed and made cast bronze precision ball, retainers for the old Super Strom ball bearings which were used extenisitvely in machine tools and in early custom-built automobiles.

In 1924 Strom sold the bearings business, and a group of ex-Strom employees moved to Valparaiso.

1925 - Formed Bearing business unit

The initial production of bearings bore the Shubert name, but in late 1926 all bearings produced were marketed under the McGill Manufacturing Company name.

In 1931 the M ulTIROL bearing, the firs t self-contained f ull two needle coller bearings was introduced and patented.

The first roller bearing cam follower was invented in 1935, and the design's now well known trademark became associated with the company's CAMROL® bearings offering.

The art of tool and die making was not new to the Thorgrens when they opened their first shop in a double garage behind the home of Robert, at 900 Oak street, in 1945.

First, let me explain that my first Maxinkuckee experiences began in about 1950.

Tagged: 1951, Porter County Schools, Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce, St Paul's Catholic School, Immanuel Lutheran School, Continental-Diamond Fibre Company, McGill Manufacturing, Indiana Steel Products, Urschel, J. Lowenstine and Sons, Vidette-Messenger, Indiana Associated Telephone Corporation

THIS MODERN, 110x40 foot cement block building was built by the Thorgren Tool and Molding company in 1952 moving from a double garage structure located in the rear of Robert Thorgren’s home at 900 Oak street.

In 1953, Thorgren and his sons built the modern 110 by 40 foot building they now occupy on Evans avenue, west of Roosevelt road, containing 4,400 square feet of space.

Tagged: 1955, McGill Manufacturing, Thorgren Tool and Molding, Valparaiso, Center Township

1956 - Invented GUIDEROL Needle Bearings

Franz purschased the farm of 187 acres in 1957 when he moved to Culver from Crown Point.

T h e r e are many reasons to believe that growth to date is justa beginning - -THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1965

1967 - Invented SPHERE-ROL Spherical Bearings

1984 - Metric Cam Followers

The plant will close no later than July 31. - 5 June 1985 Culver Citizen.

Emerson bought McGill in 1990, and McGill/EPT in Valparaiso is the headquarters of Emerson Power Transmission Division.