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SUPERIOR ABRASIVES company history timeline

1962

On July 31, 1962, Herbert E. Cook obtained Patent No.

1964

In 1964 McKay and McKellar obtained two patents on quick-change discs, the first known as CQR discs and the second is known as SocAtt discs, the latter replacing the CQR type.

1966

And on September 6, 1966, Aleck Block and Joseph Purcell, Jr., of El Monte, California, obtained Patent No.

1973

In the early 70s Standard Abrasives licensed the Norton Company to private label the SocAtt discs under the name of “Speedlock”, and in 1973 the Carborundum Company also became a licensee for them.

1975

Since 1975 this firm has been owned and operated by William “Bill” Mitchell, who has had an extensive experience in the abrasive manufacturing business.

1979

He retired from that company in January, 1979, to relinquish the presidency to his son, Paul C. Cook, and his wife, Jean, who served as vise-president and secretary-treasurer, and later became a partner in the business.

1981

Also, in 1981 Merit Abrasives, Inc., headed up by Aleck Block, also became a licensee wherein they were allowed limited use of the Standard patent.

1983

In 1983 Standard Abrasives, Inc. acquired Abrasive Fabricators as a move to expand their line of specialty products and at the same time they retained its president, John McAdams, as president of its Brookville division.

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