Rockwell Manufacturing Company
Beautifully engraved Stock certificate from the (Powerful) North American Rockwell Corporation Stock dated in 1968, which makes it 53 years old. The certificate has an ornate olive band boarder with a nicely engraved vignette of an allegorical woman with a globe in the background.
Boston-born Willard Rockwell (1888-1978) made his fortune with the invention and successful launch of a new bearing system for truck axles in 1919. He merged his Oshkosh, Wisconsin-based operation with the Timken-Detroit Axle Company (current Meritor Inc. in 1928, rising to become chairman of its board in 1940.
In 1945, Rockwell Manufacturing Company acquired Delta Machinery and renamed it the Delta Power Tool Division of Rockwell Manufacturing Company and continued to manufacture in Milwaukee. In 1966, Rockwell invented the world's first power miter saw. In 1981, Rockwell's power tool group was acquired by Pentair and re-branded Delta Machinery. Pentair's Tools group was acquired by Black & Decker in 2005. Since 1994, Rockwell power tools are now manufactured by Positec Tool Corporation
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