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Vlchek Tool Company
Industry	Manufacturing
Founded	1894
Defunct	1958
Fate	purchased
Successor	Pendleton Tool Industries Co.
Headquarters	3001 East 87th Street, 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 Vlchek originally made and sharpened tools for stonecutters and masons, and later made tools for automobiles and for agriculture machinery.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 blacksmith shop in 1894 in Cleveland, Ohio by Frank J. Vlchek.^[1] It was incorporated in 1909.^[1]

In 1958 Pendleton Tool Industries Co. bought the Vlchek Tool Company.^[2] In 1964 Pendleton itself merged with Ingersoll-Rand. In 1969 Ingersoll closed Vlchek's plant on East 87th Street in Cleveland.

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^ ^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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VLCHEK, FRANK J. - The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
VLCHEK TOOL CO. - The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History

[ClevanEnvirons-1] Avery, Elroy McKendree (1918). A History of Cleveland and its Environs, The Heart of New Connecticut, Volume III. Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing. p. 210.

[2] "Ersatz Vlchek". alloy-artifacts.org. Retrieved 22 September 2022.

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