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The Vulcan Company, Inc. was first incorporated as Vulcan
Tool Manufacturing Company in 1908 with Alexander Clark as its first president.
Clark was first trained as a blacksmith in his native Scotland at age
14. He came to the United States at age 25 and opened a small blacksmith
shop in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1890, which supplied tools used in local
granite quarries. Quickly developing a reputation throughout the Boston
area for his high quality products, Clark started Vulcan Tool Manufacturing
Company; the company name being fashioned after Vulcan, the Greek patron
god of workmen who used fire to forge weapons.
Alexander Clark's son, A. Wendell Clark, entered the
business in 1910. With the transition from stone to concrete being used
in construction and the paralleled evolution of pneumatic hammers and
rock drills, the company began to gain an outstanding reputation for the
design and manufacture of pneumatic hammer tool accessories.
A. Wendell guided the company's growth from 1942 to
1966, when his son, W. Gordon Clark became president. Under his direction,
the company moved in 1978 from Quincy to a new, modern manufacturing plant
in South Hingham, Massachusetts, where it is located today. The move also
brought a name change. The corporate name was shortened to The Vulcan
Company, Inc.
W. Gordon Clark's son, Alexander G. , became president
of the company in 1985, and is still leading the business today. His son,
Alex Jr., represents the fifth generation of the family to work for the
company.
Vulcan is a fifth-generation, family-owned and managed
company. Since 1890, we've built a reputation based on quality products,
total dedication to customer service and innovative involvement in the
needs of our customers. The Vulcan Company sells directly to construction
equipment distributors through its sales force of factory and manufacturing
representatives located throughout the country. These distributors then
re-sell to construction contractors and other end users.
State-of-the-art technology and materials, superior
workmanship, and the strictest quality control standards in the industry
create Vulcan's superior line of hard working tools.
Our national sales force is always ready to personally
assist you in the selection and maintenance of all of our tools. And because
we fully stock a coast-to-coast network of conveniently located warehouses,
you're assured of constant availability and fast delivery.
For pavement breaking, concrete demolition, clay digging,
rock drilling or rivet busting, we offer the very best of what you need.
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