Red Devil, Inc.

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Red Devil, Inc.
Founder Landon P. Smith
John Francis Hemenway
Defunct1897

Red Devil is a manufacturer of caulking, glazing, sealants and related surface preparation tools for glaziers, painters and masons. They are a privately owned family business with manufacturing facilities in Pryor, Oklahoma. [1] The company is currently headquartered in Pryor, Oklahoma. [2]

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History

The company was founded as Smith & Hemenway Company, in 1872 by Landon P. Smith and John Francis Hemenway in Hill, New Hampshire. [1] [3] The company manufactured the "Woodward Wizard", patented by Frank R. Woodward in 1875, for cutting glass. [3] [4] During a trip to Sweden, Smith heard a blacksmith call sparks "those little red devils" and he named the tool after that phrase. [1]

In 1926 Landon P. Smith bought John Francis Hemenway's shares in the company and Hemenway retired. [5] In 1932, general manager George Ludlow Lee, Sr. acquired Vesco Tools Company's line of wood scrapers. [1] In the 1950s George Ludlow Lee, Sr. became chairman of the board. [2] In 1963 George Ludlow Lee, Jr. acquired Schalk Chemical Company adding adhesives and cleaners to the companies product line. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "About Red Devil". Red Devil, Inc. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
  2. 1 2 "George Ludlow Lee Dead; Headed Red Devil Company". New York Times . August 10, 1966. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
  3. 1 2 "Red Devil". Bullworks. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
  4. ↑ Janice Hugron Harvey (September 2001). Around Newfound Lake. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN   9780738509600.
  5. ↑ "Change in Smith & Hemenway Co., Manufacturer of "Red Devil" Tools". Engineering world . 1926. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
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