Lectrolite Corp Chrome Vanadium Wrench 1/2 x 9/16

According to Alloy Artifacts, the Lectrolite Corporation was founded early in the 1930's in Defiance, Ohio out of a merger than included the Milwaukee Tool and Forge Company. That company used "True-Fit" as a brand, which morphed into "Tru-Fit" under Lectrolite. In the late 1940's/early 1950's, Lectrolite entered into some kind of agreement with S-K Tools. In 1962, the two firms were purchased by the Syminton-Wayne Corporation, and were marked "S-K Wayne." Then the parent company got gobbled up by Dresser Industries, then S-K was sold to the French FACOM in 1985 before being subject to a management buy-out in 2005. That didn't go well because in 2010 SK declared bankruptcy. Four Asian bidders planned to shift production offshore. Fortunately, a fifth, family-owned American company, Ideal Industries, was the successful bidder. Today, all of their nearly 3000 products are made in the U.S. at Colorado Springs and Sycamore, Illinois. More info at http://progress-is-fine.blogspot.com/2015/12/vanished-tool-makers-lectrolite.html http://alloy-artifacts.org/lectrolite-corp.html