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Lincoln was able to "sell" the Cooperative ideology to Ohio individual farmers, and viewed co-ops as "an answer to Communism in Europe and Asia, and as a balance wheel against unfettered private enterprise in the U.S." [citation needed] After founding several co-op and non co-op enterprises, Lincoln was able to fund the development of Lincoln ...
In 1998, HWI combined with Our Own Hardware, a Minnesota-based regional co-op. As a result of the merger, HWI changed its name to Do it Best Corp. In 2002, Bob Taylor, a former member-owner with stores in Virginia Beach, Virginia , took over as president and CEO and has led the company into new markets supporting commercial/industrial and web ...
Woodcraft opened a new Boston area corporate location in Walpole, Massachusetts in 2013. That same year, Woodcraft and the Swiss toolmaker Pfeil celebrated 50 years as international business partners. [13] In 2014, Woodcraft implemented new enterprise resource planning software to optimize order processing and business processes. [14]
Garrett Wade is a family-owned business, established in 1975 and based in DUMBO, Brooklyn and Cincinnati, Ohio. [1] It sources and sells a range of high quality hand tools, [2] primarily for woodworking, gardening, and outdoor work, based on traditional designs. [3]
Calgary Co-op (retail co-op) United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) is an agricultural supply cooperative headquartered in Calgary , Alberta , Canada , with over 120,000 members and with 2007 revenues of over $1.8 billion, UFA is ranked as the 37th largest business in Alberta by revenue according to Alberta Venture magazine.
Erie J. Sauder (August 6, 1904 – June 29, 1997) was an American inventor and furniture-maker. He invented a knock-down table in 1951 [2] [3] and founded a company that produced ready-to-assemble furniture—one of the largest in the United States at the time of his death.
Wilco is a farmer-owned farm supply cooperative that began as the Santiam Farmers Co-op in the 1930s [1] based in the Willamette Valley of the U.S. state of Oregon. In 1967, the Santiam Farmers Co-op merged with 4 other co-ops, the Mt. Angel Farmers Union Warehouse, the Donald Farmers Co-op, the Valley Farmers Co-op in Silverton , and the Canby ...
In its first few decades, it focused on consumer cooperation, and published a monthly magazine, "Co-operation". After Warbasse, later presidents included: Murray B. Lincoln, former U.S. Congressman Jerry Voorhis , Stanley Dreyer, Glenn Anderson, Morgan Williams, Bob Scherer, Russell C. Notar, Paul Hazen, and Michael Beall.