Vaughn Machine Co

Vaughn Machine Co of Peabody, Massachusetts.

1883 The company was established to serve the needs of local industry as the Vaughn Morocco Machine Co, by Mr Joseph Warren Vaughn, a millwright, after he had obtained a patent for a vertical single-table putting-out machine which successfully displaced the laborious work of setting-out by hand slickers.

Mr Joseph Warren Vaughn and his three sons, George, Ira and Charles, formed the management of the firm.

1892 The business name was changed to the Vaughn Machine Co. after the company had expanded its sales more generally into leather manufacture.

New machinery developments and continuous improvement of the Vaughn product range followed, which would eventually instigate major changes in leather manufacture worldwide.

European demand for the company's equipment justified a sales and service depot being established in Germany with satellite marketing and repair branches in France and Britain. The European headquarters were in Germany (Frankfurt-am-Main) with branches in France (Paris) and England (Leicester).

Produced a Serial Table Machine to compete with Turner Tanning Machinery Co, but this led to litigation between the two firms. The decision went against the Vaughn Machine Co and they were eventually forced into liquidation and their assets taken over by Turner Tanning Machinery Co c1904.

1903 An engineering rival, with a different approach to management, was formed as the Vaughn-Rood Machine Co.

Frankfurt-am-Main, previously European headquarters of Vaughn Machine Co became the European headquarters of Turners; on 1st August 1905 the name was changed to The Turner Co GMbH.

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Sources of Information

• [1] History of Vaughn Machine Co.