June 2015 - Milestone Marketing

MILESTONE MAG
Est. 2002
JUNE 2 01 5
Made in America with good old American know-how!
As we quickly approach the
July 4th holiday, it is the perfect time to feature our “Made
in America” manufacturers.
The U.S. auto and racing industries are rooted in rich history
and a spirit of ingenuity and
determination.
From Detroit’s auto boom to
Pittsburgh’s steel mills, manufacturing changed the fabric of
American life in the 20th century. Industrialization allowed
workers with limited skills to
climb up the economic ladder
and the middle class was born.
Detroit’s eventual dominance
in the auto industry historians
First Ford automated assembly line
World Castings are made in the USA
from high strength iron alloy from
Indiana. High performance cast iron
engine blocks and cylinder heads are
produced in its ISO 9000 facility creating the highest quality products for
street, drag racing, oval track or any
professional venue.
speculate
had to do
with first
innovators like
Henry
Ford and
Ransom
Olds who
happened
to live in
Michigan.
Access to
raw materials like steel and wood added
viability.
The people who built the car’s
parts eventually learned so much
about automotive manufacturing
they went on to launch their
own brands. Olds’ subcontractors included the Briscoe brothers who helped build Buick, and
machinist Henry Leland who
created Cadillac and Lincoln.
The Dodge brothers got their
their start making parts for both Olds
and Henry Ford. William Durant, the
man behind General Motors, was
forced out of the company, forming
Chevrolet while he was away.
These American auto icons along with
companies like our manufacturers
continue to fuel the racing industry.
Milestones in “Made in America”
• Power assisted brakes were first
employed in 1903 when air brakes were
fitted to a car called the Tincher that was
developed by Thomas L Tincher.
• Charles Kettering
invented the
electrical starter
motor ignition
system, testing the
first system in a
Cadillac car in
February 1911.
• Mary Anderson
devised a spring
loaded “swinging arm” windscreen wiper
and patented her invention in 1905.
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Going?
Iowa
Callies Performance Products began manufacturing crankshafts in 1989. They have grown to be
the industry leader for innovative product design.
Callies is able to offer the best designed, highest
quality crankshafts, connecting rods and camshaft
cores on the market today.
Kansas
Missouri
Jiffy-Tite has been the preferred
manufacturer of fluid connectors
for the industrial and original equipment manufacturer sector of the
automotive industry since 1963.
Their state of the art technology
provides far better seal integrity
than any other product.
Over 50 years of research and
design has made Howards Cams a
trusted name in performance. The
company’s legendary Americanmade
camshafts are
just the
beginning of
the performance product line that
serves everything from
daily drivers
to dragsters.
Two
American
Classics
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Diamond has been producing the highest quality of
racing parts since 1968. Today it is solely dedicated to
manufacturing forged and billet pistons. Diamond has
recently updated all if its machinery so they can offer
their customers state of the industry in machining.
Today Trend is the largest manufacturer and supplier of pushrods and wrist pins in the racing and performance after market. It is a great American entrepreneurial story about Founder Bob Fox. While
working as phone tech rep at Diamond in the mid
‘80s, Bob realized the quality of competition pushrods was little more than adequate. He found a void,
filled it and the rest is American history.
Champion Brands, originally Lowe Oil Co. founded
by Ralph Lowe in 1956, is a globally recognized industry leader in specialty lubricants. They produce more
than 300 products including oil and engine additives
and lubricants for the automotive, heavy truck, agricultural and specialty markets in their 450,000 square
foot Missouri plant.
In 1964, armed with a wealth of knowledge and a single
cam-grinding machine, Sig Erson started Erson Cams.
They quickly became popular in racing and hot rodding.
The company has developed over 100 new cam lobe
profiles to satisfy the needs of the modern market and
are setting NHRA records.
Fluidampr, the best dampers on the market, are manufactured in the U.S.A. by Horschel Motorsports, an ISO
9001:2008 certified facility. Horschel Motorsports is
continuing the tradition that started in 1946, when the
first viscous damper was invented. They serve the auto,
agricultural and industrial industries.
Lighter Side of America
Only in America...do we leave cars worth thousands in the driveway and put our
useless junk in the garage.
- do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight.
- do banks leave vault doors open and chain the pens to the counters.
-do drive-up ATM’s feature Braille
lettering.
It is said that Mohatma Gandi was
asked, "What is your opinion of
American civilization?"
His reply: "I think it would be an
excellent idea."
Don’t mess with this American Icon