founded 1876 1 as bonney vise & tool works ; name changed to bonney forge & tool works in 1921 . headquarters philadelphia pennsylvania ; 1 and allentown pennsylvania former ; mount union pennsylvania current key people charles s. bonney founder ; john leone current ceo products hand tools formerly ; fittings and valve markets currently website www.bonneyforge.com bonney forge was founded in philadelphia pennsylvania in 1876 1 by charles s. bonney . originally bonney forge crafted forged and finished hardware for horse drawn wagons later it became a manufacturer of automotive hand tools and now it is a manufacturer of fittings and unions branch connections steel valves and specialty products . 2 in 1953 bonney forge was taken over by the miller manufacturing company of detroit michigan . 3 in 1964 the firm was sold to kelsey hayes corp. of romulus michigan . 4 the company was for many years based in allentown pennsylvania 1 where it had some of its manufacturing operations . 1 bonney forge also had manufacturing operations in alliance ohio 4 orangeburg south carolina 4 5 and near milan italy . 1 6 contents 1 plant closures 2 distribution 3 see also 4 references 5 external links plant closures edit in march 1964 bonney forge 4 closed its manufacturing plant in alliance after if moved manufacturing operations from there to the kelsey hayes corp. plant in orangeburg south carolina . 4 in august 2001 bonney forge closed its manufacturing plant in allentown because the plant building could not be modernized to handle a new press . 1 distribution edit bonney forge valves are broadly distributed internationially prominently through aiv europe in the uk the alloy valve stockist in spain and aiv in the us . see also edit list of defunct consumer brands references edit a b c d e f g shope dan aug 30 2001 bonney forge closes plant ; allentown building can t handle a new press ; 20 jobs are lost . allentown pennsylvania allentown morning call p. a. 18 http www.bonneyforge.com bonney deal arranged ; negotiations for stock transfer to miller co. completed . new york new york new york times mar 24 1953 a b c d e 200 jobs lost at alliance youngstown ohio youngstown vindicator mar 24 1964 bonney s 1967 tool catalog on the internet archive in the region allentown pennsylvania allentown morning call may 3 1985 p. b. 10 external links edit official website bonney s 1967 tool catalog on the internet archive v t e hand tool manufacturers current dasco pro inc. apex tool group allen armstrong tools crescent diamond gearwrench k d tools lufkin nicholson plumb sata tools wiss xcelite bondhus buck bros. channellock cornwell tools digitool solutions disston saw works ega master eklind emerson ridgid empire level estwing felo few fiskars gerber gardner bender gedore gray tools dynamic tools hazet hans tools heyco ideal industries pratt read sk hand tools western forge klein tools knipex kukko leatherman lie nielsen toolworks lisle corporation lowell corporation matco tools martin tool & forge newell brands irwin lenox otc park tool pb swiss saltus sandvik senco snap on bahco cdi torque products williams stahlwille stanley black & decker blackhawk bostitch dewalt facom mac tools proto sidchrome stanley hand tools textron greenlee klauke paladin tools techtronic industries milwaukee thorsen manufacturing tom f teira toptul vaughan victorinox wenger wera tools wescott westward tools wiha tools witte tools wright tool historic coes wrench company easco hand tools forest city screwdriver and drill company goodell pratt hinsdale holtzapffel indestro mathieson mckaig hatch new britain machine company norris north brothers manufacturing company h. d. smith & co. utica tools bonney forge herbrand vlchek house brands ace hardware ace tools autozone duralast blain s farm and fleet duracraft canadian tire mastercraft the home depot husky lee valley veritas lowe s kobalt menards masterforce montgomery ward powrkraft sears craftsman retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bonney forge corporation & oldid 743918083 categories defunct consumer brandstool manufacturing companies of the united statesautomotive tool manufacturersmanufacturing companies based in pennsylvaniamanufacturing companies established in 18761876 establishments in pennsylvania navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 october 2016 at 01 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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