verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message this article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral . please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources . june 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message tacony corporation type private founded 1946 founder nick tacony headquarters st. louis missouri usa products home appliances and commercial floor care revenue 200m 2007 number of employees 650 2007 website tacony.com tacony corporation is a manufacturer and wholesale distributor of vacuum cleaners sewing machines ceiling fans and commercial floor care equipment based in st. louis missouri . the family owned and operated business whose products are sold through a vast network of independent dealers 1 employs over 650 people in twelve offices worldwide . contents 1 history 2 divisions and brands 3 awards 4 references 5 external links history edit in 1946 mechanic nick tacony began selling and servicing sewing machines from the basement of his home . in the 1950s he expanded his business by wholesaling sewing parts accessories and other merchandise to retailers in the midwest . over the next two decades the business grew with the acquisition of two important competitors on the east coast . each added to the tacony network of distribution centers and increased the organization s customer base . 2 after completing his college degree in business administration and four years in the united states air force ken tacony joined his father s business in 1970 . he became ceo in 1984 and has overseen the company s growth into one of the largest american distributors of sewing machines ceiling fans vacuum cleaners and commercial floor care products . in 1997 tacony corporation transferred vacuum cleaner production from taiwan to st. james missouri . over one million upright vacuums for home and commercial use have been produced at the tacony manufacturing factory in st. james . in 2003 tacony corporation acquired nancy s notions a sewing accessories company founded by tv host nancy zieman . divisions and brands edit tacony corporation s brands are divided into 4 strategic business units sewing home floor care commercial floor care and ceiling fans & lighting . sewing amazing designs baby lock designer s gallery nancy s notions riccar tacony sewing central tacony industrial sewing home floor care riccar simplicity tacony vac pros fuller brush company commercial floor care cfr powr flite truvox tornado ceiling fans & lighting regency awards edit st. louis entrepreneur of the year ken tacony 1997 3 missouri governor s small business of the year 1999 missouri impact award 2002 missouri industry of the year 2003 4 references edit tacony corporation . vdta.com . retrieved 2016 06 02 . tacony corporation . tradition trust teamwork . tacony.com . retrieved 2016 06 02 . tacony corporation . tradition trust teamwork . tacony.com . retrieved 2016 06 02 . 1 dead link external links edit kmov news story vacuums made in the usa march 30 2009 tacony.com riccar.com simplicityvac.com babylock.com nancysnotions.com fullerbrush.com powr flite.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tacony corporation & oldid 743638468 categories companies based in st. louisconglomerate companies of the united statesvacuum cleaner manufacturershome appliance manufacturers of the united statescompanies established in 1946american brandssewing machine brands1946 establishments in missourihidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from june 2016articles needing additional references from june 2016all articles needing additional referencesarticles lacking reliable references from june 2016all articles lacking reliable referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 10 october 2016 at 14 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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