no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . june 2012 winco incorporated type private industry manufacturing founded 1927 founder john and gerhard albers 1 headquarters le center minnesota 2 key people ralph call 3 ceo products generators parent dyna technology incorporated website www.wincogen.com facebook winco incorporated is a power generator manufacturing company based in le center minnesota with its sister company winpower . history edit in 1927 john and gerhard albers invented wincharger to provide power to their rural farm . 4 in 1935 wincharger was incorporated and manufacturing was moved to sioux city iowa . wincharger incorporated became a wholly owned subsidiary of zenith radio corporation and soon had generators all over the world . in 1968 amicor acquired wincharger company and changed the name to winco . manufacturing was moved to le center minnesota in 1977 . in 1985 control data purchased winco and joined a group of companies under the name earth energy systems . the winco division of earth energy systems was sold to zaidan holdings of montreal canada . after working there for about six years as president ralph call purchased winco and became chairman and ceo . 5 references edit leslie c. mcmanus june 2004 2004 06 01 . charged by the wind . farmcollector.com . retrieved 2012 07 03 . winco inc le center mn 56057 yp.com . yellowpages.com . retrieved 2012 07 03 . industry news provided by newsedge . dialog.newsedge.com . retrieved 2012 07 03 . the wincharger corporation . windcharger.org . retrieved 2012 07 03 . connect business magazine feature story winco . connectbiz.com . 2001 01 01 . retrieved 2012 07 03 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title winco inc. & oldid 601858218 categories manufacturing companies based in minnesotacompanies established in 1927hidden categories orphaned articles from june 2012all orphaned articles 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 29 march 2014 at 19 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view