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Chuck Fuller, Purchasing Department employee at Rockford Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue).

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Karen Moore works in the quality control department using IBM computer at Rockford Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue).

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Race Street industrial buildings.

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Ray Ollman employee, Rockford Screw Products

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Rockford Products President Ray Wood poses with Helen Ware who worked in the front office.

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Front office reception rotunda at Plant #3 of Rockford Products at 707 Harrison Avenue.

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Rockford International Group division of Rockford Products at 2501 9th street. This was Rockford Products' Plant #1.

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Rockford International reception area at Rockford Products Plant #1 (2501 9th Street) with a wall of featured product samples.

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Rockford Products manufactured parts with asymmetric shapes. The head is off set from the shank.

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Rockford Products manufactured components. From left to rights are an Amerock Window Crank components, a Ford fuel nozzle part a Ford transmission pin and part of a gear shift.

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Rockford Products manufactured automotive parts and chuck keys.

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Rockford Products manufactured automotive parts.

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An ABS brake part made for Bendix by Rockford Products.

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Automobile front end suspension parts manufactured by Rockford Products.

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Rockford Products manufacturing process showing from left to right the steps that from a blank piece of metal to a finished ball stud.

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Beechcraft Super King Air F90 in the air. The airplane was used by Rockford Products Corporation.

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Rockford Products bolts manufactured in a variety of sizes and with different style heads.

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Rockford Products at 707 Harrison Avenue, changing the sign from Rexnord to Rockford Products after buying the company back from their parent company, Rexnord.

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Rockford Products President Jack Rauh shakes hands with the employee that won the contest for naming the new header department. His winning entry was the name "TANSON" which stands for "There Ain't No Stopping Us Now."

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Plant #3 Rockford Products Engineering Office. The man in the checkered pants is Ken Rader.

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Plant #3 Rockford Products engineers and designers work at drafting tables.

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Jerry Broski, President, talks with Ed Klectka, the Plant Manager for Rockford Products, by a heat treat control panel.

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Open office concept. Ward Lidbetter, President on the left, and Ed Stonefield, Executive Vice President on the right meet in the Rockford Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue) Open Office concept.

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The main entrance of Rockford Products at 707 Harrison Avenue.

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Rockford Products long stroke parts made with an open die.

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Rockford Products manufactured Black and Decker chuck key.

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Rockford Products manufactured Stihl chain saw crank shaft that was cold headed and has two valve spring retainers.

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Photo Proof of three pilots for Rockford Screw Products. Gary Bender is on the right.

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Rockford Products Plant #3 Metallurgical Laboratory microscope.

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Rockford Products Plant #3. A Spectrometer in the Metallurgical Laboratory.

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Rockford Products sample part. This was part of an automobile brake system.

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Rockford Products sample parts. Most were used in automotive assembly.

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Rockford Products manufactured parts. The large part in the back is a Delco Shock absorber ring made on a 1500 header. The Outside Diameter is approximately 2.375". On the back right is valve spring retainer for Caterpillar diesel engines that was…

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Rockford Products parts from left to right: A part for Irvin Industries, a typical ball stud, and a small diameter part with an unusual head.

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Rockford Products parts. The two parts in the foreground and the two in the center are caster stems. The second part from the right in the back row is a part for a speedometer.

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Samples of Rockford Products parts. In the foreground is a turbo charger shaft. Back second from the right is a Ford fuel nozzle which is both cross drilled and end drilled. All the other parts are component parts rather than fasteners.

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Rockford Products manufactured pins and clips. Some are for cabinet locking mechanisms. The smaller pins in front are for holding down the tops for convertibles.

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Rockford Products manufactured fasteners with special shaped heads.

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Rockford Products sample parts with a variety of shank and head diameters.

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Rockford Products sample parts that demonstrate different types of knurling. Knurling provides a rough gripping surface by creating a pattern of straight, angled or crossed lines that are rolled into the material using a lathe.

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Rockford Products manufactured screws.

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Different types of SEMs parts manufactured by Rockford Products. SEM fasteners have a washer pre assembled with them to save assembly time..

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Rockford Products sample products. The company was able to manufacture special order parts such as square bolts, flattened parts, ball studs on square shanks, and a variety of patterns of drilled holes.

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Rockford Products parts manufactured with a variety of shaped holes and different diameter holes.

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Rockford Products manufactured studs in a variety of shapes and sizes.

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Al Higgans holds a recognition plaque from United Way at Rockford Products Plant #3 (707 Harrison Avenue).

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Rockford Products' Plant #3 Tool Room and High speed insert department.

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Rockford Screw Products corporate airplane, the "Screw Bird" sits on the tarmac with two men shaking hands in front of it. Company President Swan Hillman sits in a Ford Thunder Bird in front of the plane.

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Rockford Screw Products plastic box of cap screws.

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Five men in front of the Screw Bird Airplane of Rockford Screw Products.
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