Company: Allied-Locke Industries
City: Dixon
Country: USA
url: http://www.alliedlocke.com
Allied Locke Industries was founded in 1965 as Allied Chains Inc by Robert L. Crowson. The initial manufactured product was steel detachable chain for the agricultural market. In 1978 Allied Chains purchased Locke Steel Chain Co of Huntington, Indiana and we became Allied Locke Industries. Locke Steel Chain Co had been a manufacturer of agricultural chains since 1897. With the Locke acquisition, Allied broadened its agricultural chain capabilities and became one of the major producers of agricultural chains in the United States.
In 1985 a sprocket manufacturer, Cullman Ind., Wheeling, Illinois discontinued operations. Allied Locke purchased some of the equipment and hired some of the employees from the defunct company. From this beginning, the sprocket division of Allied Locke has grown to compliment all of the chain sizes now offered by the company.
In 1988 Allied Locke purchased Chain Engineering Co., Canton, Connecticut, for 28 years an importer and marketer of precision roller chains. With the CEC acquisition, Allied Locke positioned itself as one of the major marketers in the United States of imported precision roller chain.
