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[[John Bean Manufacturing Company]], [[Anderson Barngrover | Anderson-  
 
[[John Bean Manufacturing Company]], [[Anderson Barngrover | Anderson-  
 
Barngrover]] Manufacturing Company, and the  
 
Barngrover]] Manufacturing Company, and the  
[[Sprague-Sells]] Corporation<ref>Vincent Moses, "Machines in the Garden: A Citrus Monopoly in Riverside, 1900-1936".  <a href="http://archive.org/stream/californiahistor61cali/californiahistor61cali_djvu.txt">California History</a>, Volume 61, 1982-1983, California Historical Society.</ref>.
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[[Sprague-Sells]] Corporation<ref>Vincent Moses, [http://archive.org/stream/californiahistor61cali/californiahistor61cali_djvu.txt "Machines in the Garden: A Citrus Monopoly in Riverside, 1900-1936"]California History, Volume 61, 1982-1983, California Historical Society.</ref>.
 
[[Stebler-Parker]] had primarily handled citrus processing equipment.  [[John Bean Manufacturing Company | John Bean]], started in Los Gatos and had gotten its start making sprayers and graders.  [[Anderson-Barngrover]], based in San Jose, made canning equipment. [[Sprague-Sells]] was a Chicago-based canning equipment manufacturer.
 
[[Stebler-Parker]] had primarily handled citrus processing equipment.  [[John Bean Manufacturing Company | John Bean]], started in Los Gatos and had gotten its start making sprayers and graders.  [[Anderson-Barngrover]], based in San Jose, made canning equipment. [[Sprague-Sells]] was a Chicago-based canning equipment manufacturer.
  

Latest revision as of 15:40, 13 March 2014

Summary
Business

Manufacturer
Main Location

San Jose
Active

1929-
Predecessors

John Bean Manufacturing Company, Anderson-Barngrover, Sprague-Sells, Stebler-Parker.

Food Machinery Corporation was a San Jose-based company that manufactured multiple kinds of machinery for food processing and canning. The company was formed in spring of 1929 by the merger of the Stebler-Parker Company with John Bean Manufacturing Company, Anderson- Barngrover Manufacturing Company, and the Sprague-Sells Corporation[1]. Stebler-Parker had primarily handled citrus processing equipment. John Bean, started in Los Gatos and had gotten its start making sprayers and graders. Anderson-Barngrover, based in San Jose, made canning equipment. Sprague-Sells was a Chicago-based canning equipment manufacturer.

The company still exists.

References

  1. Vincent Moses, "Machines in the Garden: A Citrus Monopoly in Riverside, 1900-1936"California History, Volume 61, 1982-1983, California Historical Society.