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Manufacturers Index - Brunette Machine Works Ltd.

Brunette Machine Works Ltd.
New Westminster, BC; Vancouver, BC, Canada
Company Website: http://www.vkb.com/
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery

History
Last Modified: Jul 20 2014 2:13PM by Jeff_Joslin
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This company was founded in 1942 to manufacture forestry equipment. They bought out shingle-machine maker Webb & Gifford at some point. Sometime after 1982 they became Valon Kone Brunette Ltd.

Information Sources

  • The VKB website provided the 1942 date. We are guessing that it refers to the founding of Brunette Machine Works.
  • This manufacturer was mentioned in the scholarly journal Material History Bulletin, in an article entitled "The shingle sawing machine in British Columbia, 1901 to 1925", by Robert B. Griffin.
  • Dino Vinti pointed us to the current incarnation, VKB Ltd.