This firm was established by W. H. Roach and Emil Von Wyck as the Roach & Von Wyck Machine Tool Company in 1901; Roach had been a superintendant at R. K. LeBlond Machine Tool Co. Roach left the partnership within a year or so, and in 1903 the name changed to Von Wyck Machine Tool Company. In 1912, Von Wyck committed suicide in his office on his 47th birthday. The company was acquired later that year by C. P. Kern, late of the Kern Machine Tool Company. In 1915 the Van Wyck company's assets were acquired by the Cisco Machine Tool Co. An exception were the lathe patterns themselves, which were acquired by none other than the Kern Machine Tool Co.

Information Sources

• January 1902 issue of Steel and Iron:

  The Roach & Von Wyck Machine Tool Company has been organized by W. H. Roach and E. Von Wyck, of this city. The company has located at 1625 Blue Rock street, Cummitisville, (Cincinnati suburb) and will build an improved 15 inch engine lathe. Mr. Roach recently resigned as Superintendent of the milling machine department of the R. K. Le Blond Machine Too Company, this city.

• 1912-07-18 issue of Iron Age:

  Emil Von Wyck, aged 47 years, president of the Von Wyck Machine Tool Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, during a period of mental aberration committed suicide July 10. He was formerly an expert chemist and entered the machine tool manufacturing business only about 10 years ago. In his new chosen held he made quite a success, but the past year's dull season, together with the extremely hot weather prevailing, is understood to have upset him mentally, culminating in his untimely end. He was treasurer of the Cincinnati branch. National Metal Trades Association, and at a called meeting of that association a committee was appointed, composed of John W. Neal and James C. Hobart, to draft resolutions extending sympathy to the bereaved members of his family, a widow and one son and a daughter. He was a thirty-second degree Mason and a Shriner. and had numbers of friends in the machine tool business all over the country.

• 1912-07-25 issue of American Machinist:

  Emil Von Wyck, head of the Von Wyck Machine Tool Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, and a well known figure in the machine-building circles of that section, died suddenly, on July 11, in the offices of his plant.

  Mr. Von Wyck was a native of Cincinnati. Early in life he studied chemistry and at one time made a business of it. It was not until about 10 years ago that he became interested in the machine tool line. In that comparatively brief period, aside from establishing a sound business, he won considerable recognition and a host of business friends through his genial nature.

  Mr. Von Wyck was for some time treasurer of the Cincinnati branch of the National Metal Trades Association, the officials of which passed resolutions embodying expression of extreme regret on his loss and appreciation of his work.

  Mr. Von Wyck's death was made the more pathetic by the fact that it occurred on his 47th birthday. He is survived by a wife and two children.

• September 1912 edition of Machinery:

  Clifford P. Kern, formerly president of the Kern Machine Tool Co., Hamilton, Ohio, has disposed of his interest In that company and purchased the Von Wyck Machine Tool Co. of Cincinnati, manufacturer of 15-inch engine lathes.

• The 1913-12-04 American Machinist has an illustrated article on the Von Wyck double-back geared lathe.
• August 1915 American Machine and Tool Record:

  The Cisco Machine Tool Co., a new organization, with the following incorporators: H. C. Busch, president; James I. Stephenson, vice president; James A. Sebastian, secretary and treasurer; G. Mil Horton, general manager, Cincinnati. Uhio, has purchased the entire business of The Von Wyck Machine Tool Co.. situated at Elmore Street and C. H. & D. R. R., that city. It is stated that the company contemplate and have under way a number of improvements, both in buildings and increased capacity.

• 1915-08-19 edition of The Iron Age:

  The Kern Machine Tool Company, Hamilton, Ohio has acquired the lathe patterns of the Von Wyck Machine Tool Company, Cincinnati, and is now engaged in the manufacture of lathes. Later on the company expects to put out a new lathe under its own name.

• September 1915 issue of Machinery:

  Cisco Machine Tool Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, has purchased the Von Wyck Machine Tool Co. at Elmore St. and C. H. & D. R. R., Cincinnati, and will make a number of improvements in the building and equipment. The officers are: H. C. Busch, president; James I. Stephenson. vice president; James A. Sebastian, secretary and treasurer; G. Mil. Horton. general manager.

• The 1916 Industrial and Shippers Guide, by the Norfolk and Western Railway Co., lists Von Wyck Machine Tool Co. among Cincinnati-based manufacturers and dealers in machine tools.
• The October 1918 Automobile Trade Directory lists "Von Wyck Machine Tool Co., C. H. & D. R. R., & Elmore St., Cincinnati, O." as a maker of engine lathes.