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I have a copy of an advertisement for Floco engines printed in 1928; but these engines are called Axelsons in the two 1929 press articles cited in the article. Did Axelson purchase Floco in 1928/29?

Both Axelson Aircraft Engine Company and Axelson Machine Company appear on various scattered references to these engines. Aerofiles names the founder as J C Axelson.

I also note an Axelson Machine Company and Axelson Manufacturing Company also apparently of Los Angeles, manufacturing lathes, milling machines and machinery for oil drilling. This entity was established by brothers Charles and Gus Axelson in Santa Ana as Acme Iron Works in around 1898 and moved to Los Angeles a few years later. At some point, this became a division of United States Industries Inc, which was still operating under this name into the early 1980s.

The question is: was this the same company that bought/acquired Floco?

As a final piece of the puzzle - AFTCO is a company that manufactures equipment for game fishing; their website names their founder as J C Axelson, the owner of Axelson Manufacturing Company in 1957 which "manufactured equipment ranging from machine tools, to tooling for the oil industry and aircraft landing gear" and passed away in 1973. This seems to be the same Axelson company as the one above; but is it the same as the engine manufacturer? --Rlandmann (talk) 19:40, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]