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Winco Inc.

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Winco Incorporated
Company typePrivate
IndustryManufacturing
Founded1927
FounderJohn and Gerhard Albers[1]
HeadquartersLe Center, Minnesota [2]
Key people
Dan Call, CEO

Shane Williams, COO

Darlene Boettcher, CFO
ProductsGenerators
ParentDYNA Technology Incorporated
Websitewww.wincogen.com Facebook

Winco Incorporated is a power generator manufacturing company based in Le Center, Minnesota with its sister company Winpower.

History

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In 1927, John and Gerhard Albers invented Wincharger to provide power to their rural farm in Cherokee, Iowa.[3] In 1935, Wincharger was incorporated and manufacturing was moved to Sioux City, Iowa. Wincharger Incorporated became a wholly owned subsidiary of Zenith Radio Corporation and soon had generators all over the world. In 1968, AMICOR acquired Wincharger Company and changed the name to Winco. Manufacturing was moved to Le Center, Minnesota in 1977. In 1985, Control Data purchased Winco and joined a group of companies under the name Earth Energy Systems. The Winco division of Earth Energy Systems was sold to Zaidan Holdings of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. After working there for about six years as president, Ralph Call purchased Winco and became chairman and CEO.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Leslie C. McManus June 2004 (2004-06-01). "Charged by the Wind". Farmcollector.com. Retrieved 2012-07-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Winco Inc le Center, MN, 56057 - YP.com". Yellowpages.com. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
  3. ^ "The Wincharger Corporation". Windcharger.org. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
  4. ^ "Connect Business Magazine » Feature Story » Winco". Connectbiz.com. 2001-01-01. Retrieved 2012-07-03.