In 1983 the company was purchased by the Newell Companies and manufacturing eventually moved over seas. The sno-coaster was of course made out of aluminum and resembled a flying saucer.īy the 1960’s the Mirro brand had a huge name brand recognition, so the company switched names to the Mirro Aluminum Company. These were used by boys and girls to race down hills after a snow storm. One interesting note, in 1954, the company capitalizing on Americas fascination with UFO’s came out with their a snow toy called the Sno-Coaster. After the war the company retooled again to make products for consumers. Like many companies in the US, once WWII happened, the company was forced to retool and switch production to war time efforts. In 1917, the Aluminum Goods Manufacturing Company aka “The Goods” started their Mirro brand, which eventually was said to be the world’s largest manufacturer of aluminum cooking utensils. Eventually the companies, rather than compete against each other, formed the Aluminum Goods Manufacturing Company. Soon after another entrepenur named Henry Vits, hired on some of Joseph Koenigs employees and formed the Manitowoc Aluminum Novelty Company. This company was founded by Joseph Koenig. The Mirro Mantic Timers got their roots from the Aluminum Manufacturing Company. Both are made from a combination of aluminum and what I believe is bakelite (Defiantly check out my Bakelite History article). We have 2 of them and as far as we know they were probably made before the 50’s.
They are pretty basic as far as kitchen timers go, but they are also really cool to look at and use. Last year Kathleen and I found some really cute kitchen timers called the Mirro Matic Timer. In the kitchen I could always here the tick tick tick ding of a timer when my mom would be in the kitchen cooking. I am not sure where or when I first saw a clock, but they have always been in my life for as long as I can remember. I have always enjoyed having clocks around the house.
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