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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 151896, member: 44"]According to the following website, Ampro Corp. was founded c1913 in Chicago. In 1944 it was acquired by the General Precision Equipment Co. In 1956 it moved to Rochester, NY. "It is possible the products were dropped shortly after since there is no evidence of Ampro past 1957." </p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect with it in Rochester, NY it may have been absorbed into Eastman Kodak for Rochester was/is the headquarters of Kodak????</p><p><a href="http://mycompanies.wikia.com/wiki/Ampro_Corporation" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://mycompanies.wikia.com/wiki/Ampro_Corporation" rel="nofollow">http://mycompanies.wikia.com/wiki/Ampro_Corporation</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Funny, I have seen on other sites dealing with Ampro Precision movie projectors saying Ampro was a division of Graflix of Chicago. Oh, wait a minute. It seems the General Precision Equipment Co. also purchased Graflix in 1956 and moved Ampro to the Graflix plant in Rochester. In the 1968 Singer purchased General Precision Equipment Co.</p><p><a href="http://museumofmagneticsoundrecording.org/ManufacturersAmpro.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://museumofmagneticsoundrecording.org/ManufacturersAmpro.html" rel="nofollow">http://museumofmagneticsoundrecording.org/ManufacturersAmpro.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few links to Ampro slide projectors and Ampromatic 500 stuff and such like projector bulbs...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Ampro+Company&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=%22ampromatic+500%22+slide+projector%22" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Ampro+Company&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=%22ampromatic+500%22+slide+projector%22" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=Ampro+Company&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q="ampromatic+500"+slide+projector"</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Ampro+Company&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=Ampro+Corp+%22slide+projector%22" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Ampro+Company&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=Ampro+Corp+%22slide+projector%22" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=Ampro+Company&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=Ampro+Corp+"slide+projector"</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 151896, member: 44"]According to the following website, Ampro Corp. was founded c1913 in Chicago. In 1944 it was acquired by the General Precision Equipment Co. In 1956 it moved to Rochester, NY. "It is possible the products were dropped shortly after since there is no evidence of Ampro past 1957." I suspect with it in Rochester, NY it may have been absorbed into Eastman Kodak for Rochester was/is the headquarters of Kodak???? [URL]http://mycompanies.wikia.com/wiki/Ampro_Corporation[/URL] Funny, I have seen on other sites dealing with Ampro Precision movie projectors saying Ampro was a division of Graflix of Chicago. Oh, wait a minute. It seems the General Precision Equipment Co. also purchased Graflix in 1956 and moved Ampro to the Graflix plant in Rochester. In the 1968 Singer purchased General Precision Equipment Co. [URL]http://museumofmagneticsoundrecording.org/ManufacturersAmpro.html[/URL] Here are a few links to Ampro slide projectors and Ampromatic 500 stuff and such like projector bulbs... [URL]https://www.google.com/search?q=Ampro+Company&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=%22ampromatic+500%22+slide+projector%22[/URL] [URL]https://www.google.com/search?q=Ampro+Company&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=Ampro+Corp+%22slide+projector%22[/URL] --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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