Red Devil is a manufacturer of

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, glazing,

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and related surface preparation tools for glaziers, painters and masons. They are a privately owned family business with manufacturing facilities in

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. The company is currently headquartered in

History

The company was founded as Smith & Hemenway Company, in 1872 by Landon P. Smith and John Francis Hemenway in

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. The company manufactured the "Woodward Wizard", patented by Frank R. Woodward in 1875, for cutting glass. During a trip to Sweden, Smith heard a blacksmith call sparks "those little red devils" and he named the tool after that phrase. In 1926 Landon P. Smith bought John Francis Hemenway's shares in the company and Hemenway retired. In 1932,

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George Ludlow Lee, Sr. acquired

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's line of wood scrapers. In the 1950s George Ludlow Lee, Sr. became chairman of the board. In 1963

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acquired

Schalk Chemical Company Schalk is both a patronymic surname and a Germanic given name. As a given name, with the meaning "servant", it has been recorded as early as the 8th century as ''Scalco'' and ''Scalcho''. The composite given name "Godschalk" or "Gottschalk" (God's s ...

adding adhesives and cleaners to the companies product line.

References

External links

* {{Official website
Red Devil tools
1872 establishments in New Hampshire Manufacturing companies established in 1872 Tool manufacturing companies of the United States Union County, New Jersey