Homak Mfg Co Inc

Homak Mfg Inc was founded in 1947 by Sigmund H Danziger and a primary sheet metal fabricator in Chicago until 2004. Mr. Danziger ,“Sig”, a Chicago “Southsider” and son of a sales-rep for houseware products, including bathroom scales, began his business career “jobbing” for Chicago manufacturers while a student at the University of Chicago. After the War, in which he served as a Captain and translator, he purchased a bathroom cabinet manufacturer on the south Side of Chicago for which he was jobbing. Naming the new company “Homak,” capturing a sign he noted on a hat store, he began manufacturing steel kitchen cabinets and rapidly moved to a 35,000 sq ft building, which he designed at 4433 S. Springfield Ave in Chicago. In the early 1960’s, an order for tool boxes lead to the production of a hardware line including roller cabinets, tool boxes, and other accessories. Over the 1970’s and 1980’s, most of the major retailers and chains of the time became customers at one time or another, including Sears, True Value, Wards. Coast-to-Coast, Cosco, etc. In 1979, Sig passed away and his wife Gertrude (Trudy), ran the company for the next 25 years. During this time, the company moved to a convert|400000|sqft|m2|abbr=on facility in Bedford Park, IL while sales grew to $35,000,000 with hardware, automotive, hospital, and sporting goods lines. One of the major innovations during this period was the introduction of novel consumer gun cabinet, which instantly grew to be a major hit at mass retailers and hunters. During its time Homak employed hundreds of people, who enjoyed the prosperity of the industry. Sigmund Danziger was an active and contributing member of the Chicago Community.

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igmund Danziger

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Homak

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