Demaco

Demaco
Industry Manufacturing
Predecessor Consolidated Macaroni Machine Corporation
Founded 1914[1]
Headquarters West Melbourne, Florida, United States
Area served
 Worldwide
Products Pasta machinery
Website Demaco website

Demaco was founded in 1914 making it the oldest pasta equipment manufacturer in the United States and the only one that makes industrial capacity machines in America. In the 1960s, Demaco pioneered the sanitary extruder for washdown food plants.[2]

History

Originally located in Brooklyn, New York, the company moved its headquarters to Melbourne, Florida in 1998 where it is today.[3] The company became Consolidated Macaroni Machine Corporation in 1926 and changed the name to Demaco in 1952.[4][5][6] In World War II, Consolidated made tooling for the Norden bombsight, Grumman aircraft fighter wings and Worthington pumps as part of the war effort. In the 1940s, DEMACO introduced an automated spaghetti spreader with a continuous drive and trim handling system.[7][8]This innovation permitted the first continuous production of long pasta on a manufacturing line instead of making product in batches. Also in the 1940s and early 1950s, DEMACO made significant improvements to pasta dryer automation and control as well as sanitary design of equipment.[7]

Products

The company makes the Demaco extruder and dry, fresh and frozen pasta lines.

Notes

  1. ↑ Wayne Tompkins. "Pasta machine maker moves HQ to Melbourne", Florida Today (March 03, 1998), p. 10C.
  2. ↑ Datzman, Ken. "DeFrancisci longstanding name in manufacturing of high-quality, stainless steel commercial pasta machinery; pioneered USDA-approved machines", Brevard Business News, vol. 31, no. 27 (Melbourne, Florida: July 8, 2013), p. 17.
  3. ↑ Brevard Technical Journal. "DEMACO locates international headquarters in Melbourne" (November 1998).
  4. ↑ State of New York, Office of the Secretary of State, Corporation Bureau. "Certificate of Incorporation", Liber 221, pp. 345-49, December 29, 1926.
  5. ↑ National Macaroni Manufacturers Association. "Announcement", The Macaroni Journal, vol. VIII, no. 9 (Minneapolis, MN: January 15, 1927), pp. 20-21.
  6. ↑ National Macaroni Manufacturers Association. "An open letter to our many friends in the macaroni-noodle industry", The Macaroni Journal, vol. XXXIII, no. 11 (Minneapolis, MN: March 1952), p. 22.
  7. 1 2 National Macaroni Manufacturers Association. "Making Macaroni Equipment", The Macaroni Journal, vol. XXXV, no. 12 (Minneapolis, MN: April 1954), p. 40.
  8. ↑ Joseph DeFrancisci. U.S. Patent 2,223,351 "Apparatus for Producing Alimentary Paste Products and 2,223,352 "Rack Rod Loading Mechanism for Alimentary Presses" (Washington, DC: USPTO, December 03, 1940).
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