Industry | Slot machines, vending machines and jukeboxes |
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Fate | Divestment (jukeboxes); divestment and merger (slot machines); and acquisition (vending machines) |
Successor | Mills Novelty Co. Restores & sells violanos and other Mills products |
Founded | 1891 (as M.B.M. Cigar Vending Company) |
Defunct | 1948 (jukeboxes); 1954 (vending machines); and 1980s (slot machines) |
Headquarters | Chicago |
Herbert Stephen Mills (deceased); Robert W. Brown CEO | |
Website | millsnovelty.com |
Manufacturer | Location | Share of market |
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Jennings & Co., a division of Hershey Manufacturing Co. | Chicago | 40% |
Mills Bell-O-Matic Corp. | Chicago and Reno | 35% |
Ace Manufacturing Co. | Maryland | 15% |
Buckley Manufacturing Co. | Maryland | 5% |
Las Vegas Coin Machine Co. | Las Vegas | 5% |
100% |