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Article: Harrisburg, Pa., Machinery Maker Keeps the Business All in the Family.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- March 7, 2004
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By Tom Dochat, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 7--When Peter H. Hickok interviewed for a job at his family's W.O. Hickok Manufacturing Co., it was only the second time he had been in the plant.
The third time was in 1974, when he started the job.
Hickok is now president of the company that started in 1844 and operates today with a fifth generation of managers. The company's roots are in machinery and making quality products, Hickok said.
"If you look around the United States, and really around the world, the companies that have lasted a long time, they are almost always in a higher level ...