TEDCO Toys – Cool company history, great science kits

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TEDCO Toys – Cool company history, great science kits

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@NYC Toy Fair 2009TEDCO Toys has an amazing history (the founder was the inventor of the cruise control, he was blind since age 6).

Chances are you have probably played with a gyroscope at some point in your life. More than likely, it was a Chandler gyroscope. For over 70 years the Chandler Company of Indianapolis, Indiana, produced and sold virtually tens of millions of gyroscopes all over the country. In 1982 TEDCO, Inc. purchased the Chandler Company. Since then, the toy line has expanded.

TEDCO was first established as a research & development company by the late Ralph Teetor. Mr. Teetor was a well-known and highly respected inventor who started TEDCO (Teetor Engineering Development Company) as a vehicle to foster his inventions. His most renowned accomplishment is the “cruise control” on your automobile. Mr. Teetor was blinded at an early age, yet he did not allow his lack of sight to hinder his creative genius. He was president of the former Perfect Circle Corporation and was inducted posthumously into the Automotive Hall of Fame.

Today, TEDCO is owned by Mr. Teetor’s daughter Marjorie Teetor Meyer, and the Meyer family along with some TEDCO employee’s. Most of TEDCO’s direction has been turned over to the employee’s with a new emphasis on manufacturing scientific and educational toys like the TEDCO Gyroscope. Located in the heart of Middle America, the people of TEDCO are committed to developing top quality toys that, in the spirit of Ralph Teetor, promote creativity, education, and fun.

2 thoughts on “TEDCO Toys – Cool company history, great science kits

  1. Anonymous says:

    I miss the days when junior science kits contained microscopes, glass slides, methyl blue, flasks, heavy metals, chunks of radioactive materials, and contained instructions on how to produce chlorine gas.

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