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4 unusual facts about Delco


Edward Andrew Deeds

In 1909, Henry Leland of the Cadillac Company ordered 5,000 ignition sets and Deeds and Kettering formed the Dayton Engineering Laboratories company, Delco.

Lotus 900 series

In 1989 The Bosch fuel injection system was superseded by Delco GMP4 electronic fuel injection.

Penske PC-26

The Delco Gen V electronics package was carried over from 1996 and remained a Penske only system.

Van Dyne Crotty

Van Dyne and Crotty began their business by renting industrial shop towels to full service gas stations, manufacturing plants like NCR, Delco Products, Frigidaire and the numerous tool and die shops that supported the automotive manufacturing industry in Southwest Ohio.


Delco Electronics

During World War I, the Delco plant in Moraine, Ohio was expanded to manufacture the De Havilland DH.4 bomber, the only American-built airplane to see action in World War I.

Edward Andrew Deeds

Deeds was appointed Chief of Aircraft Production in Washington D.C. The Delco plant in Moraine, Ohio was expanded to manufacture the DeHavilland DH.4 bomber, the only American-built airplane to see action in World War I.

Thermal copper pillar bump

Around this time, Delco sought to commercialize its technology and formed Flip Chip Technologies with Kulicke & Soffa Industries as a partner.


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