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Aurora Plastics Corporation was founded in March 1950 by engineer Joseph E. Giammarino (1916–1992) and businessman Abe Shikes (1908–1986) in Brooklyn, New York (moving to West Hempstead, Long Island in 1954), as a contract manufacturer of injection molded plastics.
May 22, 1992 · Giammarino,P.E., Joseph Edward was one of the Founders and Owners of the largest hobby company in the world. The company was Aurora Plastics Corporation in West Hempstead, Nassau County, New York.
- Westbury, New York
- March 1, 1916
- Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Feb 4, 2022 · Founded 1950 as Aurora Plastics Corporation in Brooklyn, New York by Joseph E. Giammarino, Gennaro Giammarino, Sr., and Abe Shikes. The company began as a contract manufacturer of injection-moulded plastics.
Jun 7, 2024 · Joseph E. Giammarino (1916-1992), an engineer, and Abe Shikes (1908-1986), a businessman, founded the Aurora Plastics Corporation in March 1950.
Jul 19, 2019 · Aurora Plastics Corporation was formed in March 1954 as an injection molded plastic toy maker by Joseph E. Giammarino and Abe Shikes in Brooklyn, New York. In 1952, they introduced their first small sized plastic model kits of 1:48 scale aircraft models called "U-Ma-Kit".
Aurora Plastics Corporation was founded in March, 1950 by engineer Joseph E. Giammarino and businessman Abe Shikes in Brooklyn, New York, as a contract manufacturer of injection molded plastics. With the hiring in 1952 of salesman John Cuomo, the company began the manufacture of its own line of plastic model kits.
When engineer Joseph E. Giammarino and businessman Abe Shikes formed Aurora Plastics Corporation in March 1950 it wasn't especially for the world of plastic model kit manufacturing but as contract injection moulded plastic product manufacturers.
