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  • Ontario [California] Flashlight Firm [Mag-Lite] Set For ‘Made In USA’ Showdown

    07/11/2012 3:54:16 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 46 replies
    CBS) ^ | July 9, 2012 10:12 PM
    ONTARIO (CBS) — These are tough times for Mag Instrument Inc., whose Maglite has defined quality flashlights in America for a half-century. The company’s 82-year old founder and president, Anthony Maglica, who still spends part of his day working in the tool, dye, and mold shop, told KCAL9′s Dave Bryan the tough times really hit home when he had to send out pink slips. “I should really reduce the staff down to between 400 and 500, but where are they gonna go?” said Maglica. “There is no jobs.” Maglica says there’s more than the slow economy at work here. For...
  • Is it possible to be an all-American company?

    07/07/2010 6:49:51 AM PDT · by ocr1 · 6 replies
    msnbc ^ | 7/6/2010 | Kari Huus
    ONTARIO, Calif. — Anthony Maglica has lived the American Dream – arriving in booming post-war United States as a penniless young man, he made his way to California in a rusty Studebaker, worked hard and saved just enough money to start his own business. He parlayed the humble sum of $125 into a business empire.