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FAMILY-OWNED MINTON MACHINERY REACHES 50TH YEAR/COW-FOR-CHEVY TRADE STARTED CITY WELDING, SPRAYING EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTOR
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Like so many other Oklahoma City firms, the Minton Machinery Co.
took off during the oil and gas boom of the late 1970s and early
1980s - with sales more than tripling to $3.5 million.
Unlike so many other firms, however, Minton Machinery avoided
leaping into expansion in its distribution of welding and spraying
equipment, tools and abrasives. The Minton family allowed itself
only the construction of a 4,000-square foot building.
"There's a day when booms go busted," said Pr...
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