Kearney and Trecker founded in 1898 by Edward J. Kearney and Theodore Trecker was a machine manufacturer based in West Allis, Wisconsin.

[2] By 1943 they were one of the three largest milling machine manufacturers in the United States.

[3] In 1965 the company was a leading automated tool maker, and had annual sales of more than 47 million dollars.

[4] By 1955 the company had grown to become one of the largest machine tool suppliers in the world.

[1] In 1979 Kearney & Trecker merged with the Cross Company, forming Cross & Trecker, which was purchased 12 years later by Giddings & Lewis, Inc.[1]