Cox Models 1984
- occupation:
- Manufacturer of models
- Nationality:
- American
- born in:
- Santa Ana, Orange county, California, United States
1945 - Roy Cox founded company as based in Placentia, California;
1963 - factory moved to Santa Ana, California;
1969 - company sold to Leisure Dynamics (Cox retires);
1976 - acquired radio manufacturer Airtronics;
1983 - Leisure Dynamics facing bankruptcy; William Selzer, the designer of the Babe Bee .049 aircraft engine, joined with a local businessman to purchase the Cox company;
1984 - new company, Aeromil Engineering Company, changed the name from Cox Company to Cox Hobbies, Incorporated;
1990 - moved to a consolidated facility in Corona, California;
1996 - model toy rocket manufacturer, Estes Industries, purchased Cox Hobbies, Incorporated, and relocated operations to the Estes facility in Penrose, Colorado; now known as Cox Models; products include radio-controlled model aircraft;
2010 - Hobbico purchased Cox through its acquisition of Estes® Rockets;