Ford Gum & Machine Company, Inc

Today, Ford Gum is a leader in the manufacture and distribution of gum balls and gum ball machine banks as well as a private label manufacturer of assorted confections and health-related products for leading American brands. We have offices in Lincolnshire, Illinois and a manufacturing facility in ( ) New York that serve distributors, retailers and their discriminating customers around the world. We also offer bulk products and machines for the bulk vending industry.

The story of Ford Gum began in 1913.

Back then, twenty-year old Ford Mason was a roofing salesman who spent spring, summer and early fall traveling by horse and buggy over the winding country roads of western New York State. He was idle during the winter because nobody repaired barn roofs in cold weather.

Looking for work that winter, Ford met a man engaged in the business of operating chewing gum vending machines. The first machine had been invented only a few years before, and just a handful of entrepreneurs had ventured into the business.