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ATCOA, Inc.
ATCOA, Air Tool Corporation of America, founded in 1960 was the first company to bring the Viking Straight Line Dual Piston Air Sander to market. The Viking changed the auto body repair business making high quality body repair profitable by eliminating hand sanding filled auto body surfaces. ATCOA holds the original patent for the industry standard Viking Straight line dual piston long shoe Air Sander. ATCOA established the Viking as the auto body repair industry standard for straight line dual piston long shoe sander. The tool was well known by professionals for it's design and durability. After patent which was issued in 1965 expired, the design was copied industry wide down to the paint colors. ATCOA has been involved in additional products and inventions related to auto body repair. Today one of the original founders, Karl Selander, the original designer of the Viking still heads ATCOA, Inc. and brought the original ATCOA Viking back to market as the ATCOA Viking II Legend in 2009. ATCOA, Inc.