commonly called VMC, was located in Fresno, California. With the popularity of their model 27, another plant was opened in Picqua, Ohio in 1949. Novices have confused VMC and the Vendo Company since a few models were almost identical to each other. An example ot this was in the only difference between the Vendo 44 and the VMC 44 is the absence of a chrome coin entry bezel on the VMC 44. Vendo eventually purchased VMC in 1956 only to continue on to be the largest producer of soda vendors today.