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 Starrett Tools in Athol, Massachusetts | |
| Company type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Tools and instruments manufacturing |
| Founded | 1880 in Athol, Massachusetts, United States |
| Founder | Laroy Sunderland Starrett |
| Headquarters | Athol, Massachusetts, United States |
Key people | Douglas A. Starrett (President and CEO) |
| Owner | MiddleGround Capital |
Number of employees | 1458 (2020) |
| Website | www |
The L. S. Starrett Company is an American manufacturer of tools and instruments used by machinists, tool and die makers, and the construction industry. The company was founded by businessman and inventor Laroy Sunderland Starrett in 1880. The company patented such items as the sliding combination square, bench vises, and a shoe hook fastener. It makes precision steel rules and tapes, calipers, micrometers, and dial indicators, among others. In addition, Starrett manufacturers a wide variety of saw products including bandsaws, hole saws, jigsaws, amongst other power tool accessories and cutting tools. More recently, they have expanded their high-end metrology equipment solutions including optical comparators, vision systems, laser measurement, force and material measurement testing.
Starrett employs about 2,000 people worldwide, and the company claimed (as of 2008) to be the last remaining full-line precision tool company to be manufacturing their products within the United States.[1] If so, much of the firm's manufacturing nevertheless takes place at facilities in the People's Republic of China, Brazil, Germany, and the UK, with 28% of Starrett's worldwide sales being in Brazil in 2013.[2][3]
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