Mitutoyo – Tooling

Mitutoyo was founded in 1934 by Yehan Numata with one product, the micrometer. Mitutoyo’s philosophy at that time was to make high-quality micrometers, but also to produce them in quantities that made them affordable and available to all of manufacturing. This philosophy was expanded in the next several decades to include a wider product offering focused on mechanical, dimensional gaging products, such as calipers, dial indicators, and other measuring tools.

As electronic technology became more widespread in the 1970s, Mitutoyo applied electronics to its line of dimensional gaging equipment to include electronic, or digital, measuring tools. During this time it also began to offer larger, more complex and more sensitive measuring instruments, including optical comparators, form measuring equipment, and coordinate measuring machines (CMMs). As statistical process control (SPC) was introduced, Mitutoyo led the world in the development of output gages, interfaces, data collectors and analysis software to take advantage of this new metrological science.

When the computer made its way into the field of metrology, Mitutoyo again shifted its focus to include this technology into its product offering and push measuring accuracies into the sub-micrometre range. Today, Mitutoyo presents its 6,000+ products as integrated, computer-based metrology systems, where they can be interconnected to form closed-loop-measuring networks.

Mitutoyo America Corporation was formed in 1963 and is headquartered in Aurora, Illinois (just outside of Chicago). Mitutoyo America offers the full product line of precision measuring tools, instruments and equipment with a distribution network, training and education classes, software development, and service support to provide a comprehensive metrology organization.

Dr. Yehan Numata is also the founder of Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai (BDK), the Society for the Promotion of Buddhism, which sponsors the Buddhist Canon Translation Project.

Van Keuren

Swiss Precision Instruments

For nearly 50 years, Swiss Precision Instruments, Inc. has continuously introduced exciting new products to the metalworking industry. Since 1956 the SPI family of products has always offered customers Quality, Value and fast Delivery. Today the tradition continues.

Mitutoyo – Gaging

Mahr Federal

In today’s increasingly competitive environment, the ability to monitor and control variations in the manufacturing process is crucial. Established over 85 years ago in Providence, Rhode Island, Mahr Federal Inc. is recognized worldwide for expertise in providing dimensional measurement solutions and meeting the measurement needs of precision manufacturers in a variety of industries such as automotive, defense, aerospace, job shops, machinery, bearings, pumps, engines, computers, can manufacture, plastics and medical devices.

Mahr Federal employs over 300 people; measurement professionals, who have dedicated themselves to developing and producing innovative and imaginative dimensional gaging instruments to improve measuring efficiency. Skilled applications engineers in Providence draw upon experience in identifying and meeting customers’ measurement requirements. We have delivered the right answers to hundreds of thousands of satisfied customers around the world — whether the solution be as simple as a dial indicator, one of a selection of hundreds of hand-held indicator gages, a digital readout air fork for outside diameter measurements, high precision form or surface finish analysis instruments or a specially designed gage for such applications as high-speed measuring, sorting and classifying of wrist pins. Our laboratory gages for calibrating gage blocks, master rings and discs have set a standard of performance for millionths accuracy size determination, and are clearly in a class by themselves as basic instruments for the surveillance of primary and secondary standards.

Customer Resource Centers in Providence, Cincinnati and Los Angeles form the core of our extensive network of sales personnel and distributors supporting customers in the United States and Canada. Mahr Corp. de serves our costumers in Mexico.

Mahr Federal supports its customers with factory repair and calibration services and responsive field service. The company maintains a metrology laboratory in Providence that is ranked as one of the world’s finest. This highly controlled laboratory environment assures protection against the effects of vibration, temperature and humidity variations. Mahr Federal’s calibration system is certified to ISO-9001 and ISO-17025. All procedures for measuring and reporting size are equivalent to those of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and conform to U.S. Specification GGG-G-15C.

Fowler

Industry Served
The Fred V. Fowler Company is globally recognized as one of today’s leading suppliers of quality control and inspection equipment.
Founded in 1946, we have dedicated our 62 year history to supplying the most innovative measuring products possible.
Innovation in Measuring
As industry moves more in the direction of computer-aided manufacturing, Fowler continues to introduce important new tools designed to lead the way in inspection and measuring. Familiar items—including calipers, micrometers, indicators, height gages and bore gages — have been redesigned and now feature state of the art electronics to ensure compatibility with the latest in computer integrated manufacturing and statistical process control (SPC).
Customer Focused
In order to reliably meet customer expectations, Fowler’s technical sales team is in the field. We are customer focused and customer driven. “Downsized” American manufacturing is time poor and demand rich. Manufacturers increasingly rely on their key supply chain partners to make critical product decisions.
At Fowler, we are absolutely committed to providing our customers total support. What Fowler brings to a customer is a partnership in the ability to satisfy your requirements in terms of quality, cost and service.
After Sales Support
Using a team approach, we will demonstrate to your you that working harder with fewer people does not have to mean that quality is in any way compromised…on the contrary, quality is the key to sustained growth in a downsized manufacturing environment.
Sales support should never start and stop with an introductory sales meeting. Fowler sales support means a different approach to our customers needs. We have direct field support, and a full staff of technical and knowledgeable personnel ready to help you.
Product Support
Your customers want it now: service support and stock availability are the name of the game. Well, as a supplier of instruments we back that up.
Fowler ships 95% of all orders every day. We have an extensive inventory and a fast and professional service department backed by the industry’s best warranty program.
Quality
Quality is our passion. Quality in management, quality in sales, service and support and most of all, quality in products sold.
Let’s face it, ultimately you choose instrument providers based on what they can bring to the table. When you own Fowler products, you own value, solid experience, innovation, a get-it-done spirit and the best precision instruments in the world.
History
The Fred V. Fowler Company incorporated in 1946, has grown nationwide and across North America to include offices in Boston, Chicago and Ontario, Canada. Fowler is also now available in Mexico, with four regional locations. By exclusively distributing products manufactured by world leaders in measuring, Fowler has become a major force in the field of precision electronic tools.
Each of our offices have demonstration centers to familiarize our customers with our products. In addition, our national network of select distributors are well-trained, stocked and ready to help you with your measuring needs.
Product Line
The Fowler Company’s product line includes precision tools, electronic measuring instruments, optical measuring instruments, gage calibration equipment, and hardness testers.

With an emphasis on “user-friendly” electronics, we offer primarily industry standard RS232 output for data collection and SPC (Statistical Process Control), not some proprietary signal requiring additional interfaces. We even offer several leading software packages, including ” SPC Express”, and “Software Wedge”.
As always, we continue to offer our popular lines of non-electronic tools, including high-quality micrometers, vernier and dial calipers, dial and test indicators, rules, gage blocks, stands, magnetic bases, squares, parallels and hundreds of other fine measuring tools essential to industry.

Brown & Sharpe

The Brown & Sharpe brand name has been synonymous with quality for more than 150 years. Once a stand-alone company, today Brown & Sharpe is a flagship brand of the Hexagon Metrology group. Brown & Sharpe brand Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs), optical measuring systems, 1D, 2D and 3D benchtop measuring machines and precision hand tools represent the highest quality in design, construction and performance.

Brown & Sharpe brand coordinate measuring machines including the Global and ONE CMM series are manufactured in North Kingstown, Rhode Island by Hexagon Metrology, Inc., the U.S. based entity of the global Hexagon Metrology group. Measuring Machines built in the United States are bound for both North American and export markets.

Brown & Sharpe brand CMMs are also manufactured by Hexagon Metrology Qingdao Company, Ltd. , in Qingdao, China, for the local Chinese and Asian markets.

Brown & Sharpe brand equipment, plus DEA, Leitz, TESA and Sheffield branded measurement products are serviced and supported locally in North America by Hexagon Metrology, Inc.

Please note: Brown & Sharpe machine tools and screw machines are no longer sold, serviced or supported in any way by Hexagon Metrology, Inc.