Norton Abrasives at 1 New Bond Street, 01606 Worcester, Massachusetts

Celebrating the artistry of abrasives, the products they touch, and the people who use them. Here at Norton, we’ve cared a lot about abrasives for 130 years and counting! We care so that when you need the right sandpaper for your kitchen remodel or the right grinding wheel to streamline production in your plant, we’re delivering choices that matter to your workforce, the environment, and your bottom line. We’re constantly looking for ways to improve your working conditions and simplify the job by eliminating dust or noise, reducing total costs by increasing the number of parts you can finish in an abrasive application, and considering the ergonomics of the application to improve worker comfort. “Right” means different things for every customer. And, if we don’t have the solution you’re looking for today, you can count on us to be developing that solution tomorrow

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In 1885, seven Worcester entrepreneurs bought the patent for a grinding wheel from Frank Norton, owner of the Water Street Pottery Shop, where the formula for the grinding wheel had been invented. They also bought his company name. And, Norton Company was born. The founders purchased land in the city’s Greendale section, which was then farmland, and built their first grinding wheel plant. Norton has occupied that land ever since where two of the founders, John Jeppson and Milton Higgins, their sons, and grandsons, then managed the company until the 1970s. In 1990, Norton was acquired by Saint-Gobain, one of the world’s largest industrial companies. Saint-Gobain began an ambitious program of acquisitions and joint ventures to strengthen its North American business, and undertook extensive modernization in Worcester. Over the next several decades, we would build our North American center of R&D excellence in Northboro, MA and revitalize the Norton name with endorsement of the Saint-Gobain name in our logo to allow both well-known names to become more recognizable in the marketplace. After over 130 years, the world headquarters for the Abrasives business remains in Worcester and we continue to maintain our entrepreneurial spirit as we focus on our continued evolution to bring solutions to our customers with choices that matter to them Our vision is to be the global leader of reference in abrasives, at the leading edge of innovation with service. Delivering the most comprehensive abrasive solutions to our customers. We will offer powerful, precise and user-friendly solutions, which will enable our customers to shape and surface-finish all types of materials, even in the most complex and challenging applications. We will most diligently serve our customer in every channel, thanks to our strong market sales coverage, our application engineers, our efficient supply chain, and our strong digital solutions. From advanced manufacturing systems to electric power, electronics to construction, and general do-it-yourself projects to renovations, abrasives are an integral part of reshaping your world on a daily basis. Whether it’s sandpaper for sanding furniture, diamond blades for cutting concrete and stone, grinding wheels for maintaining machinery and high precision grinding equipment, or vacuum discs for restoring car bodywork, Norton helps to improve process productivity and reshape the world of abrasive solutions.

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