Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Company
1933 - 2001
Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co. is one of the oldest and probably one of the most significant machine tool and precision tool builders. The firm was founded in 1833 by David Brown and his son Joseph R. Brown. In 2001 it became a division of Hexagon Metrology, Inc., and since being acquired by it has concentrated exclusively on metrology equipment.