Born from a former electrician’s garage solution for cleaning car rims, Drillbrush makes drill-powered scrub brushes that fit standard cordless drills and impact drivers. Founder Anthony LaPolla developed the first brush after opening a car wash in Marcy, New York, in 2005, then began manufacturing and selling the design in 2007. The Upstate New York company now sells its color-coded brushes and scrubbing accessories to professional cleaners and homeowners around the world, with millions sold.
Bonnit Brush, LLCBonnit Brush, LLC makes American-made floor-care tools that pair brushes with pads to clean the irregular surfaces that conventional flat pads miss. Invented by former janitorial contract cleaner Gary Borofsky, the company applies that idea to low-moisture carpet cleaning as well as its 3-D Grit Scrub and Grit Strip systems for commercial floors. Its tools are designed around a single motion, with the practical goal of reducing labor and drying time.FEASTERVILLE-TREVOSE, PA
Precision Brush CompanyFounded in 1951 by Lloyd Benjamin in a downtown Cleveland garage, Precision Brush Company makes custom industrial brushes for demanding manufacturing applications. The Solon-based American manufacturer began with metal channel strip brushes and now combines in-house machinery, engineering support, and design sheets to build brushes for everything from conveyor systems to glass processing. It also manufactures standard brushes and can duplicate hard-to-find or discontinued designs while keeping customers’ applications confidential.SOLON, OH
Brushtech IncFounded in 1976 by Armen Garo Gunjian, Brushtech Inc. designs and manufactures specialty twisted-in-wire brushes at its factory in Plattsburgh, New York. The family-owned company has developed more than 400 distinctive brush designs, including its patented BBQ brush, and its American-made tools have even traveled to the International Space Station for NASA maintenance work.PLATTSBURGH, NY
Braun Brush CompanyFounded in Brooklyn in 1875, Braun Brush Company is a fourth-generation family-owned manufacturer of custom and stock industrial brushes. Now based in Albertson, New York, the company serves applications from facility maintenance to aerospace, including a custom brush made for NASA’s Spirit and Opportunity Mars rovers. Braun also makes its Wheel Woolies in the USA at a veteran-run facility and manufactures metal-free brushes at its West Coast operation.ALBERTSON, NY