For more than half a century, Fairgate Rule Company Inc. has been a Kingston maker known for painstakingly accurate measuring tools. Its skilled craftspeople finish each instrument by hand and work with customers on uncommon requirements, serving professionals in fields such as fashion design and engineering as well as schools and hobbyists.
Kuhn Tool & Die CoFounded by Guy W. Kuhn in 1963, Kuhn Tool & Die Co. has built its identity around a simple rule: “Make it right.” The Meadville company serves manufacturers across industries, with particular experience creating precision gages for turbine-blade and vane production. It also manufactures the Original Clearview Radi-Angle Form Dresser.333514MEADVILLE, PA
The L.S. Starrett CompanySince its founding in 1880, The L.S. Starrett Company has remained an American toolmaker headquartered in Athol, Massachusetts. Best known in the United States for precision measurement, Starrett now operates eight manufacturing locations worldwide and supplies manufacturers with the tools and systems they use to check product quality.ALUM BANK, PA
U.S. Tape CompanySince surveyor Justus Roe founded it in 1876, U.S. Tape Company has built its identity around American-made measuring-tool manufacturing. Still producing tape measures in the United States, the company operates facilities in Pennsylvania and California and employs more than 150 people, serving the hardware trade with products such as its long-standing Spencer logger’s tapes.PENNSBURG, PA
Sure Tool & Manufacturing, IncSince 1969, family-owned Sure Tool & Manufacturing has made close-tolerance tooling and precision products in Dayton, Ohio, taking complex work from in-house design through manufacture. Its capabilities span custom gaging, difficult multi-machine jobs, and specialty tooling, with precision grinding holding and inspecting features within ±0.00005 inch. Now a third-generation family business, Sure Tool also maintains ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation for dimensional measurement and gage calibration.DAYTON, OH