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Northfield Precision provides workholding solutions for all metal, composite, ceramic and glass materials. As the leading manufacturer of precision air chucks and accessories for close to 70 years.
Our Mission

Company Mission

We deliver the most accurate and efficient workholding services around the world through our custom-manufactured, high quality, and American-made solutions.

Core Values:

  • Community: Our goal is to treat each member of the Northfield community as family.
  • Innovation: We invent custom solutions for our clients’ workholding problems.
  • Quality: We design and build high quality and highly accurate workholding solutions.

Company History

When Northfield Precision was founded by William A. Steffen, Murray Farber and Robert Levy back in 1952, the first products manufactured by the company were micro spin bearings, precision gear blanks, precision shafting, precision limit stops and miniature slip clutches for the electronic industry. In 1953 Northfield Precision became a public corporation.

In 1962, the first precision air chuck to 0.0001 (2.54µ) total indicator reading was introduced to the machine tool industry. Along with the introduction of this chuck, Northfield’s founders insisted that quality and service would always be the top priority of every employee. Based on this overarching commitment, Northfield Precision flourished and became the company that engineers and manufacturers throughout the world have come to rely on for precision products, smart solutions, superior service, and consistent support.

Northfield Precision now occupies a 15,000 square-foot manufacturing facility with state-of-the-art production machinery. The facility also houses the company’s design engineering and customer service departments. In anticipation of future growth, Northfield also owns an additional 10,000 square-feet of space.

While William A. Steffen, Murray Farber, and Robert Levy might never have envisioned Northfield’s product depth and global breadth, they would be proud to know that they set the standard for the company’s success as every Northfield employee continues to reflect the founders’ unwavering commitment to quality and service.

Markets Served

Northfield Precision provides workholding solutions for all metal, composite, ceramic, and glass to the following industries:

  • automotive,
  • aerospace
  • electrical/electronic
  • medical/optical
  • machine tool
  • plastics/ceramics
  • appliance
  • education/training.

We work closely with a network of representatives and distributors who provide sales and service throughout the world.

Location

4400 Austin Blvd., Box 550
Island Park, NY 11558

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