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Norfield Industries
Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Company Website: http://www.norfield.com/
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery

History

Last Modified: Aug 5 2008 8:53PM by Jeff_Joslin
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Norfield Manufacturing Co. was founded in 1959 by Bob Norlie and Richard Sheffield to make prehung doors. Within a few years they started manufacturing the machinery used in their industry. At some point between 1984 and 1992 the name changed to Norfield Industries. They continue to specialize in the same type of machines.

Information Sources

Most of the information here came from Norfield's website.
Patents provided data points on the name change.

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