This well-known maker of hand saws and saw blades also made sharpening machinery. From 1929 to 1941, the company owned power tool manufacturer Wappat, Inc.

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Corporate names have been:

1851-1864 Abel Simonds manufacturing under his own name.

1864-1868 Simonds Brothers & Co., Simonds family ownership and management.

1868-1922 Simonds Manufacturing Co., Simonds family ownership and management.

1922-1965 Simonds Saw and Steel Co., Simonds family ownership and management.

1965-1988 Simonds Saw and Steel Division, when the Simonds family sold their shares in 1965 to Wallace-Murray Corp. In 1980 conglomerate Household International Inc. (AKA Household Finance Corp.) acquired Wallace-Murray Corp.

1988-2003 Simonds Industries Inc., after senior management along with Greylock Management Co. bought the company and returned it to private ownership.

2003-present Simonds International Corp., renamed when Simonds acquired the International Knife & Saw group of companies.

Information Sources

• The Massachusetts corporate registry database lists this company's first registration as 1922-12-21.
• 1893 Digest of Trade Marks for Machines, Metals, Jewelry, and the Hardware and Allied Trades lists trademarks registered before 1893 to Simonds Manufacturing Co.
• Simonds Saw and Tool History (blog) Simonds Corporate Names