Tool tips, product demos, project inspiration, and more from BESSEY®. Tradition – Experience – Innovation
BESSEY can look back on over 130 years of history. Founded as a bright steel drawing plant in 1889, the company has continuously expanded the range of products it offers. It was this spirit that led BESSEY to begin production of manual clamping tools in the mid-1930s. Since then, the strength of its innovation has been underlined by the granting of numerous patents, for instance in 1936 for its malleable cast iron screw clamp, and in 2009 for the optimized all-steel rail profile. In 1979, with the takeover of Diener Werkzeugfabrik GmbH, a company rich in tradition, BESSEY established its cutting technology unit with the already popular Erdi snips. Today, with some 1,600 products, BESSEY is among the largest clamping and cutting tool manufacturers in the world, with a presence in over 100 countries. BESSEY Locations
BESSEY Tools North America, based in Cambridge (ON) in Canada is part of the BESSEY Group, whose headquarters is located in Germany. The Cambridge, Ontario facility operates as the North American Administration, Sales and Distribution arm for BESSEY® Germany. BESSEY® products can be found through most major industrial supply house and better woodworking and home improvement retailers across North America. Contact information:
BESSEY® Tools North America
1555 Bishop Street, Unit 6
Cambridge, Ontario
Canada N1R 7J4
Phone: 800-828-1004
Fax: 519-621-3442
The headquarters of the BESSEY Group is located near Stuttgart, in south west Germany. Since 1983, most administrative and production functions have been consolidated on a 50,000 square metre site in Bietigheim-Bissingen. The development, manufacture, storage and dispatch of clamping and cutting tools takes place some 4 km north of the main works, in the completely renovated building of the former worsted spinning mill.
