About Us
History has it recorded that T. S. Harrison and Sons Ltd. of Heckmondwike ,England a small repair shop at that time, had established itself as textile machinery manufacturer and soon built the first ever known Harrison Lathe. Back then Mr.Thomas Strickland Harrison with his sons produced a simple lathe called the treadle machine, which has today transcended itself over time to become a “Premiere World Class Precision Engine Lathe”.
Experience comes with time, so with over 110 years of Building Lathes we bring a great deal hands on experience to our customers. Proudly sharing that as a company to date they have cumulatively sold 140,000 Harrison Lathes throughout the world. This includes a large population of over 25,000 machines being shipped into the North American manufacturing market.
