New Britain Machine Company.

The New Britain Machine Company of New Britain, Connecticut was established in 1895 by the officials of the J.T. Case Engine Company . Formed in 1887 the J.T. Case Engine Company was a leading manufacturer of steam engines. However, with the introduction of the gasoline engine the company was forced to reconfigure itself. In order to shift direction and keep up with the new technology the company rebranded itself as the New Britain Machine Company . The first product the company manufactured was a chainsaw mortising machine. This new wood-working machine was capable of cutting multiple mortises, revolutionizing the operations capable by a single machine.

By the turn of the twentieth century the company produced and sold a line of cast iron shop furniture for use by heavy metal fabricators. In 1911 the company purchased the George Prentice Company and began producing a line of automatic chucking machines, to be expanded to include automatic bar machines in 1913 when the company acquired the Universal Machine Company of Hartford, Connecticut .

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