Top Abrasives Manufacturers and Suppliers in the USA

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Abrasives are defined as hard materials that are used for polishing, smoothening, and grinding the surface of other materials. The essential characteristics of an abrasive are its hardness and brittleness. Abrasives are available in block and powder forms.

Natural and artificial or synthetic are the types of abrasives. Diamonds, garnets, corundum, and quartz are some examples of natural abrasives. Artificial or synthetic abrasives include carborundum, aluminum oxide, and glass fall.

Polishing, grinding, and finishing surfaces such as metals, stones, leather, and wood are the applications of abrasives. In this article, we'll cover details on the top featured manufacturers and suppliers of abrasives on Thomas, as well as the top abrasives suppliers in the USA by revenue.

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Top Featured Suppliers of Abrasives on Thomas

Table 1 below lists the top featured manufacturers and suppliers of abrasives on Thomasnet.com. Included in the information, you'll find details on each company's location, year founded, number of employees, and brief summary of activities.

Table 1: Top Featured Suppliers of Abrasives on Thomas

Company	Location	Year Founded	No. of Employees
MSC Industrial Supply Co.	Melville, NY	1941	1000+
Dynabrade, Inc.	Clarence, NY	1969	200-499
Rochester Abrasives Industries	Rochester, NY	1987	10-49
N.T. Ruddock Co.	Cleveland, OH	1951	10-49
Interstate Abrasives	Chicago, IL	1959	10-49
Composition Materials Co., Inc.	Milford, CT	1923	10-49
Airgas	Radnor, PA	1982	1000+
SC Fastening Systems	Macedonia, OH	1999	10-49
Penn Tool Co.	Maplewood, NJ	1968	10-49
Sparky Abrasives	Willmar, MN	1967	1-9

Top Featured Suppliers of Abrasives on Thomas—Company Summaries

MSC Industrial Supply Co. is a distributor that provides various products for repair, MRO, metalworking, and maintenance. Its line of products includes micrometers, digital calipers, taps, gauges, clamps, abrasive discs, tool holders, and hydraulic cylinders. The company has its headquarters located in Melville, NY, and has been in business since 1941.

Dynabrade, Inc. is a manufacturer of abrasives meeting the demands of aerospace, defense, marine, welding, wind energy, and metalworking industries. Coated, non-woven, bonded, wire brush, diamond, burr, and polishing abrasives are offered by the company.

Headquartered in Rochester, NY, Rochester Abrasives Industries is an industry leader in manufacturing abrasives such as segments and blending, finishing, epoxy, plastic grinding, or resin wheels. The company serves the cutler, hand tool, and grinding markets.

N.T. Ruddock Co. is a distributor that supplies the marine, medical, aerospace, military, automotive, HVAC, rail, power generation, coating, and construction industries with a wide range of abrasive materials and pure metals. Its line of products includes silicon, magnesium, aluminum, and ferroalloys. The company is located in Cleveland, OH, and was established in 1951.

Interstate Abrasives is a distribution firm that provides a wide range of abrasive products. Its line of products includes rolls, flap wheels, coated abrasives, discs, and sheets. The company has its headquarters located in Chicago, IL, and was founded in 1959.

Composition Materials Co., Inc. has been a pioneer of abrasives for nearly 100 years serving industries such as electronics, cosmetics, aerospace, automotive, aviation, environmental, manufacturing, medical device, military, rubber, plastic, and jewelry since 1923. Aluminum oxide, steel grit or shot, silicon carbide, glass beads, walnut shell blasting, and plastic media abrasives are manufactured by the company.

Airgas is a manufacturer and distributor that specializes in specialty, industrial, and medical gases, as well as welding supplies, safety products, and hard goods. The company has its headquarters located in Radnor, PA, and has been in business since 1982.

SC Fastening Systems is a distributor that supplies the automotive, construction, hospitality, and military industries with abrasives, cutting tools, fasteners, pneumatic fittings, adhesives, and hydraulic fittings. It also offers sourcing, kitting, and supply chain management services. The company has its headquarters located in Macedonia, OH, and was established in 1999.

Penn Tool Co. is a distributor that provides a wide range of abrasive compounds, cutting tools, and precision instruments. Its line of products includes benches, arbors, adapters, calipers, changers, collects, and blocks. The company is located in Maplewood, NJ, and has been in business since 1968.

Sparky Abrasives is a manufacturing company that supplies the construction, automotive, oil & gas, and food processing industries with both standard and custom abrasive products including sandpapers, belts, sanding discs, grinding wheels, hand pads, and wire brushes. The company is based in Willmar, MN, and was founded in 1967.

Top Suppliers of Abrasives in the USA by Revenue

Table 2 below lists the top manufacturers and suppliers of abrasives in the USA, ranked by estimated annual revenue as found on Thomasnet.com. Besides the revenues, you'll find details on each company's location, year founded, and brief summary of activities. Dashes indicate where data was unavailable.

Table 2: Top Suppliers of Abrasives in the USA by Revenue

Company	Location	Year Founded	Annual Revenue
Airgas	Radnor, PA	1982	$250 Mil. and over
Motion Industries, Inc.	Birmingham, AL	1946	$250 Mil. and over
Joseph Fazzio, Inc.	Glassboro, NJ	1965	$250 Mil. and over
DAES Group	Arlington, TX	1995	$250 Mil. and over
Fastenal	Winona, MN	1967	$250 Mil. and over
Industrial Metal Supply	Sun Valley, CA	1945	$250 Mil. and over
Sigma Supply of North America, Inc.	Fort Smith, AR	-	$250 Mil. and over
General Electric Co.	Boston, MA	1892	$250 Mil. and over
Endries International	Brillion, WI	1970	$250 Mil. and over
Plastic Process Equipment, Inc.	Macedonia, OH	1974	$250 Mil. and over

Top Suppliers of Abrasives in the USA by Revenue—Company Summaries

Motion Industries, Inc. distributes a wide range of products such as AC and DC electric motors, including HVAC, hollow shaft, AC induction, split-phase, gear, explosion-proof, and general-purpose types. The company is located in Birmingham, AL, and has been in business since 1946.

Joseph Fazzio, Inc. is a distributor that provides stainless steel, carbon steel, and galvanized steel in the form of plates, beams, flat sheets, pipes, and round tubing. The company has its headquarters located in Glassboro, NJ, and has been in business since 1965.

DAES Group is a distributor and service company that provides CNC grinding machines, as well as universal stator, landing gear, and gap bed grinding machines. The company has its headquarters located in Arlington, TX, and serves the aircraft industry. It has been in business since 1995.

Based in Winona, MN, Fastenal supplies 30 different categories of products, from abrasives to welding equipment to plumbing. The company has been in business since its founding in 1967.

Industrial Metal Supply is a distributor that provides a wide range of steel and steel alloys in sheet, bar, angle, beam, and tube forms, among others. It also offers a variety of services including laser cutting, sawing, waterjet cutting, shearing, and grooving. The company is located in Sun Valley, CA, and was established in 1948.

Sigma Supply of North America, Inc. is a manufacturer, distributor, and service company offering packaging machinery, containers, foam, bubble, loose fill, corrugated boxes, and other equipment and supplies. The company is located in Fort Smith, AR.

General Electric Co. is a manufacturing company that supplies the healthcare, commercial, industrial, data center, mining, telecom, and oil & gas industries with electrical supplies. Its line of products includes transfer switches, power systems, drives, contactors, relays, and terminal blocks. The company is based in Boston, MA, and was established in 1892.

Endries International is a distributor that specializes in bolts, fasteners, and abrasives. The company has its headquarters located in Brillion, WI, and has been operating since its founding in 1970.

Plastic Process Equipment, Inc. is a distributor that provides a wide range of plastic process equipment and supplies. Its line of products includes mold cleaners, adaptors, adhesives, boron stones, cable ties, clamps, cartridge heaters, and abrasive sheets. The company is located in Macedonia, OH, and was established in 1974.

Top Abrasives Manufacturers and Suppliers in the USA—Summary

Now that we’ve provided you with details on the top featured manufacturers and suppliers of abrasives on Thomas, as well as the top abrasives suppliers in the USA by revenue, we hope you can use this data to further aid your sourcing decisions. You can also look at our Supplier Discovery page, which has information on more than 2,000 suppliers of abrasives.