Nearly a Century of Experience

Star Cutter Company was founded in 1927 by Howard B. Lawton and Frank Burgess and began in a leased portion of a building on Epworth Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan. During this first year of operation, Star Cutter Company employed ten employees. The main customers in 1927 were Chrysler and Chevrolet Gear and Axle. In the 1980s, the company added CNC machines to its capability, initially engineering equipment to support its tooling division.

Since then, it has grown into a global leader in the cutting tool industry with over 700 employees working in 14 manufacturing facilities. Each facility specializes in producing a specific type of product or service: solid carbide cutting tools, carbide blanks and preforms, gun drills, PCD tooling, gear cutting tools, and 5-axis CNC tool and cutter grinding machines.