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The Taft-Peirce Manufacturing Company was a pioneering
"Taft-Peirce Manufacturing Company Records"
Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division retrieved January 2012
Biographical ''History of the Manufacturers and Businessmen of Rhode Island''
.. (Providence: J.D. Hall, 1901), 76-77.
Taft-Peirce Manufacturing Company Summary Screen
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Office of the Secretary of State, Division Of Business Services, Providence RI
in: Rhode Island Historical Society, Manuscripts Division Sewing machine brands {{US-manufacturing-company-stub
The Taft-Peirce Manufacturing Company was a pioneering sewing machine
A sewing machine is a machine used to sew fabric and materials together with thread. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies. Since the inv ...
company established in 1875 at Woonsocket, Rhode Island, United States. As the sewing machine industry gradually commoditized
In business literature, commoditization is defined as the process by which goods that have economic value and are distinguishable in terms of attributes (uniqueness or brand) end up becoming simple commodities in the eyes of the market or consum ...
, Taft-Peirce leveraged its toolmaking capabilities to become a supplier of gauges, such as various kinds of go/no go gauge
A go/no-go gauge refers to an inspection tool used to check a workpiece against its allowed tolerances via a go/no-go test. Its name is derived from two tests: the check involves the workpiece having to pass one test (''go'') and fail the other ...
s, to the manufacturing industries, and a supplier of engineering and toolroom work on a contract basis. The company was dissolved on 6 October 1995.Harold Kemble, Rick Stattle"Taft-Peirce Manufacturing Company Records"
Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division retrieved January 2012
See also
* List of sewing machine brandsReferences
Further reading
*Blackall, F. Steele Jr. "A History of the Taft-Peirce Manufacturing Company and its Predecessor Corporations...From April 2, 1875 to the Close of World War II" *Hall, Joseph Jr., edBiographical ''History of the Manufacturers and Businessmen of Rhode Island''
.. (Providence: J.D. Hall, 1901), 76-77.
External links
Taft-Peirce Manufacturing Company Summary Screen
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Office of the Secretary of State, Division Of Business Services, Providence RI
in: Rhode Island Historical Society, Manuscripts Division Sewing machine brands {{US-manufacturing-company-stub