About Fletcher

Since 1868, Fletcher-Terry has revolutionized advanced cutting solutions for numerous global industries. Fletcher’s innovations has rewarded the company with over 90 patents including the “original” glass cutting wheel, the first vertical glass cutting machine and the “wide-track” all carbide cutting wheel. Today, with a distribution network to 60 countries worldwide, we are proud to serve the glass production and fabrication industries, sign & graphic, picture framing and retail hardware, while continuing to provide advanced cutting methods and outstanding global customer service support.

We understand the selection of a long-term supplier is an important decision. We have earned our position as a premium global equipment manufacturer through superior product quality, specialized customer support and valued pricing.

As your strategic supplier and your partner, we promise that we will provide you with the best products and customer service for your substrate cutting, scoring or trimming needs. We value your business and we look forward to growing in our relationship.

Staying one step ahead of your material cutting, scoring and trimming needs has made us a global leader in the industries we serve.

Our History

It all started in Leverett, Massachusetts in 1868.

O.M. Pike, a local jeweler, was convinced that diamonds can't possibly be the only means for cutting glass. So he ponders, tinkers, and experiments. Over time, a crude but marginally effective glass cutter emerges from the debris of his creativity. It's a first-of-its-kind rod, made from hardened steel positioned between two friction rollers. Mr. Pike received a U.S. Patent in 1868 for his "Magic Diamond" invention.

Shortly afterwards, Mr. Pike met Samuel Monce, an employee of the R.J. Ives Machine Shop in Bristol, Connecticut. In 1869 Mr. Monce perfected the Magic Diamond to create and receive a patent for the "Excelsior", later and more commonly known as the "Bristol Diamond" - a simple, bone-handled tool with a steel wheel.

Four years later, Fred S. Fletcher joined the company. An engineer, Fletcher soon got the idea that a glass cutter with interchangeable wheels would provide considerable cost savings to customers.

While this idea also earned its inventor a patent, Uncle Samuel was not especially intrigued. And so the world had some to time to wait for the Bristol Diamond.

Behind the scenes, however, Fred Fletcher, his brothers Tom and Gayle, and his father-in-law Franklin Terry formed a partnership, and manufacturing was underway in a barn on the Terry property in Bristol.

Eight years later, in 1911, Fred purchased his brothers' financial interest and incorporated the business under the name we still proudly display: The Fletcher-Terry Company.