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Torrington Company
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The Torrington Company was a firm that developed in Torrington, Connecticut, originally called the Excelsior Needle Company. It was formed in 1866 around the new idea of using a "cold swaging" technique to create better sewing machine needles, as Torrington expanded, it began to produce other goods.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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The Torrington Company was a firm that developed in Torrington, Connecticut, originally called the Excelsior Needle Company. It was formed in 1866 around the new idea of using a "cold swaging" technique to create better sewing machine needles, as Torrington expanded, it began to produce other goods.2
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- 3Wikimedia CommonsTorrington Company logo by Torrington Company, Public domain