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History Founded in 1842 as E. Howard Clock Company, Howard Precision Products has a history profoundly connected with America's industrial development. In a new nation at the start of the machine age, technological genius Edward Howard opened his shop in Roxbury, Mass to manufacture clocks and gold weighing scales. By the end of his career, he had established the first mass production of stem-wound watches and was renowned worldwide for precision instruments used in industry and scientific research. Among his revolutionary achievements were timepieces so accurate they were installed by the new railroad system in order to put trains safely on schedule, and patented electro-mechanical regulators which monitored watchmen when they inspected factories to prevent fire and theft.After Edward Howard's retirement, Howard Clock Company continued to make precision equipment such as the Howard astronomical measuring device used in the Nobel Prize winning Michelson-Morley experiments to determine the speed of light. The company also produced precision components for the Defense Department.In 1986 Steven Abrams purchased the company, renamed it Howard Precision Products, and modernized its machinery and manufacturing processes. With the same vitality and technological ingenuity of its founder, he works with customers in the medical, dental and precision tool industry. Under the direction of Steve Abrams, Howard Precision Products continues its tradition of inspired, reliable precision machining.