A History of Excellence

Norton Clipper has been a leading brand for over 80 years, revolutionising the building and construction industry with the invention of the world’s first laser welded diamond blade. 

A Complete Range of Products

Today, the Norton Clipper brand offers a complete range of products for all cutting, slicing and grinding operations in construction: from residential construction to large-scale building and civil engineering projects and everything in between - we equip you with the safest and most powerful discs, machines and abrasives that not only increase working comfort, but also help protect health and the environment.

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The History of Norton Clipper

  • 1937

    Invention of the first table saw and founding of the Clipper Manufacturing Co. in Kansas City, MO, USA

  • 1950

    Expansion into Europe

  • 1963

    Construction of a new production facility in Bascharage, Luxembourg

  • 1982

    Norton patents the first laser-welded diamond disc

  • 1990

    Saint-Gobain takes over Norton Co.

  • 1992

    The Luxembourg site is converted to the production of diamond discs

 

  • 1995

    Refurbishment of the Bascharage production facility

  • 2002

    1 million working hours without lost time accidents at our plant in Luxembourg

  • 2008

    Market launch of Norton Silencio

  • 2011

    Silencio wins 1st prize for innovation in safety from the Luxembourg Accident Insurance Company

  • 2015

    Norton Clipper launches revolutionary i-HD diamond tool technology.

  • Today

    Norton Clipper stands for high-performance solutions for all cutting, separating and grinding operations in construction and is constantly developing these further, for example with the latest generation of iHD™ technology

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