Felton Brush Inc. is the oldest industrial brush manufacturing company in the United States. Founded as the H.G. Wilson Co. in 1852, it was purchased by Silas Felton in 1872 and renamed S.A.Felton & Company. By 1880 he had purchased both the Robie Company and L.H. Josselyn, consolidating all brush manufacturing in New England under single ownership. In 1884 Silas' son, Dudley, joined his father's firm and the company was renamed S.A. Felton & Son Company, a name that remained unchanged until 1975. During the last twenty years of the nineteenth century Felton Brush developed and perfected many styles of hand and power brushes for use primarily in the textile and leather processing industries. In 1894, Felton purchased the Quimby Brush Company of Boston, Massachusetts and, a year later, the Farnham Brush Company of Honesdale, Pennsylvania.

In 1906, The United Shoe Machinery Corporation, the world's leading manufacturer of automated shoe making machinery, purchased controlling interest in Felton. In 1924 Felton acquired the United Brush Company of Toledo Ohio and in 1933, the Royal Brush Company, LTD of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. This firm was to become Felton Brushes Limited and remained an integral part of the company until 1980. In 1961, USM Corporation purchased the minority Felton family interest and Felton Brush became a wholly owned subsidiary of United Shoe Machinery Corporation. The last acquisition under USM took place in 1962 with the purchase of Dersal Corp., a wire brush manufacturer in Worcester, Massachusetts and moved it into the Manchester Facility. In 1980, the Felton operating management purchased Felton Brush from Emhart Corporation which had acquired the USM Corporation in 1974. This transaction also included the sale of Felton Brushes Ltd. to the Canadian Operating Manager. The company name was changed to Felton Brush Inc. in 1981. Felton Brush is today the largest manufacturer of custom brush products. You will find Felton designs in: automobile shift levers and seat belt mechanisms; aircraft windows and seats, printing and lithographic equipment; postage meters, machine guards, vacuum cleaners and a wide range of agricultural equipment. Felton Brushes are used to dust felt hats, protect lead screws, wash eggs, polish glass, plant soybeans, finish stainless steel sinks, moisten tape, apply glue to sutures, control static electricity and in hundreds of other applications vital to our country's growth and stability. The Felton customer list today reads like a "who's who" of American industry. With our new manufacturing facilities filled with state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment and skilled and dedicated Partners, Felton is ready to handle your product design challenges and manufacturing requirements.