A Brief History
W.S. Bessett Inc was incorporated in 1921 by founder Worthington Scranton Bessett. The original manufacturing was done in Lynn, Massachusetts. With most of the work being for the local New England shoe industry. Worthington was an excellent engineer, handling both the design and manufacturing.
As his reputation grew, he brought in several young go-getters. Among the group were Harold Waitt and Ray Cutler . These two would eventually form a partnership and run the company after Worthington's passing. The partners continued expanding by pursuing opportunities in the automotive and furniture industries during the 1970s. At which point Ray decided to retire, leaving Harold Waitt as the sole shareholder and president.
In 1982, the company was moved to Sanford, Maine. Here a new facility was built and computer numerical controlled equipment was introduced. Michael Waitt, Harold's son, was the champion for modernizing the processes. This allowed W.S. Bessett Inc to bring in more complex work thanks to the incredible repeatability of these new machines. W.S. Bessett Inc moved down the road to our current facility in 1998 with an expansion in 2000. Here we house multiple CNC mills, heat treat furnace, and sheet metal fabrication equipment.
Our Capabilities and Commitment
Since 1921, W. S. Bessett has offered innovative sewing machine parts and solutions that improve productivity, product consistency, and maximize throughput for flexible manufacturing capability for a variety of sewing applications. With our years of knowledge, we have developed our own line of replacement gauge parts for many popular industrial sewing machine brands. W.S. Bessett’s skilled engineers are creative problem solvers who know that superior sewing machine parts begin with premium grade materials and expertly developed design solutions. Our experienced staff will partner with you to determine critical performance requirements, then design and manufacture custom sewing machine parts to the most exacting specifications. W.S. Bessett’s quality custom sewing machine parts exemplify the dimensions of quality in terms of durability, performance, reliability and value.
From concept to completion of your custom sewing machine parts, W.S. Bessett provides value-added materials selection assistance, product design development and concurrent engineering services to ensure the optimal solution for your unique manufacturing challenges. W.S. Bessett’s extended network of valued customers worldwide rely on our proven manufacturing core competencies.
Telephone: +1 (207) 324-9232
Address: 1923 Main Street Sanford, ME 04073
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