The Bostitch Company, founded at the close of the 19th century, functioned for about 100 years as a stand-alone manufacturer of fasteners and fastening tools.
- Thomas Briggs founded the company in 1896 when he invented a fastener for items like books and calendars. He called the device the Boston Wire Stitcher, and he named his new company after it: the Boston Wire Stitcher Company.
- The innovations of Briggs inspired the company's growth in the early years of the 20th century. In 1903, Boston Wire invented a foot-operated stapling machine that used pre-formed staples, and, in 1924, the company introduced the first cemented strip staples.
- More than a mass producer of staples, Boston Wire contributed to the United States' World War II efforts. The company manufactured parts for the Browning automatic rifle as well as performed the final assembly on it.
- Three years after the war ended, in 1948, Boston Wire changed its name to Bostitch, Inc., a combination of the first syllables of the words "Boston" and "stitcher." The four decades after the war were marked by the introduction and manufacture of nailers.
- In 1986, Stanley Works, a hardware tools company headquartered in New Britain, Connecticut, bought Bostitch. It now functions as a part of Stanley-Bostitch, a manufacturer of fasteners and fastener tools for construction, industrial and home improvement applications.
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