Osborn marks 125 years in business

Osborn, a supplier of surface-treatment systems and finishing tools in Cleveland, celebrates its 125th anniversary in 2012.

The company, founded by John J. Osborn in 1887, originally made horse and butcher block brushes, as well as street cleaning brooms. Today Osborn offers more than 10,000 standard finishing products and more than 100,000 customized systems for the metal processing, manufacturing, pipeline and energy, welding, construction, and maintenance industries.

The company has locations in 15 countries.