Welcome to Boxford

Boxford was established in Halifax in the early 1940′s, and the first small lathes for toolmakers, model makers and training were produced in 1946. Boxford are the UK’s longest established manufacturer of machine tools for training. It moved to its new purpose built facility in 2012 where it has retained its full precision machined parts and sheet metal fabrication production facilities.

The major market for the early lathes was in schools and colleges for teaching metalwork. Boxford rapidly expanded their range by developing improved models of their popular lathes and other machine tools such as milling machines, drills, shapers, and grinders. For the last three decades we have also been supplying CNC machines to education and training establishments all over the world. Over 60,000 Boxford machines tools have been supplied in over 200 countries giving both reliability and durability to their users.

Our 70-year reputation for quality and value springs from a unique company structure. A single state-of-the-art industrial complex with sheet-metal fabrication, component machining, assembly, CNC controls, electronics and software development on one site gives us direct control of all aspects of our operation.