440.285.8655
Browne & Co
  • Home
  • About
  • Cutting Tools
    • Carbro
    • CFT - George Whalley
    • Dapra
    • Dummel
    • Everede Tool
    • Fullerton Tool
    • Gaylee Saw
    • Lexington Cutter
    • Nine 9
    • Regal
    • Rockhard
    • Rocky Mountain Twist
  • Accessories
    • ACS - Advanced Chem
    • Alpha Tools
    • Boneham
    • Endurance Carbide
    • Haimer
    • MRO Solutions
    • Precision Brand
    • Safeway Sling
    • Tuffy Products
  • News
  • Contact

About Browne & Company

We have been proudly serving industry since 1965 by selling through recognized distribution. We have been providing our distributors with multiple high end product lines and unparalleled customer service for over 58 years.

Browne & Company is headquartered in a 2,000 square foot warehouse facility in beautiful Geauga County, Ohio.

For more information please complete the information form on our contact page.

But if you need to reach us right now, here's how you can do that:

Browne & Company
Tel: 440-285-8655
Fax: 440-285-8653
email: dmb@brownesales.com


Browne & Company is a family owned and operated Manufacturer's Representative Agency serving the following markets:
  • Metalcutting
  • Industrial
  • ​Material Handling
  • Hardware
  • Construction
  • MRO
  • Stamping
  • Spinning
  • Stone and Hardscape
Standard services we provide:
  • Counter days/Open houses
  • Custom tool design
  • End-user demos
  • Engineering services
  • Lead tracking
  • Lifting sling inspection
  • New product tests
  • Reporting for senior management
  • Safety training
  • Speed & Feed calculators
  • Tech support
  • Tradeshow support
  • Joint sales calls

Dave Browne, President Browne & Company Rep Agency
David Browne, President
cell: 440.463.3970
dmb@brownesales.com

A Message from the President:

"For over 58 years, we have sought to develop strong, lasting relationships with our end user customers, distributors, and principal partners. These relationships are the foundation of our success and have contributed to our reputation for exceptional customer service and for  representing the finest quality and highest performing industrial products in the world.

We operate the majority of our business in Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan.

Our sales representatives are factory trained to serve our distributors and end user customers. Our success as a company is directly attributed to our customer focus. Customer satisfaction is our only goal. We offer technical support in the form of sales calls, presentations, product training, lifting sling inspections, etc."
  • We provide service for our products before and after the sale.
  • We are committed to helping our distributors and end user customers succeed and stay profitable.
  • We are committed to offering only the highest quality products, and most complete customer service to our customers.
  • The companies we represent are known world wide as leaders in their respective industries.

John Browne, Vice President

Browne & Co Manufacturers Agent Rep
John Browne, Vice President
cell: 440-364-3759
john@brownesales.com
In 1990 John started in the shipping department of Ohio Gear & Transmission in Eastlake, Ohio. He quickly moved on to traffic manager, where he ran the sales counter, and warehouse. In 1994 he was promoted to inside sales where he worked for 5 years, before moving on to outside sales until 2000. In his 10 year tenure at Ohio Gear he completed training for:

  • Martin Sprocket & Gear * Montpelier, OH
  • Rexnord Power Transmission * Milwaukee, WI
  • Browning Drive Components (Now known as Regal Beloit) * Maysville, KY
 
 
In 2000 John joined his brother and father at Browne & Company; he covers the state of Ohio, Michigan, Western, PA, and Kentucky. John specializes in Industrial and Construction Supply, Diamond Tools, and Abrasives. John has had extensive training from:

  • Fullerton Tool Company - Fast Academy 1, 2, and 3 * Saginaw, MI
  • Rocky Mountain Twist Drill * Ronan, Montana
  • Everede Tool, Dummel, and Nine9 * W. Chicago, IL
  • North American Tool * South Beloit, IL
  • Sowa Tool & Machine * Kitchener ON
  • Tuffy Slings and Hoists * Hurst, TX
  • Safeway Sling, USA * Greendale, WI
  • Alpha Professional Tools * Oakland, NJ

Brian Martin, Regional Manager

Brian Martin Browne Sales Co
Brian Martin, Regional Manager
cell: (502) 649-4408
​brian@brownesales.com
Brian covers Cincinnati, Kentucky and Southern Indiana.

Brian comes to Browne & Company with over 38 years of sales engineering experience, with a focus on metalcutting tooling, rotary tooling, workholding and precision measuring tools. Brian has a true passion for customer service.

Born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, Brian enjoys spending time with his family, the outdoors, fishing and hunting as well participating in the reenactment of famous Revolutionary War battles.

Jeff Terrace, Cutting Tool Applications Engineer

Jeff Terrace Browne & Co Manufacturers Agent Rep
Jeff Terrace, Regional Manager
cell: 216-556-3344
Jeff@Brownesales.com
Jeff graduated from Ohio University with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 2008. 

He started his professional career at Lincoln Electric in Euclid as a process & project engineer in the machining and mechanical parts group. 

After Lincoln Electric, Jeff joined the application engineering team at Ingersoll Cutting Tools in both the general marketplace and Automotive division.  The majority of his time at Ingersoll was spent working with local manufacturing companies as well as the Big Three automakers on custom tooling applications.  High and low volume production, custom carbide, CBN and PCD tooling. 

Before joining Browne & Co in January 2019, Jeff worked at Hoffmann group a German cutting tool, hand tool, workstation and storage solutions manufacturer and then as the cutting tool specialist for Inova Tools - a German solid carbide round tool manufacturer.


Our Principals are Industry Leaders

Our prinicipals are members and leaders of quite a number of industry organizations. 
Several of them have also won some very prestigious awards because of their contribution to manufacturing.
Industrial Supply Association ISA Logo
USCTI United States Cutting Tool Institute Logo
NATS North American Tool Suppliers Logo
Machining Cloud Logo
Browne & Co., Inc.
9605 Tanager Drive
Chardon, Ohio 44024
Phone 440.285.8655
Fax 440.285.8653
dmb@brownesales.com
© 2023 Browne & Co., Inc. All Rights Reserved
web design by Rapid Production Marketing