Benjaman F. Barnes of Rockford, Illinois had no idea when he started Barnes Drill in 1907 that a 100 years later it would grow into an international filtration company simply renamed Barnes International with worldwide alliances.The transformation from a drill and tapping company that serviced the automotive industry with a variety of equipment evolved over time. In the late 1950’s Barnes was the first machine tool builder to apply numerical controls to metalworking drills and boring machines. With automotive finishing requirements becoming more exact for engine cylinder bores, Barnes developed an abrasive process of honing for machining all types of bores to a very precise tolerance and surface finish. This innovation led the company to abandon the drills and push forth, and then in the 1980’s under the Gollob family ownership, Barnes became involved in super abrasive honing with an alliance of a West German company.  These honing innovations created finite metal particles, sending them into the coolant and a need arose for cleaner coolant during the machining process, thus filtration requirements became more stringent. Led by the necessity for cleaner coolant, Barnes introduced magnetic separators to remove metallic sludge and thus filtration products were born in the 1950’s. In 1990 Barnes added another alliance with Mosinc in Japan and Barnes was a worldwide player.  At that time the name was changed to Barnes International, Inc. The filtration products expanded during this time to include coolant filters such as paper media, vacuums, cyclonic and immersed drum filters. The products service the machine tool coolant cleaning of lathes, machining centers, milling machines and variety of grinding applications. The company has recently been experiencing rapid growth in filtration markets and sold off the honing company to accommodate their successful expansion. Barnes now has the ability to supply from stand alone to a system provider of filtration products. They have supplied equipment for such companies as Harley Davison, Applied Engineering, and Lind Meyer, as well as the general automotive markets earning the excellent reputation the company now enjoys.

Benjaman F. Barnes of Rockford, Illinois had no idea when he started Barnes Drill in 1907 that a 100 years later it would grow into an international filtration company simply renamed Barnes International with worldwide alliances.The transformation from a drill and tapping company that serviced the automotive industry with a variety of equipment evolved over time. In the late 1950’s Barnes was the first machine tool builder to apply numerical controls to metalworking drills and boring machines. With automotive finishing requirements becoming more exact for engine cylinder bores, Barnes developed an abrasive process of honing for machining all types of bores to a very precise tolerance and surface finish. This innovation led the company to abandon the drills and push forth, and then in the 1980’s under the Gollob family ownership, Barnes became involved in super abrasive honing with an alliance of a West German company.  These honing innovations created finite metal particles, sending them into the coolant and a need arose for cleaner coolant during the machining process, thus filtration requirements became more stringent. Led by the necessity for cleaner coolant, Barnes introduced magnetic separators to remove metallic sludge and thus filtration products were born in the 1950’s. In 1990 Barnes added another alliance with Mosinc in Japan and Barnes was a worldwide player.  At that time the name was changed to Barnes International, Inc. The filtration products expanded during this time to include coolant filters such as paper media, vacuums, cyclonic and immersed drum filters. The products service the machine tool coolant cleaning of lathes, machining centers, milling machines and variety of grinding applications. The company has recently been experiencing rapid growth in filtration markets and sold off the honing company to accommodate their successful expansion. Barnes now has the ability to supply from stand alone to a system provider of filtration products. They have supplied equipment for such companies as Harley Davison, Applied Engineering, and Lind Meyer, as well as the general automotive markets earning the excellent reputation the company now enjoys.