The Lumsden Machine Co. Ltd, founded in 1906 after building tool grinders for 16 years, began the development of Surface grinders in 1920.  In the intervening years every advantage has been taken of the latest developments in techniques, materials and abrasives, until today LUMSDEN Surface grinders are unsurpassed throughout the world for range of models, work and productive capacity, speed of metal removed, and the precision and surface finish obtainable.