American Made Quality

Hougen has been making “12,000-Series” Annular Cutters since we invented them in 1974. At one time, our president was putting the tooth geometry on every Hougen cutter in the world.

Why is that important?

Because Hougen employees take personal responsibility for the quality of every Hougen tool. We perform quality checks on the latest machinery to ensure each cutter is made to exact specifications and tolerances. When products are made outside the United States its hard to control the quality, that’s why we prefer to make our cutters right here at home. Made in the USA.

About Hougen Manufacturing, Inc.

Hougen Manufacturing is a family owned business with our world headquarters and manufacturing facility located in Swartz Creek Michigan. The company was started by the late Dr. E Douglas Hougen who held over 400 worldwide patents including many for the Rotabroach Annular Cutter. For over 60 years Hougen has been the world leader in portable magnetic drills and annular cutters. Hougen proudly manufactures all of our magnetic drills, Rotabroach Cutters and most of our other products in Michigan.

Customers who demand reliability and performance from their tools choose Hougen. From engineering, to manufacturing, Hougen produces the best product in the market. Period. With our three principles in mind “Service, Integrity, Reliability”, Hougen ensures you will be happy with our product and will work to continually solve your holemaking problems.

Few Highlights:

• Producer of over 400 patents worldwide
• First precision annular sheet metal hole cutters
• First magnetic drill to use annular cutters
• First annular machine to drill over 1-1/2” diameter
• First annular machine to drill 3” deep
• First annular machine with positive slug ejection
• First annular machine with a safety switch
• First annular machine with a coolant reservoir & thru-the-tool coolant system
• First annular machine to offer self-reversing tapping head attachment
• First annular machine to offer quill feed spindle