In 2015, Bryant was purchased by Fives, an international engineering group, expanding its expertise to the design and manufacture of high-precision/high-production inner-outer diameter grinders.
According to Vermont Machine Tool,[4] "By 1910, a 20,000 sq ft building was built on the current location across the street from J&L.
The Bryant Company established itself as a noted brand for both internal and external grinding,[3] and (like J&L) it became an important machine tool builder to the automotive industry.
Roy Bryant, a member of ASME and SAE,[3] remained the firm's president and general manager until his death in 1931.
For example, the Soviet Union was a large and important customer for many American industrial firms (including Ford and machine tool builders such as J&L and Bryant Grinder) in the 1920s and 1930s.
In various cases, manually controlled machines were made into semiautomatic, hydraulic power replaced pneumatic, and automatic sizing became available as an option.
[4] Vermont Machine Tool says,[4] "With World War II on the horizon, business was building rapidly.
By 1938, sales had tripled and by 1940, the United States Army Ordnance Department requested that Bryant expand the building to 127,000 square feet.
[4] In 1946, Joseph B. Johnson, a longtime Bryant employee (and later a Governor of Vermont), became vice president and general manager.
But concerns about helping Soviet military strength tended to limit exports of some companies, especially those dealing with advanced machinery (as opposed to commodity goods).
[7] Bryant acquired the precision external centerless grinder line from Van Norman Machine Tool Company in 1972.
Bryant's sale of 45 precision grinders enabled the USSR to improve missile accuracy and MIRV their ICBMs.
The LL1, LL2 and LL4 size machines were soon to follow, giving Bryant the capacity of grinding internal diameters from .040" ID's to 88" OD's.