Established in 1910 and based in Brooklyn, N.Y., Lafayette Grinding LLC is one of the leading precision grinding services and knife manufacturing companies in the United States. The company specializes in working with a broad range of materials, including hot rolled steel, aluminum, tungsten, alloy steel, titanium, nickel vanadium, cobalt, tool steel, stainless steel, zirconium and many others. Its knives division offers custom machined knives and blades for a variety of applications in industries dealing with wood, textiles, rubber, leather, food, packaging, pulp and paper, printing, foam, glass, tobacco and more.