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 hole making 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
